Mark Murphy of the Herald has the whole scoop:
Ainge said today that there was considerable discussion within the front office about whether to make Powe a qualifying offer. The executive director of basketball operations also said that he raised the possibility of signing Powe to a veteran’s minimum two-year contract with a team option in the second year - the very deal Powe just signed with Cleveland - but that the forward rejected the idea.
“Unfortunately, the way things turned out, Leon took it to mean that we didn’t want him back, and that wasn’t necessarily the case,” said Ainge. “Though we didn’t extend him the qualifying offer, we did talk to him about coming back. I told Leon from the beginning that what happened is what I thought would happen - that he’d get a two-year contract with a team option.
“But I want everyone to know that I love Leon and wish him the best,” said Ainge. “I hope he does well. We’re all better for having known Leon.”
Now Leon's take on the matter:
“I talked to him for 45 minutes,” said Powe. “But he said they weren’t going to do nothing. It was quite a shock to me, but he said they didn’t have the extra money to sign me, and (Pagliuca) said that he would have to pay out of his own pocket for them to wait on me.
“I understood what he was saying, because it was the same thing I heard from Danny. I told Danny that I would take the one-year deal. But that was it. After (talking to Pagliuca), I didn’t call them no more.”
"I was a little surprised at what happened, because I thought he would take care of me, but Danny was pretty clear about what they were going to do.”Stay Tuned.
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Sad. I still think taking the risk on Leon for the same money would have been better than S Willaims. With the depth we have now we could have been patient with him
No matter where Leon goes, I hope he can pull down a few more $$ before his next injury, which probably, unfortunately, is inevitable with those tender knees
Seriously. Very good points. I think we could have afforded to wait on him.
I know we're over the luxury tax, but I think we should have spent some extra money on him. I mean, he's a great person, so you know he'd be grateful and wouldn't screw off (or fight dogs, or kill people while driving under the influence or use steroids, etc.) and when he returns your team is that much better.
Thanks. Man seeing him in a Cleveland uniform will be tough to swallow.
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