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Leon Powe

Leon Powe Jr. ▪ Twitter: @Leon_Powe

Position: Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-8 ▪ Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: January 22, 1984 in Berkeley, California
High School: Oakland Technical in Oakland, California
College: University of California
Draft: Denver Nuggets, 2nd round (19th pick, 49th overall), 2006 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 13, 2006

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 23 BOS NBA C 63 2 720 79 177 .446 0 2 .000 106 144 .736 97 118 215 10 14 22 47 104 264
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 56 5 809 154 269 .572 0 1 .000 137 193 .710 95 132 227 15 15 16 43 127 445
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 70 7 1227 177 338 .524 0 0 184 267 .689 145 200 345 46 24 38 76 192 538
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 20 2 236 21 49 .429 0 0 37 63 .587 19 42 61 0 6 2 11 36 79
2010-11 27 TOT NBA C-PF 30 3 328 59 119 .496 0 2 .000 40 72 .556 24 39 63 7 10 4 12 44 158
2010-11 27 CLE NBA PF 14 3 187 29 59 .492 0 0 12 26 .462 16 22 38 2 7 3 5 20 70
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 16 0 141 30 60 .500 0 2 .000 28 46 .609 8 17 25 5 3 1 7 24 88
Career NBA 239 19 3320 490 952 .515 0 5 .000 504 739 .682 380 531 911 78 69 82 189 503 1484

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 23 BOS NBA C 63 2 11.4 1.3 2.8 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.3 .736 1.5 1.9 3.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.7 4.2
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 56 5 14.4 2.8 4.8 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 3.4 .710 1.7 2.4 4.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.3 7.9
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 70 7 17.5 2.5 4.8 .524 0.0 0.0 2.6 3.8 .689 2.1 2.9 4.9 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.1 2.7 7.7
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 20 2 11.8 1.1 2.5 .429 0.0 0.0 1.9 3.2 .587 1.0 2.1 3.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.8 4.0
2010-11 27 TOT NBA C-PF 30 3 10.9 2.0 4.0 .496 0.0 0.1 .000 1.3 2.4 .556 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.5 5.3
2010-11 27 CLE NBA PF 14 3 13.4 2.1 4.2 .492 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.9 .462 1.1 1.6 2.7 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.4 1.4 5.0
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 16 0 8.8 1.9 3.8 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 2.9 .609 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.5 5.5
Career NBA 239 19 13.9 2.1 4.0 .515 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 3.1 .682 1.6 2.2 3.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.1 6.2

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2006-07 23 BOS NBA C 63 2 720 3.9 8.8 .446 0.0 0.1 .000 5.3 7.2 .736 4.8 5.9 10.7 0.5 0.7 1.1 2.3 5.2 13.2
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 56 5 809 6.9 12.0 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 6.1 8.6 .710 4.2 5.9 10.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.9 5.7 19.8
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 70 7 1227 5.2 9.9 .524 0.0 0.0 5.4 7.8 .689 4.3 5.9 10.1 1.3 0.7 1.1 2.2 5.6 15.8
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 20 2 236 3.2 7.5 .429 0.0 0.0 5.6 9.6 .587 2.9 6.4 9.3 0.0 0.9 0.3 1.7 5.5 12.1
2010-11 27 TOT NBA C-PF 30 3 328 6.5 13.1 .496 0.0 0.2 .000 4.4 7.9 .556 2.6 4.3 6.9 0.8 1.1 0.4 1.3 4.8 17.3
2010-11 27 CLE NBA PF 14 3 187 5.6 11.4 .492 0.0 0.0 2.3 5.0 .462 3.1 4.2 7.3 0.4 1.3 0.6 1.0 3.9 13.5
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 16 0 141 7.7 15.3 .500 0.0 0.5 .000 7.1 11.7 .609 2.0 4.3 6.4 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.8 6.1 22.5
Career NBA 239 19 3320 5.3 10.3 .515 0.0 0.1 .000 5.5 8.0 .682 4.1 5.8 9.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 2.0 5.5 16.1

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2006-07 23 BOS NBA C 63 720 14.6 .549 .446 15.8 20.1 17.9 2.3 1.0 2.4 16.4 18.1 109 106 0.9 0.8 1.7 .116
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 56 809 20.9 .629 .572 14.9 18.3 16.7 3.3 1.0 1.6 10.8 22.8 124 100 2.7 1.6 4.3 .256
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 70 1227 17.2 .591 .524 15.1 18.9 17.1 6.0 1.0 2.5 14.3 20.2 117 102 2.7 2.2 4.9 .192
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 20 236 10.2 .515 .429 10.1 20.2 15.4 0.0 1.3 0.7 12.5 17.3 104 104 0.1 0.3 0.5 .097
2010-11 27 TOT NBA C-PF 30 328 15.0 .524 .496 8.3 14.2 11.2 3.6 1.6 0.9 7.4 22.4 107 110 0.4 0.2 0.6 .090
2010-11 27 CLE NBA PF 14 187 12.9 .497 .492 9.6 13.9 11.7 1.9 1.9 1.2 6.6 18.3 103 111 0.1 0.1 0.2 .051
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 16 141 17.8 .548 .500 6.7 14.5 10.6 6.0 1.1 0.6 8.0 27.9 111 108 0.3 0.1 0.4 .142
Career NBA 239 3320 16.8 .581 .515 14.2 18.7 16.5 3.9 1.1 2.0 12.9 20.4 115 103 6.8 5.2 12.0 .174

Playoffs Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 23 1 270 36 73 .493 0 0 44 66 .667 32 30 62 4 0 3 12 45 116
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 2 0 24 3 7 .429 0 0 4 6 .667 1 8 9 0 0 0 1 3 10
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 3 0 9 1 4 .250 0 0 3 4 .750 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 5
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 4 0 14 2 8 .250 0 0 3 4 .750 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
Career NBA 32 1 317 42 92 .457 0 0 54 80 .675 36 41 77 4 0 3 14 51 138

Playoffs Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 23 1 11.7 1.6 3.2 .493 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.9 .667 1.4 1.3 2.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5 2.0 5.0
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 2 0 12.0 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 .667 0.5 4.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 5.0
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 3 0 3.0 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.3 .750 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.7
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 4 0 3.5 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.0 .750 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
Career NBA 32 1 9.9 1.3 2.9 .457 0.0 0.0 1.7 2.5 .675 1.1 1.3 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.6 4.3

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 23 1 270 4.8 9.7 .493 0.0 0.0 5.9 8.8 .667 4.3 4.0 8.3 0.5 0.0 0.4 1.6 6.0 15.5
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 2 0 24 4.5 10.5 .429 0.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 .667 1.5 12.0 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 15.0
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 3 0 9 4.0 16.0 .250 0.0 0.0 12.0 16.0 .750 4.0 4.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 12.0 20.0
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 4 0 14 5.1 20.6 .250 0.0 0.0 7.7 10.3 .750 5.1 5.1 10.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
Career NBA 32 1 317 4.8 10.4 .457 0.0 0.0 6.1 9.1 .675 4.1 4.7 8.7 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.6 5.8 15.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2007-08 24 BOS NBA C 23 270 14.6 .568 .493 15.1 13.8 14.4 2.6 0.0 1.0 10.5 20.4 118 108 0.6 0.3 0.9 .162
2008-09 25 BOS NBA PF 2 24 11.9 .519 .429 4.9 40.5 22.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.4 20.5 103 105 0.0 0.0 0.0 .086
2009-10 26 CLE NBA SF 3 9 3.5 .434 .250 13.7 13.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.8 35.0 88 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.086
2010-11 27 MEM NBA C 4 14 12.8 .359 .250 16.1 16.8 16.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.8 93 111 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.021
Career NBA 32 317 14.0 .542 .457 14.4 15.9 15.1 2.2 0.0 0.8 9.9 21.3 114 108 0.6 0.3 0.9 .141

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 5 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5
Leon Powe 4.9 4.3 1.7 0.6 0.5
Tracy Murray 95.3 4.9 4.4 2.2 0.5 0.5
Cornell Warner 89.3 4.7 3.5 1.7 0.6 0.6
Ed Ratleff 86.7 5.6 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.5
Kwame Brown 85.7 4.9 3.6 2.5 0.8 0.6
Travis Grant 85.3 5.6 4.1 1.5 0.5
Kermit Washington 85.1 5.3 4.3 0.9 0.9 0.8
Ed Conlin 84.8 4.7 4.3 2.0 2.0 0.7
Fabricio Oberto 83.9 6.1 4.1 1.7 1.1 0.6
Larry McNeill 83.6 4.4 4.3 2.3 1.5 0.7
Bison Dele 82.5 4.7 4.0 2.3 1.8 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Leon Powe 4.9 4.3 1.7 0.6 0.5
Ed Ratleff 86.7 5.6 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.5
Travis Grant 85.3 5.6 4.1 1.5 0.5
Fabricio Oberto 83.8 6.1 4.1 1.7 1.1 0.6 0.0
Larry McNeill 82.8 4.4 4.3 2.3 1.5 0.7 0.1
Ed Conlin 81.2 4.7 4.3 2.0 2.0 0.7 0.5 -0.1
Leonard Gray 80.2 4.1 4.0 1.8
DeMarcus Cousins 79.5 4.4 4.2 1.1
Larry Stewart 79.3 4.7 2.9 1.6 0.5 0.1
Brandan Wright 79.3 4.1 3.5 1.9 1.1 0.8
Gordon Hayward 79.0 5.4 4.9 1.2

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2003-04 20 CALIFORNIA 27 804 142 291 0 1 125 205 256 19 409 .488 .000 .610 29.8 15.1 9.5 0.7
2005-06 22 CALIFORNIA 27 953 178 359 3 9 194 270 273 38 553 .496 .333 .719 35.3 20.5 10.1 1.4
Career 54 1757 320 650 3 10 319 475 529 57 962 .492 .300 .672 32.5 17.8 9.8 1.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
2003 McDonald's All American
2005-06 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
2008 Boston Celtics (NBA)

Transactions

June 28, 2006: Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 2nd round (49th pick) of the 2006 NBA Draft.

June 28, 2006: Traded by the Denver Nuggets to the Boston Celtics for a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Aaron Gray).

August 12, 2009: Signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

February 24, 2011: Waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

March 5, 2011: Signed as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2006-07 Boston Celtics NBA $432,000
2007-08 Boston Celtics NBA $687,456
2008-09 Boston Celtics NBA $797,581
2009-10 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $855,189
2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $915,852
Career (may be incomplete) $3,688,078

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