Doc Rivers stopped one trade involving Kendrick Perkins, but the Celtics did eventually deal him to the Thunder.

Perkins received work of a potential trade from his agent, Bob Myers, following a shootaround on the morning of the deadline.

"I was pretty surprised,'' Perkins told ESPNBoston via telephone. "I had no idea. I talked to Doc [Rivers] and he said he wasn't pushing it, that he was trying to stop it."

"At the time I talked to him, it was a different deal and I did put a stop to that one. But I also told him that something might still happen,'' Rivers said.

"Obviously, I am going to miss Boston a lot,'' he said. "I talked to Danny [Ainge] on the phone the day the deal was done. It was hard for both of us. We go back a long way. But I understand that this is the business part of it. I look back and I have to be pleased with everything they did for me, from bringing me there from high school. I am grateful for all the experiences, to be able to be a part of a championship team. It was all great. No complaints. I was blessed to be there for eight years."