I've got an e-mail into a friend who lives in Dallas and is very active in AAU there to try to get the low down and I'll pass on whatever she (yes, she...and she's a coach) has to say.
In the meantime this article contradicts some of the things the Boston media have been writing.
"If his passport were a different color, he would be a guy you'd keep
overseas for a couple years and you'd have the luxury of holding onto his
rights and not having to make a decision during training camp," Mavericks president of
basketball operations Donnie Nelson said. "He's at least two years away."
The Celtics certainly hope and expect Perkins to be ready sooner than that.
Celtics get Banks, Perkins via Memphis
By Shira Springer, Globe Staff, 6/27/2003
...But both Ainge and coach Jim O'Brien know he will be a project for the next
three or more years.