Doc Lobbies For Powe Extension

Agree with Doc 100%.

I’m not worried about Powe. He will work his tail off and come back from the injury. If it takes him until Christmas, so what?

The intangibles he brings are worth a roster spot. A guy who plays three minutes on a torn ACL can play on my team anytime.

He just has so much heart. He wants to play so badly and he wants to play well. Yet he never gripes when he’s not getting the minutes – just works harder.
I’d be disappointed if the Cs didn’t give him the minimum.

How many bosses these days will stand up and speak for his/her guys like that ? If Danny Ainge is still at the helm this summer, I trust he will do the right thing with Powe to bring him back.

Having said that, I don’t quite like Doc using the word ‘homeless’.

I would say it’s more likely that Powe would be back than not — just not for the dollar amount he’d have hoped to command a few days ago.

good for doc, good for us and good for powe- but we got games to play and win. now is not the time for speculation re powe. when it’s all over. danny has his sea legs back. he has to make some major decisions about what direction this team needs to go. and trust me on this- all of us bloggers will be online with our ideas, biases and pet peeves and pearls and that will be fun.

I am expecting a two year contract at 1.25 per. If he can stay healthy his next contract will be pretty nice, and the Cs will be in a very different cap situation. Where else can you get that much toughness inside for so little? No brainer.

……….Paul Pierce and others love to play for Doc.

I believe PP has stated on record that if no Doc as his coach, no Paul either.

On a day in and day out basis, sure there are rough spots. Especially when you have losing seasons and young players that can’t execute like the savvy veterans we now have. And maybe there are better x-o coaches out there, but then that’s what delegating to and having assistants is for…..as in Thibs, Clifford Ray, etc.

All I can say is if I needed some one next to me “in a foxhole”, Glen Rivers is my guy.

$1.5 mil per year for 3 years would seem about right. Too bad for Leon. Pre-injury it might have been double that.

Not sure how the league would feel, but given that next season is probably a 80-90% waste for Leon, anyone know if the Celtics could employ Leon as a Celtics Staff member instead of a basketball player as a way to “retain” his services in a wink and nod deal for when he’s healthy?

So long as he’s not playing basketball for us, this would seem within the CBA? Anyone know?

As an owner, I’d happily offer him a 2 yr deal, post surgery and after talking to his doctors.

The team will have alot to mull over in the offseason. Rondo & Baby are currently playing their way into bigger money. Keep Pruitt? Resign Marbury? Look for another big? Keep Walker & Giddens, etc? Tony Allen?

“He’s everything that’s right about our league.”

Well said, Doc. Agree completely.