Josh Powell to sign with Lakers

[eagles nut]

http://hoopshype.com/

[Slava]

Nice signing. Very good rebounder and has some potential on offense.

Tyler would be very happy!

[may191988]

pretty darn good signing.. hes quite a lot like ronny from what i seen so considering he was probably signed to the minimum id say its an excellent pickup =)

[TylersLakers]

Nice signing. Very good rebounder and has some potential on offense.

Tyler would be very happy!

DAMN RIGHT!!

Yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TylersLakers]

This BETTER be true. Please god.

[DEEP3CL]

He was playing well for the Clips down the stretch last season. He has a big body, bangs inside,very solid rebounder he should do well in spot minutes much like Ronny did.

[WOX_69]

Well then we've got what we need, a back up power forward who will play good minutes. I say we're about set for the season.

[supaflash]

Good pickup, looks like we got our backup big. I like it, give the young guys with motivation a shot. Looks like with him and mitchell, yue, and Karl our 3rd string is set. I think these young guys will keep the starters working in practice and I think we should have plenty of blowouts to get them in the games a little bit

Fish/Farmar/Yue
Kobe/Sasha/Karl
LO/Ariza/Walton/Mitchell
Gasol/Powell/Radman
Bynum/Mihm

bold = main rotation, guys likely to get at least 15 mins.
and we're set...

can't wait for the season to start!!!!

[Danny Darko]

nice I like this alot. Now do we keep Karl?

[AceFresh]

I'm pretty much with the general consensus
I like this a lot too.

[Rox_Nix_Nox]

can we get some vets who understand winning.

[dockingsched]

can we get some vets who understand winning.

sure didn't stop leon powe in the finals.

[Asianiac_24]

can we get some vets who understand winning.

well who's those "vets"? theres not a lot of vets right now on the market..

[lakeshow248]

Ronny part deux?

Ronny is 6-10 250 born Jan 13, 1983, Josh is 6-9 240 born Jan 25, 1983.

The numbers Ronny-- 18.7 mpg, 6.6 pts, 3.9 reb, 1.4 blk, 47.4 fg% and 75.3 ft%

Josh's numbers--19.2 mpg, 5.5 pts, 5.2 reb, .36 blk, .460 fg% and 72.4 ft%...

Very similar and Josh will be much cheaper I think. Ronny might have better defensive game W/ blks but in turn Powell by stayin on the floor more and not going for blks averages more reb. Powell might have more of inside game where as Ronny has a better mid range J.

All in a all a very good signing as a backup at the PF.

[tkb]

Excellent pickup IMO.

[TylersLakers]

Lakers spokesman John Black just confirmed that journeyman forward Josh Powell has been signed by the Lakers.

The 6-foot-9 Powell spent the 2007-2008 season with the Clippers, primarily as a backup forward. However, he started extensively late in the season, when starting center Chris Kaman missed 17 of the final 21 games due to an ankle injury.

http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2008/ ... s-a-laker/

[Minhee]

Does anybody know if this is a Guarantee contract? He most likely signed for 1 year, but how many official contracts do we have on the team? Hope he isn't a training camp invite.

This means No DJ Mbenga which kind of sucks....Is there any way we can sign Mbenga as well because I don't want Mihm as our primary backup. Can we trade Mihm for a 2nd rounder?

[KB20]

Underrated signing. He's a good replacement for Ronny. We still need another center though. I have no faith in Mihm.

[ChocolateThundr]

You guys know that he was avg 8/7 and 6/7 near the end of the season when he was getting serious PT...good sign

[CX44]

Nice signing but he is nothing more than a body who will play 10-15 minutes a game. Would rather have a vet than a rookie fill in.