Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Leon To Cleveland?

I hope is knee is good. I liked Danny’s lack of sentimentality in making business decisions, but I would like to see Powe with a sure income.

i spent 3 years loving leon powe… and upon reading this the blood lust that overcomes one at times like this had me hoping his knee falls clean off… im so sorry.

But there’s no way anyone can tell anything about that knee this soon. He’s also had the other knee done and this is the third on this one. If they give him a guaranteed contract that’s crazy.

With one of my other fave exes – Del Monte

They’re contending too, maybe with a short window.

That he’s not going to be our 15th man…If Cleveland signs him, they will have taken “another little piece of (our) heart, now Baby…Come on now—- TAKE IT…!”

Someone, much earlier, on the Powe situation stated that “championships are won with the head and not the heart”…On this point I disagree vehemently…I believe, experientially, that championships are all about Heart…Many of the most talented get to practice their putting strokes quite early in Springtime…

Good for Leon, Bad for Boston.

Im happy for Powe, but still very sad, he was a worker, granted Cavs still only have one worker, but he is mad at Boston. BBD has been talking himself into “this is a business” Powe I dont think will accept that. he as something to prove now, when he gets his knee back in working order he will be a beast. If his knees stay healthy that chip on his shoulder will bring a ton of boards.

With Hickson in the fold, Cleveland can afford to wait for Powe to recover and then allow some competition to ensue.

Their roster is already set at every other position so this was a low-risk move. Powe has killed them in the past and now he’s on their team – I fully expect him to recover and find his way into a Brandon Bass contract in 2 years.

Way to go Leon.

Sick and tired of people saying bad things about this classy guy now that he wants to continue his career elsewhere. You can stop loving Leon, but keep in mind we dumped him first. We didn’t want to take a chance on him, so he had to explore other options. He has bills to pay, ends to meet too.

I wish Leon will do well with the Cavs, win the 6th man award and score a double-double against every team except us.

but i’m happy for leon (forever celtics old friend)…

good luck (except when he’s against us of course…) lol

If Leon can come back and be the player he was for us (and he was still getting better), this could be a huge pickup for them. They’ve got enough depth in the frontcourt where they don’t need him to play right now, but with the exception of Shaq their frontcourt is mostly garbage-men (Sideshow Bob) and jumpshooters (Big Z); Powe can give them a bit of a low-post presence, which isn’t really their strength right now.

Plus, he’s one of the best in the league at drawing fouls. We’ve brought aboard a lot of depth in the frontcourt; the way to counteract that is to make those guys defend the low post and try and get them to pick up cheap fouls. If you put Powe in there and he gets a couple quick fouls on Perk or ‘Sheed, they’re not going to be able to defend Shaq as aggressively in the fourth quarter. I’m wondering if THAT’S what Cleveland is really after -a player that’s specifically good at getting the other team’s big men in foul trouble.

Kinda sucks to have to root so hard against a team with two of my favorite non-Celtic players, Delonte and Leon!

That sucks but its not like the cavs will even play him. He will sit the bench a lot and then when we play them baby can stop him anyways right??

Seriously, DA, why did we resign BBD and not Powe? I know he is coming back from an injury but do you think that BBD is a better contributor than Powe? At least he’s taller and can rebound.
Powe-thanks for your hard work. Would have loved if your stupid boss gave you an offer but good luck, just don’t play well against us!

I remember years ago Red traded Paul Westhpal for Charlie Scott. The move was to win another championship, and it did. But Red lied to Paul and caused a serious rift in there relationship. Paul was very ..very angry at Red and the Celtics. Paul punished us on the court and he was standoffish towards the Celtics there after.

At some point Danny is going to have to retionalise how unfairely he treated Leon Powe. I understand getting a better player thats understandable, but it’s the way the situation was resolved that stinks.

If it’s true that he’ll sign with the Cavs I’m glad for Leon. I would prefer he be here, but at least he’ll get an income. If not true he could still end up here. The question I have with the Cavs taking him is why? I’m not thinking about the knees. Where does Leon fit in the Cav’s roster. With Leon they have four guys that essentially play under the basket.