RUMOR ALERT - Leon Powe to Cleveland?

by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Jul 27, 2009 7:55 AM CDT in Fear The Rumor Mill

CelticsBlog, the best Boston Celtics site on the planet, had an interesting rumor to pass along this morning - Leon Powe could be close to accepting a deal with the Cavs. Powe, whose energy and passion have helped him overcome numerous injuries in his career, is a free agent and coming off yet another surgery after suffering a knee injury during the Playoffs.

Per CB -

I'm told by another source (these things are just coming out of the woodwork these days) that Leon Powe is considering an offer from Cleveland. Apparently Dallas has an offer to him as well, but with Drew Gooden signing he might be leaning towards taking the Cavs offer. He still has not received an offer from Boston.

A note on all these rumors. I'm not talking to agents and players myself. I'm getting them from people that I think are credible but you can never be sure about who they are getting them from and so on. This is the nature of rumors so please always take with a grain of salt.

Personally, I have always liked Powe and he would be a solid addition, if he could come back close to full strength.

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Powe would definitely be a nice addition to our bench. He may not be back from his injury until February but that would give him enough time to get in the rotation before the playoffs. He would provide great insurance in case Hickson and/or Jackson don’t develop as solid backups.

by Buckeye Brad on Jul 27, 2009 10:27 AM CDT reply actions

Leon will come back to full strenth. That is just the kind of tough player that he is. He was playing hurt in the first place and after he tore his ACL, he continued to play for 3 minutes because his team needed him. You just don’t see that kind of toughness and grit in players these days. If Danny let’s him go to another team, it will be the biggest blunder of his GM career.

Perk and Powe... the Next Big Thing

by FLCeltsFan on Jul 27, 2009 11:01 AM CDT reply actions

He can be tough all he wants, but he’s got some pretty creaky knees right now. Grit takes a backseat to being able to get on the court and play efficiently. Not wanting to spend money on a bench player with iffy-at-best health isn’t much of a blunder. There certainly are a lot worse things he could do.

by 7foot3 on Jul 27, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions

If Danny let’s him go to another team, it will be the biggest blunder of his GM career.

That’s a bit of an overstatement. You’re talking about Leon Powe not Kobe or LeBron.

by Buckeye Brad on Jul 27, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

lol, ya think?

But its a testament to how likable powe is, and he has alot of celtics fans heart to the point they make ridicoulous statemetns like not signing a guy with a 3rd ACL injury is a bad GM move…lol!!!! Danny Ainge was the one who gave powe his shot after the first 2!!!!! get a clue

by latin on Jul 27, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I don’t understand 90% of this.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jul 27, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions

it's in latin.

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by stingy d on Jul 28, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions

If Danny let’s him go to another team, it will be the biggest blunder of his GM career.

The same dude who drafted Gerald Green in the first round? Really?

by Bernie19Kosar on Jul 27, 2009 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions

if he could come bak strong from his injury this would be a very nice pick up.

Pow Right In The Kisser!

by Cutch is the chosen one! on Jul 27, 2009 5:33 PM CDT reply actions

Add Powe

and this team is stacked. It also would allow Jackson and J.J more time to grow their games in situations which often times puts young player in position to fail. Jackson and J.J will be good players in the future but in the chase for a championship players often fail to grow as players because they are limited in what they do during a game because of team strategies leading to a less developed player.

This is way the Spurs often time send their young players over seas because they will not be able to really play for the Spurs. Minutes and the teams lack of ability to let the player make mistakes and grow from them is why players like Shannon Brown and Jason Kapono failed here but have played well else where. The Cavs did not fail to develop them because of a lack of effort but a lack of playing time and ability to let them learn from mistakes.

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by E5 on Jul 27, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions

so you're saying

let the young guys get minutes to develop but sign powe to make sure they don’t have to play because they’re not ready.

i completely agree!

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by stingy d on Jul 28, 2009 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions

It’s really hard to let Leon Powe go. I hope he lands in another team.

by celticsgreen on Jul 28, 2009 12:05 AM CDT reply actions

If we can get him on the cheap...

why the hell not? He’s def worth a min contract and some medical bills, if he can be had for that.

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by Max_in_Missouri on Jul 28, 2009 12:58 AM CDT reply actions

powe powe powe

hhmmmm? thats a tough one, a healthy powe is a steal no doubt! but a bad knee powe now? ….maybe Ferry should wait and see who else he can scrape from the bottom of the free agent barrel

by NELLY808 on Jul 28, 2009 8:36 AM CDT reply actions

Powe is the best option left

in my opinion.

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by E5 on Jul 29, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions