Powell to Stay in LA?

Post #1 » by **mkwest** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:24 pm

According to Hoopshype, Josh Powell will be signed by the Lakers.

PlinkingPanda · Post #2 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:26 pm

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo *coughs* ooooooooooooo!

GuyverX · Post #3 » by **GuyverX** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:58 pm

Eh, Powell is decent but he's nothing special. Skinner does everything Powell could do for us and is a better shot blocker.

cinnamon · Post #4 » by **cinnamon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:01 pm

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He won't get a lot of minutes, but good luck to him as he plays on the same floor with different symbols.

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PlinkingPanda · Post #5 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:48 pm

Yeah, but some of us still liked him. It would be nice for him to go to any other team but the icky Lakers.

ClipperDomination · Post #6 » by **ClipperDomination** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:48 pm

Powell should get some minutes if they want to go for defensive purposes. They are a little thin at the 4, with Radman and Odom (both who play more like 3's) backing up Gasol.

Good luck Josh!

Post #7 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:07 pm

Powell will be fine as a Laker, this wouldn't be the first time that the Lakers have signed one of our former players. I do like Powell, but as mentioned before Skinner does what Powell did.

JJ LoDuca · Post #8 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:51 pm

Booooooo.

I agree that we don't need him at all-- but you guys-- the lakers????? Puh-leeeeze...oh well, at least he's not goin' to, um...Philly... :roll:

Heyvoon24 · Post #9 » by **Heyvoon24** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:25 am

hey guys, laker fan here. what are your opinions on josh powell as a player?

JJ LoDuca · Post #10 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:00 am

^ Powell is a hard worker, and very athletic. Has a good jumper from about 10 feet (hit a baseline game-winner for us once) and defensively, he's pretty good-- if he wasn't, he wouldn't have gotten a minute in Dunleavy's system. He started off last season very shaky and inconsistent (but his minutes were inconsistent at the time as well), but once he got rolling, he was a valuable piece for us. I believe his career high is something like 21 points that came against Portland last season. I think he'll do a nice job filling in Ronny Turiaf's shoes-- he won't bring Ronny's ferocity to the court, but he'll be a solid 10 for that other LA squad.

PlinkingPanda · Post #11 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:02 am

Heyvoon24 wrote:hey guys, laker fan here. what are your opinions on josh powell as a player?

He started off pretty slow for us last year. He was kind of like the Kwame Brown of the Clippers. Looked a bit confused, and mishandled the ball a bit. During the course of the season though he improved quite a bit. If he can stay that way you have a pretty solid backup PF.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #12 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:02 am

JJ LoDuca wrote:Booooooo.

I agree that we don't need him at all-- but you guys-- the lakers????? Puh-leeeeze...oh well, at least he's not goin' to, um...Philly...

I would have rather he'd go to Philly and join Judas then play against us with a chip on his shoulder 4x this season. I guess he's the new Turiaf minus the goofy dance moves.

Heyvoon24 · Post #13 » by **Heyvoon24** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:09 am

thanks. sounds like a good replacement for ronny

eagles nut · Post #14 » by **eagles nut** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:34 am

Considering that Turiaf is making $5M this season while Powell is likely getting the minimum, I'd say that's a good swap from the Lakers perspective.

Post #15 » by **mkwest** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:09 am

It is a good pickup for them and definitely at the right price. It's funny because my uncle and I were talking about Powell shortly after we let him go and he was hoping he would join the Lakers. I'm happy that he's found his way onto another team. See ya October 29th Josh.