Looks like there is a reason the Boston Celtics signed Glen "Big Baby" Davis and that reason was that Leon Powe was not going to return to the green and white. Today, Leon Powe and the Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to a two year deal for $1.77 million.

Read the story here.

As much as I love Leon Powe, I don't have any problem with this deal. Provided our team stays strong and injury free we are stacked on the bench after this off-season and Danny Ainge, in my humble opinion, made all of the right moves.

This move though, baffles me from the Cavs perspective. Why would you sign a guy that won't even be ready until the middle of the season, if that soon. He might be ready to come back then, but will likely not be at 100% until the playoffs, which I guess is where they are banking on him helping them.

Either way, if there was any question that the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers are the head of the class in the East this year, those questions have been laid to rest.

Labels: Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Glen David, Lebron James, Leon Powe, Orlando magic

The Boston Celtics announced today that the club has re-signed forward Glen Davis to a contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Glen has been a big part of our success for the past two years and we are very excited to have him back,” said Danny Ainge, Celtics President of Basketball Operations. Davis, a 6’9”, 289 lbs, forward has spent two seasons with the Celtics and had a breakout 2008-09 season in which he averaged 7.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. The former LSU Tiger continued his breakout campaign in the 2009 playoffs during which he averaged 15.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Davis made 16 starts during the 2008-09 regular season and averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in 33.0 minutes per game. “Big Baby” scored a career-high 24 points against the Memphis Grizzlies on March 21, 2009. Davis also hit the biggest shot of his career to date when he nailed a game-winning jumper against the Orlando Magic in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals to send the series back to Boston tied 2-2. During the First Round of the 2009 playoffs against the Chicago Bulls, Davis averaged 18.1 points and 6.7 rebounds.

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Labels: Big Baby, Boston Celtics, Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Danny Ainge, Easter Conference, glen davis, lsu tigers, memphis grizzlies, Orlando magic

Here we go again. Another round of layoffs in the radio industry hit the Wicked Pissa Dude Family hard once again. Bad news for the radio industry...good news for you, that means these two jabrones will have more time to run their holes about NOTHING and that's exactly what they did tonight.

Timmy and Adam are back and UNEMPLOYED!! Of course there is no shortage of sports to talk about. The C's knocked off the Magic on a last minute buzzer beater by Glen Big Baby Davis...where was I when he learned to shoot?

The B's clawed back into the series against Carolina but now must head south to pick up a game on the road if they want to see their hopes of a Stanley Cup stay alive

The Red Sox finally figured out how to beat the Rays and Papi finally learned how to get on base.

Aaaaaaand...we'll check in on the undefeated Thunda Downunda in our Fantasy Nascar league...ya dude!! All this and more on Wicked Pissa Dude Radio, thanks for checking out the show!!

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Labels: Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Carolina Hurricanes, Orlando magic, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

The Boston Celtics' championship hopes for the 2009 season keep getting slimmer and slimmer and today, with the announcement that Leon Powe will not see anymore action in this season's playoffs, it seems like the inevitable is drawing closer. Don't count them out yet, but missing KG and Leon Powe up front does not bode well for a championship run.

While the C's have struggled against the lowly Bulls at home, it hasn't been the big men in Chicago's lineup that have given them fits as Ben Gorden and Derrick Rose have been the thorns in their side, but when the C's have to go up against Orlando or Cleveland, the lack of a strong presence in the lane is not a good thing.

So with the announcement that Powe is out for the remainder of the season, the Celtics inch closer to 2009 extinction. Don't get me wrong, I am on board with a championship run and will be pulling for them every step of the way, but the realistic side of me has to wonder, can they really do it? I don't know, but I'll be pulling for them for sure.

P.S. Pictures of Game 2 coming soon...I am slacking!!

adam@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Garnett, Leon Powe, Orlando magic

So the C's have dropped 4 out of 5 and are only a half game up on the Orlando Magic for the 2 seed in the east. Now I know that I said on TNA that we should not talk about the one seed and what needs to happen with that for Celts to do well in the playoffs blah, blah. Let me rescind that and say "Hold on to the effin two seed at least!" Sorry if that sounded a little panicked, but if you look at this little slide that they are on, let's break it down a little shall we.

It would be one thing if they were losing these games to the LA Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, or even the San Antonio Spurs. No the C's are losing to the Magic, Heat, Bucks, and Bulls. The only one glimmer of happiness was a win against the Grizzlies and to be honest watching that game I was not sure we were going to win that one either(thank you Ray Ray) all of this points to one thing and that is Kevin Garnett the Celtics miss you terribly. All of the talk that the C's can win with out him "Look they are undefeated with KG out of the lineup!" those days are long gone.
Trust me I am the first to point out that the rest of the team is not on the up and up either with Davis, Scal, TA, and possibly the other Allen (Ray hurt his elbow last night) being out also hurts this team, but when you surrender 127 points to the freakin' Bulls there is a glaring emptiness in the middle of that paint that needs to return.

We all want KG back in the worst way I know this and we all want him back for the stretch run so that means he has to be healthy, but damn watching these games without him is just painful. So in closing Kevin by all means, get well soon, like by this Friday against the Spurs.

scotty@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: Boston Celtics, brian scalabrine, bucks, Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, grizzlies, Lakers, miami heat, Orlando magic, Ray Allen, san antonio spurs

So the C's are back on track right...oh wait three wins in a row versus the Atlantic Division do count right? Of course they do. This could be just what the Celts need to get back that championship swagger that the Green had during that 19 game win streak.This could not have come at a better time, with just one more against the Nets. The Celts will only have 6 more games before February and none of the remaining are long flights out west or down to Texas. Thus allowing Doc to do what the majority of Celtic nation want him to, which is rest the big three.

Last nights beat down gave the starting 5 (yes include Scalabrine in that)the fourth quarter off for the first time in memory. I'm not saying the rest of this month is going to be a breeze what with road games versus Orlando, Miami, and Detroit but again neither are far from home and the Florida games are back to back which is not a big deal. The C's should look at this stretch of 7 and should at least go 6-1 or 5-2.

Am I being a little too optimistic right now? I mean it's only three straight vs the Atlantic but if you watched those games you could start to see that swagger and the fun that has been missing from these past few weeks. Plus with a month till the All-Star break this stretch of days off before games and some extra rest could give them a huge advantage getting ready for the final two and half months or to be cliche' the stretch run.

scotty@wickedpissadude.com

Labels: all star break, All Star Game, atlantic division, big three, Boston Celtics, brian scalabrine, Detroit Pistons, Doc Rivers, florida, miami heat, Orlando magic