Marc Stein: Leon Powe will rejoin the C's! Murphy working on buyout

[celticinorlando]

you don't sign just powe and a wing...you sign a legit big, wing and then powe and a grinder. i have no reservations that powe can get them 12 minutes of good time during games...but they need to bring in a big to go with him...and powe can play right now...and contribute by knowing the system

[fmf2]

He's a glue guy extraordinaire. Sign him. 

[Rondo2287]

you don't sign just powe and a wing...you sign a legit big, wing and then powe and a grinder. i have no reservations that powe can get them 12 minutes of good time during games...but they need to bring in a big to go with him...and powe can play right now...and contribute by knowing the system

Does anybody know why Powe can be completely healthy as he claims and not get any run on the worst team in the league?  Did they just know he wasnt part of their future so there was no point in playing him?

[celticinorlando]

you don't sign just powe and a wing...you sign a legit big, wing and then powe and a grinder. i have no reservations that powe can get them 12 minutes of good time during games...but they need to bring in a big to go with him...and powe can play right now...and contribute by knowing the system

Does anybody know why Powe can be completely healthy as he claims and not get any run on the worst team in the league?  Did they just know he wasnt part of their future so there was no point in playing him?

he should be fully healed

[pearljammer10]

Im crossing my fingers for;

1) Dalembert
2) Pryzbilla

I dont know if either of those option will come available but those are the two im hoping for most. Especially Dalembert. Kristic will spread the floor enough, we dont need Murphy doing the same, we need a defensive minded center, at least Dalembert can block some shots here and there.

[rondohondo]

you don't sign just powe and a wing...you sign a legit big, wing and then powe and a grinder. i have no reservations that powe can get them 12 minutes of good time during games...but they need to bring in a big to go with him...and powe can play right now...and contribute by knowing the system

Does anybody know why Powe can be completely healthy as he claims and not get any run on the worst team in the league?  Did they just know he wasnt part of their future so there was no point in playing him?

yea he wasn't part of their plans, plus they need to develop Hickson and are paying Jamison 14 mil a year so they weren't going to sit him. Powe hardly played with cleveland,but he knows our system and is 2 years removed from surgery.

Not a bad Idea signing him in case of an emergency where BBD went down.

[Rondo2287]

you don't sign just powe and a wing...you sign a legit big, wing and then powe and a grinder. i have no reservations that powe can get them 12 minutes of good time during games...but they need to bring in a big to go with him...and powe can play right now...and contribute by knowing the system

Does anybody know why Powe can be completely healthy as he claims and not get any run on the worst team in the league?  Did they just know he wasnt part of their future so there was no point in playing him?

yea he wasn't part of their plans, plus they need to develop Hickson and are paying Jamison 14 mil a year so they weren't going to sit him. Powe hardly played with cleveland,but he knows our system and is 2 years removed from surgery.

Not a bad Idea signing him in case of an emergency where BBD went down.

He can probably play the same role that Shelden played for us last year right?

[manl_lui]

you don't sign just powe and a wing...you sign a legit big, wing and then powe and a grinder. i have no reservations that powe can get them 12 minutes of good time during games...but they need to bring in a big to go with him...and powe can play right now...and contribute by knowing the system

Does anybody know why Powe can be completely healthy as he claims and not get any run on the worst team in the league?  Did they just know he wasnt part of their future so there was no point in playing him?

he should be fully healed

you need 1 year to recover from a ACL injury, he left for the Cavs in 09, and barely played more than 10 minutes since then and was inactive for many of their games, he should be fresh...will he be rusty...yes, healthy, i think so...im pretty confident too that he will come back and help, give him a 10 day deal or some thing to see how hes moving

[garz]

Stein tweeted Memphis is also trying to get Powe. Big surprise.

I'm losing hope the Cs are going to get another decent center after Doc said they are counting on on Shaq's health now, and after Ainge said the reason they traded Semih was because he wasn't going to be healthy. I wish they had kept Semih anyway. Maybe they were rushing to free up roster space at the last minute.

[Jon]

Two things to consider:

1) As recently as January 1st, Powe went for 14 and 6 against Chicago.  I don't think his lack of PT was so much an indictment on him as much as it is an indictment upon the fact that if you're the worst team in the NBA, you don't need to be playing and developing future role players: you need to be playing your best players to try to eke out a few wins (like Jamison) and otherwise try to develop young talent.  Powe doesn't fit that bill, but it doesn't mean he can't do at least some of what he did in '08 again here.  

2) For those worried that we need a big, a wing, and a PG, I don't think we need a PG.  Thus, we can afford to take Leon and another big.  Why?  Because quite frankly, I don't see Mike Bibby or TJ Ford coming here to play the whopping 5 mpg available in the playoffs behind Rajon Rondo.  Thus, the the only PG that's going to want to come here is going to be a D-League quality player.  And in that case, we're better off just letting Avery Bradley play.  

[2short]

As far as pg goes, agree with jon, we have rondo 40 minutes a game at pg in playoffs and delonte can handle the rest
2 bigs and a wing
Leon (if healthy) fits something we desperately need, a rebounder.  If he plays 10 minutes he will outrebound his man, play good defense and run the floor hard.  Can't ask for more.
If he is signed we have behind kg, davis (now can give us more minutes at center), green and powe

To me our team is much more versatile with the signing of green.

[Bankshot]

Stein tweeted Memphis is also trying to get Powe. Big surprise.

I'm losing hope the Cs are going to get another decent center after Doc said they are counting on on Shaq's health now, and after Ainge said the reason they traded Semih was because he wasn't going to be healthy. I wish they had kept Semih anyway. Maybe they were rushing to free up roster space at the last minute.

I hope Memphis gets him.  I don't want him.  We need a legit big.  We already have an undersized forward.

[blackbird]

I'd sign Powe just for the attitude alone. Isn't the "badness" what we're going to miss from Perk's absence? Powe is a BAD man.

As for the concerns that he's barely played in the last 2 years, that's true but neither has Murphy or Sheed, but there are plenty of calls for them to join.

[hpantazo]

I'd sign Powe just for the attitude alone. Isn't the "badness" what we're going to miss from Perk's absence? Powe is a BAD man.

As for the concerns that he's barely played in the last 2 years, that's true but neither has Murphy or Sheed, but there are plenty of calls for them to join.

if Powe really is healthy now, I'd love to sign him. A gimpy Powe however would be useless. I would trust Ainge to check out his knees, but look at JO.

[Bankshot]

I'd sign Powe just for the attitude alone. Isn't the "badness" what we're going to miss from Perk's absence? Powe is a BAD man.

As for the concerns that he's barely played in the last 2 years, that's true but neither has Murphy or Sheed, but there are plenty of calls for them to join.

Who cares?  It's not like all toughness left with Perk. KG is a monster and Baby mixes it up with the best of them, not to mention Shaq won't hesitate to level someone.  We need a legit big man, not Powe.