Links To The Present: March 22, 2010
2010-03-22
“With a clear lane to the basket, Powe pushed off his recovering left knee to take a step and then slammed down his first competitive dunk in nearly a year.” [Brian Windhorst]
“‘He adds an intimidation factor to our team which really helps us. . . . He’s very comfortable out there in getting to the free-throw line, and that’s a good trait to have.” [George M. Thomas’ Game Recap]
“During the first quarter while his teammates were out playing the Pistons, Shaquille O’Neal was in the weight room at The Q working out and doing some light rehab with his thumb, which is out of a cast and now in a small splint.” [Brian Windhorst’s Beat Blog]
“The Nike Zoom LeBron VII, the most recent version of James’ signature shoe, has been successful and is being worn by numerous college players as well as an increasing number of NBA players.” [Brian Windhorst on LeBron’s Shoe Deal Plans]
“But the Celtics knew better than anyone (except perhaps the Lakers, who Powe killed in the 2008 Finals) what Leon could do on the court, and the fiber he’s made of, and that he would come back from this stumble better than ever. The Celtics should have known.” [Tom Ziller is a Leon Powe Fan]
[Trey Kerby echoing logic – Cavs’ fans greatest ally] “The good thing for Cavalier fans is that all of this money makin’ is taking place in Ohio. It’s almost like LeBron doesn’t have to be in New York to be a global icon. Call me crazy, but I think marketers have found a way to reach people outside of major metropolitan areas. This basketball in Cleveland thing just might be profitable for LeBron James.”
“Of course, the Cleveland Cavaliers have tried to incorporate Shaquille O’Neal, lost him to injury, been with and without Mo Williams and Delonte West, traded Zydrunas Ilgauskas and waited for him to clear a 30-day moratorium to re-sign him — and still maintained the best record in the league.” [J.A. Adande with some perspective on adversity]
“Big Z comes back soon. Leon Powe has started to contribute. And Shaq is apparently in OK shape while his thumb heals. The Cavs, folks, are heading to the playoffs with more momentum than last season’s Cavs had.” [Marc Stein’s Power Rankings]
Charley Rosen answering an email on his LeBron HS Scouting Report
Fun Tweets:
“raining in cleveland today. great day off. i might not get out of bed.” [Mo Williams]
“Leon Powe officially has a nickname: The Six Million Dollar Man. They can rebuild him. He has 12 points, five rebounds.” [George M. Thomas]
I hope today is Z Day. Can’t wait to get the big fella back.
I remember in 2008 when it was announced Powe was going to miss the rest of the regular season. I immediately went on a million message boards and declared “KG or no KG, Cavs won’t lose to the Celtics now that Powe is out.” He is super underrated.
from a celticshub commenter named ‘J’ regarding leon powe:
“He carved up the Lakers in our championship year and he has so much hustle in him that if you gave him an afro, he’d be the black Varejao.”
i love it :D
Z Watch
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5019348
Amazing? I said the same thing before I got up for work this morning. Guess I’m amazing too!!
That Mo Williams tweet is amazing. Rest up man! Lots of season left.
video link I just caught.
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2010/03/21/20100321_ahmad_squad_jamison.nba/
So the lebron VIIs are actually good? The other shoes have been horrible.
I think he wrote that email to himself, honestly. He wanted a chance to explain himself without looking ridiculous so he wrote some question that of course started off kissing his own ass and then proceeded to lob him a softball so he could go to town on all the reasons he was right about what he said.
You know, I liked that Rosen admitted to being mistaken on some aspects of LeBron, but am I the only one a little annoyed that he tried to claim the whole jumpshooting and defense thing was spot on? He acted like, because it took him four years to improve those aspects, that he wasn’t wrong. Well, he was wrong. He judged LeBron on one game in high school. He didn’t take the time to see how LeBron worked, or talk to him to try to get a feel for his mindset. Frankly, he judged a book after just reading the… Read more »