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Article: Powe adjusting to NBA
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- June 4, 2007
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When Boston Celtics forward Leon Powe was at Cal, he arguably was
the strongest player on the floor in every game he played.
One of the several ways he was notified that he wasn't on a
college campus anymore last season was when he drew the assignment
of defending Shaquille O'Neal.
"You get tired after awhile," Powe said of guarding the Miami
Heat's 7-foot-1, 325-pound giant of a center. "He tries to wear you
down. He won't try to score during that first post-up. He'll throw
it back out and then bury you under the rim."
Powe recently completed an uneven rookie season that began with
him buried on the end of the bench but ended with him as an integral
part of the Celtics' playing rotation. ...