24 Facts About Leon Powe

Leon Powe played his first three years in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and won a championship with the team in 2008.

From 2009 to 2011, Leon Powe played for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Leon Powe had a stint with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2011.

Leon Powe's father left him when he was two years old.

Leon Powe's mother died four days before he played in the state championship.

Leon Powe attended Oakland Technical High School along with former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, where he averaged 27.4 ppg, 14.2 rpg and 3.1 bpg as a senior.

Leon Powe was named a first-team Parade All-American and the Gatorade California Player of the Year during his senior year.

Leon Powe played college basketball at the University of California, Berkeley, for the Golden Bears from 2003 to 2006.

Leon Powe was named California's most valuable player during a banquet in April 2006.

Leon Powe, who was selected Cal's MVP as a freshman in 2004, averaged 20.5 ppg and 10.1 rpg to become just the sixth player ever to pace the Pac-10 Conference in both categories.

Leon Powe was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the second round as the 49th overall pick.

Leon Powe had a similar hurdle of 16 for the sum of the three statistics to guarantee the third year of his contract.

Leon Powe played as a fourth string center behind Kendrick Perkins, Brian Scalabrine and Michael Olowokandi in his rookie season.

Leon Powe proved himself a capable defender who could alter shots and provide interior rebounding.

On January 12,2007, Leon Powe made the most out of his 25 minutes and registered a career-high 12 rebounds against the Toronto Raptors.

Leon Powe scored his career-high 27 points in the last game of the season against the New Jersey Nets on April 16,2008.

Leon Powe spent the end of the season attempting to recover from a right knee strain.

Leon Powe returned in time for the playoffs, only to tear the ACL and meniscus in his left knee in Game 2 of the first round against the Chicago Bulls.

Leon Powe continued to play on the torn ACL for three minutes before being taken out.

Leon Powe's season ended with the knee injury, and had successful surgery to repair the injury on May 5,2009.

On February 24,2011, Leon Powe was waived when the Cleveland Cavaliers needed to clear their roster capacity after making two trades.

Leon Powe had just recovered from surgery to repair the torn meniscus in his right knee which had kept him sidelined for six weeks.

Over a week later, Leon Powe signed for the rest of the season with the Memphis Grizzlies.

In 2014, Leon Powe was hired by the Celtics as community ambassador.