Leon Powe reminds me of josh smith, also when his contract runs out...

[Triboy16]

The way he just wants to dunk the ball all the time. He gets up the floor real fast, has a nice vertical and power attacking the hoop. He is not just a dunker though and plays steady defense, snatches his share of rebounds, takes charges, has a hand on his mans face and his team defense is coming along good. Once leon powe develops a steady jumper, learns how to pass faster and nails down the team defense concept he can be a special player

I've read and heard from various little sources and blogs that teams want to sign leon powe after last nights performance. We do have him for another year and its a little too far to think about it at this time but what is leon powe worth exactly is the question?? If he got 20 mins every single game, the guy is an easy 10 points and 5-7 boards in addition adding the foul totals of the opposing teams.

Is he worth one day starter money like 7 million?? or prob at best somewhere in between mid level exception 3.5 to 5 million??

glad celts payroll trims after next season cuz they might need more money then they thought to keep him if he keeps playing on national tv like yesterday

[Big Ticket]

I disagree about his vertical, especially when comparing him to Josh Smith. 

I don't think he'll ever be worth $7 mil a year, but could definitely see him being a mid-level, $3.5-5 mil a year 1st big off the bench type player for many years.

[rondohondo]

I love Powe, but at this point Josh Smith has a much higher ceiling then Powe does. Josh Smith is pretty much a lock down defender and avg's like 18 ppg this year . He is still only like 22

Powe may very well be  starter someday, but thats a lot of money to pay a bench player . Unless KG goes down next year  (god forbid) and Powe fills in as a starter and puts up good numbers and still helps the team win with KG out , then I don't think he is going to get that kind of money

[Redz]

Apples and oranges.  Blocks per 48 minutes: Smith 3.79  Powe .91

Smith is a much better athlete and all around player.

[Atzar]

If Leon hadn't had those knee injuries, this debate would be different... what could have been...

[Triboy16]

If Leon hadn't had those knee injuries, this debate would be different... what could have been...

yeah. He was supposedly as highly touted as lebron james in his second or last year of high school before his knee injuries.

for a guy who had two surgeries on both knees, he can fly

[cdif911]

what makes Leon a special type of player is he doesn't compare easily to anyone else in the league imo, he's a guy who gets to the line at a ridiculous rate (I was explaining this to the gf right before he drew his 1st foul last night) - he's a hussle player 100% - he finishes around the basket, uses his body so well, is a descent rebounder and if healthy could easily be a 15/7 guy on a bad team... I actually do think he's gonna get a 5-7 million contract based off of this season, and I don't think it'll be with the celts - if Reggie Evans makes 4.6 next year, if Darius Songalia makes 4.2, if Nazr Mohammad makes 6 mil, if Joel Pryzbilla makes 6.3, if Kenny Thomas makes 7.9 mil, etc. etc. etc. Leon will be in that range, someone will take that risk

[cordobes]

There are three things that Powe can do right now: scoring, drawing fouls and rebound in limited minutes. But he's still not consistent enough to do it night in night out. His man-to-man defense is very questionable and highly dependent on matchups. And he fouls a lot.

And oftenly (always?) he goes Zach Randolph on stat lines: TO>As+Bl+St

I really like Leon Powe, and I believe that eventually he'll develop into a very solid forward from the bench or even a starter in a bad team, but he's not worth of $7M and I doubt he'll ever be.

[Redz]

If Leon hadn't had those knee injuries, this debate would be different... what could have been...

And he'd probably not be a Celtic

[cdif911]

I really like Leon Powe, and I believe that eventually he'll develop into a very solid forward from the bench or even a starter in a bad team, but he's not worth of $7M and I doubt he'll ever be.

Look at salaries around the league, and there are comparable players making that kinda cash - we can all see the potential in him, and some gm will overpay him, ship it

[Chris]

If Leon hadn't had those knee injuries, this debate would be different... what could have been...

I don't know if it would really be different, because they are still very different players.  Powe is a traditional, low post big man whose game is based on power and good footwork underneath, and Smith is really a wing who is playing the 4, and really just relies on his athleticism.