Kendrick Perkins was surprised the Celtics didn't get one of the top two picks in the 2007 lottery, but he doesn't feel it will matter much.

?Besides Oden, I think this draft was really overrated,? he said. ?It?s cool in college. They don?t play defense. You don?t have the defensive 3-second violation, so guys just stand in the paint. It?s different when you get to the pros.

?Going through the season, it was frustrating for us to keep hearing about how guys who were in college were going to come in and change our team,? he said. ?Guys can be good college players, but that?s not on the same level as the NBA. I mean, you take the best college guys right now and put them into an NBA workout, and certain guys will look OK. But I don?t think, except for a few guys, that most of them are ready.

?It?s just hard when you?re sitting there hearing that a 19-year-old is going to come to the NBA and make your team that much better. You?ve got a few that produce pretty quickly in the league. You?ve got your freaks - LeBron James and Dwight Howard - but most guys can?t do what they did right away. I heard that Kevin Durant at the workout couldn?t even lift 185 one time. (Greg) Oden?s a freak - you can?t take that away from him. But just about everyone else is going to need time.?