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Article: Powe should take shot at NBA
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 17, 2006
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THE DAY of the student-athlete is gone. Like the ballad singer,
the nickel candy bar and the preppy look, it is a concept from
another time, when a college degree was held with higher esteem.
And so it's inconceivable that Leon Powe will play four years of
basketball for Cal. Even three years isn't a dead-bolt lock, because
this marvelous talent is pondering leaving Berkeley for the NBA right
now.
But those who know Powe's difficult path in life -- a broken home,
many different homes, no parental guidance left, a bunch of siblings
to look after -- realize a college sheepskin isn't his first
priority.
He has more serious concerns, and the wealth that can be his as a
professional will make ...