Should Cs have signed Leon Powe instead of Troy Murphy?

by WISCelticsFAN on Apr 4, 2011 12:40 PM EDT

I'm beginning to think that the celtics should have signed Leon Powe instead of Murphy. Murphy has given us absolutely nothing so far. He has never been on a good team and perhaps there is a reason for that. When I watch him play he lacks that it factor that hustle that we saw from Leon when he and his Grizzles came to town. Leon will battle with anyone inside and we could use that. We could use his toughness rather than the non-existent three point shooting of Troy Murphy. Leon Powe is a fan favorite who could have helped this team.

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Who should Celtic's have signed?

Troy Murphy

44 votes

Leon Powe

247 votes

Some other guy

19 votes

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I think the Celtics

thought Powe would be a injury prone player. They saw Murphy who could be a solid guy on the boards and some scoring. They maybe fell in love with his past career days in GSW/PACERS. I guess at this point we know why Avery Johnson didn’t play him. It could be bad luck the ankle injury,and it stopped his progress on getting his game legs back.

by green20 on Apr 4, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

no man def troy murphy you look at the seasons both players had previous to this and you go with troy murphy everytime he could ball just a shame he can’t play anymore

by Tai_chi on Apr 4, 2011 1:50 PM EDT reply actions

in hindsight, yes

but everyone thought that Leon Powe would be DOA, that his knees were shot, and might never play on a high caliber again. Troy Murphy on the other hand seemed fine physically, but just stuck on a team with a coach who didn’t care for him.

If we had it to do over again, we should of signed Powe, but nobody really thought that Murphy would be this underwhelming.

I don’t see us paying for Big Baby this summer, so perhaps we can resign Powe.

by KY Celts fan on Apr 4, 2011 2:49 PM EDT reply actions

I agree with the first part

but the question still remains: How long will Leon’s knees hold up?

"We will take it easy, and walk on down our road at our pace with our focus ahead, and your focus on us." - Warrior Spirit, on what Celtics' Ubuntu is.

by mmmmm on Apr 4, 2011 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

man we dont need him bak we need to get better than powe, let him hit the freaking door. some of you can not letthis go its like powe is the young shaq. guys a decent player. i dont wanna see us sign powe and get rid of baby. now that would be halarious

by 18champs on Apr 4, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions

hindsight is 20-20

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by Marisa Ingemi on Apr 4, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, but as mentioned, hindsight is 20-20.

"Phil is obviously a good coach. You don't win that many games without being a damn good coach, ... Remember one thing: He's been very fortunate. He picks his spots. That's all I can say." - Red Auerbach

04 + 07 = 11

by Sizzlack on Apr 4, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions

Murphy

Had played 25 games before coming to the Celtics… he’s in shape but not basketball shape… you have yet to see the true Troy Murphy

Cowboys fan since 1978.. I was 3 years old

by Mullin on Apr 4, 2011 5:24 PM EDT reply actions

I hope you're right.

But I’m running out of patience there.

Correction: I’m out of patience. My patience window expired at 10 games in a Celtics uniform. I have officially declared him legally dead, let’s hope for a resurrection.

04 + 07 = 11

by Sizzlack on Apr 4, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

As Tito says, "Do your homework!"

Uhhh, Powe did not want to come to Boston. Do some research. The C’s didn’t have a choice.

by UZi on Apr 4, 2011 5:25 PM EDT reply actions

I think you should take your own advice my friend. No offense or anything.

But read this one:

http://www.necn.com/02/25/11/Leon-Powe-waived-by-Cavs-open-to-Celtics/landing_sports.html?blockID=427423&feedID=3352

If you’re too lazy to do that, here’s the best part of it for you:

“I’ll be happy wherever I end up, but Boston is always holding a special place in my heart,” Powe told CSNNE.com on Thursday evening. “The fans were so good to me, everybody up there was so nice, and it would be a great thing to return back to the Celtics if I could.”

04 + 07 = 11

by Sizzlack on Apr 4, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

powe is still the show

boy i did not know powe signed with the grizzlies good for him everybody knows how i feal about powe its all a crock of crap powe can stll play and he is proving it murphy looks lost on the celtics i hope he can come out of it at playoff time cause we are going to need some bigs davis is a free agent this year i thought he signed a 2 year deal ? that would be nice to bring back leon next season never say never powe fans .

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by lohaus#54 on Apr 4, 2011 7:13 PM EDT reply actions

Guys you fail to realize that if we hadn't signed Troy Murphy

The Heat would have signed him. Just having him on the team is enough.

by ZM15 on Apr 4, 2011 7:18 PM EDT reply actions

This^.

Hindsight is great, but very few people could have predicted Powe’s current level of play. And who knows how long his current set of knees will last?

As far as Murphy goes, as you point out, just keeping him from Miami has value. Odds are that he would have contributed far more minutes to their rotation and who knows? Maybe helped them win a game or two?

At this point, he’s just deep bench insurance behind Shaq, KG, JO, BBD & Krstic. Powe would not likely crack that lineup for any minutes in the playoffs either. BBD has the advantage of being so integrated with the C’s at this point and the others all have significant length advantages over Leon.

I’m glad he’s playing well for the Grizzlies, though. I hope his legs hold out. Great guy who deserves some good health karma.

"We will take it easy, and walk on down our road at our pace with our focus ahead, and your focus on us." - Warrior Spirit, on what Celtics' Ubuntu is.

by mmmmm on Apr 4, 2011 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Lets look at two aspects of the signing. First we kept Murphy away from Miami. Miami’s bench is awful, it very likely he would be in the playoff rotation for the heat. Everybody talks about Leon and his injuries which definitely factored in to the decision not to sign him. Leon has played well offensively for Memphis but has really not been much of factor on the glass. Let’s not forget Leon is only 6’8. Murphy has shown me little in his time with the Celtics. Leon would not be in the rotation off the bench baby is going to play center at times but mostly back up kg. The second unit in the postseason will consist of kristic, baby green, delonte and a starter from the big four. Murphy at 6’11 has show the ability to rebound the basketball and I believe he will help the team in certain spots during the post season like a pj brown. If the Celtics get to the finals they will need to compete with the lakers length, he will be a factor.

by dhodge34 on Apr 4, 2011 9:46 PM EDT reply actions