Submission by brumbygg9 – and as much as I’d disagree that any Celtic (or Laker) is ‘unsung’, here ’tis!

Leon Powe came into this season with almost no pedigree and a permadent butt imprint where he rode the pine much of last season.

He was not expected to play much this season, but has averaged over 13mpg (a figure skewed by his lack of playing time in the early weeks of the season) almost 4rpg and over 7ppg.
Not exactly MVP numbers, but he has given Doc Rivers the luxury of spelling both KG and Kendrick Perkins for long spells every game.

Now, I may have mentioned once or twice before that keeping KG fresh for the playoffs could be a huge factor for the Celts. Leon Powe is a big reason why this Celtic team may go all the way.
If that happens and when the credit is handed round to KG for turning round the franchise or to Sugar Ray and PP for their “team first” mentality I hope that my man Leon receives the credit he richly deserves for his contributions.

As stated way back on March 23rd:

Yup, I’m declaring April 5th ‘Unsung Player Day’… we should recognize the guys who toil and work hard every day, for no recognition. Well, today’s your day. In reality, these guys are just as responsible for making the NBA what it is today – every team needs role-players, guys to come on and give that valuable 2-5 minutes. Without them, there is no NBA. I would encourage NBA bloggers to put up an ‘unsung player’ on their blog on April 5th. (link)

And here it is. This will be the central thread keeping track of all stuff that’s put up in Blogfrica on Unsung Players across the league.

• First up: Stop Mike Lupica tell us all about Joel Anthony… replete with vid-clips
• LOY’s PLACE offers up Kendrick Perkins…
• And One Cleveland.com thinks that Devin Brown doesn’t get the kudos he deserves…
• Rob (brumbygg9 here) from our very own site regards Leon Powe as in need of some lovin’…
• Be introduced to Steve Novak, over at Feet In The Paint…
• Biased Fan assures us that CJ Miles fits the bill as an ‘Unsung Player’…
• Golden State’s Kelenna Azubuike is the guy HoopsAddict have put in the spotlight…
• The On Deck Circle have three submissions. The first is a great piece on the ‘Unsung International Game‘, next they offer the NCAA Unsung Tournament Team, and finish up with a list of 5 guys they feel fit the bill…
• Give Me The Rock gives tribute to Ryan Gomes (and they want presents??)…
• And the other half of Give Me The Rock toasts Danny Granger…
• Daily Basketball offers up one of my favourite Jazz – Paul Millsap…
• Rick over at Waiting For Next Year is another Devin Brown fan…
• I Want To Be A Sports Agent’s Darren Heitner has some praise for Luther Head…
• Someone sharing Rob’s fan-dom of Leon Powe – CelticsBlog…
• Clips Nation sings the praises of Nick Fazekas…
• SportsTsar thinks that Ronny Turiaf needs some limelight…
• I’m impressed: Red’s Army – a Celtics Blog – went with David West (of the Hornets) for this…
• 3 Shades of Blue puts Jason Collins on a pedestal for a day…
• T-Wolves Blog sings up Greg Buckner & Michael Doleac…
• Empty The Bench hits us with 5 Glue Guys you gotta read about…
• Jon over at Passion & Pride (of MVN) tells us all about Calvin Booth…
• Peja Stojaki… Stoya… Stojakovic(!) gets some lovin’ from Hornets247…
• My own submission – Maceo Baston…
• Hardwood Paroxysm (they of the Kobe Bryant Blog Day) present Richard Jefferson…
• We Rite Good present Juan Dixon…
• Probably the last addition to this, and it’s from Hardwood Paroxysm – The Memphis Grizzlies. Yes, all of them.

Stay tuned, updates as I find them/get them…

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