Saturday, September 26, 2009

Leon Powe will contribute


The Boston Celtics are the dumbest team in the NBA. I have an ongoing beef with them and I'll tell you why. When LeBron was in year one with Cleveland, the Cavs were a 1/2 game out of the 8th spot to make the playoffs going into the last game of the season. The Cavs took care of business, and all Boston had to do was to beat the lowly New-Jersey Nets for the Cavs to make the playoffs. Needless to say, they removed Paul Pierce from the game for the entire second half, and they lost the game by a few points. Ever since then, I have had no respect for the Celtics, and I view them as the worst NBA franchise. Enter Leon Powe. He played huge minutes for Boston when they (luckily) won their NBA title 2 years back, and while he was playing for them last year he tore his ACL. At the end of the season, they didn't even offer him a guaranteed contract and the Cavs scooped up Powe, realizing the low-risk, potentially high-reward active power forward. What were the Celtics thinking? They have a bunch of over-paid, old men on their team. I hope they are not seriously thinking about contending for another title with senior citizens Ray Allen and Paul Pierce. Kevin Garnett is still a beast but he gets injured too often. Rondo is by far their best player, but he can't hang with the elite point guards in the NBA. It will be very satisfying when Leon Powe has a few double-doubles against his former team, and makes them realize how ignorant they are for not re-signing him. Leon Powe is going to have a huge impact when he returns mid-season for the Cavs, don't underestimate him. He and LeBron played on an AAU team together back in the day, and he makes the Cavs frontcourt even more dangerous. Shaq, Ilgauskaus, Varejao, Powe, Hickson, Jackson AND LeBron? That's a lot of talented big-men. No other team in the NBA will be able to handle the Cavs lineup. Similar to Leon Powe, LeBron James is underrated

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