Post#63 » by Spin Move » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:51 am
James posey is a good guy for any team to have and the better the team the more valuable he is. We would not likley won the title last year if without him with players from the rest of our roster. With that said: James posey is a limited player who showed his age in the playoffs last season, he looked bad in many games trying to gaurd atlanta's wings, could not nearly keep up with Lebron forcing us to gaurd him with one of the big 3 at almost all times and i hate to go to stats but only put up 7 and 4 a game. Lets say his intangables every game are worth 50% of his scoring and 25% of his rebounding. That makes him comparable to a 10.5 and 5 guy, thats a nice guy to have but not someone you pay the full midlevel to. Another problem with Mr. Posey is that he does not always show up in the best shape or play in a motivated fashion, he has a long history going back 2 teams of playing great one year then not showing up the next, he almost got kicked off the team in maimi for pulling a fatoine and ballooning after the season. James posey has never shot 44% for a season in his NBA career his highest scoring season he averaged 37% from the field, we did not just lose michael jorden, we didnt even lose Michael finley, we lost james posey, a guy who can fill a role, I am going to let you in on a little secret, James posey's biggest attribute was hustle, anyone can hustle, there are a whole lot of guys who would be very motivated to hustle and could hit the 3 just as well as james posey and would do it for half the money, Matt Barnes, Quinton Ross among others come to mind, Posey was long, Long, hustle hits open 3 in one player is somewhat hard to replace but its doable, like I said its not like the guy shot 45% from 3, he is a carreer 35% shooter and with this team he shot 38%....and 85% of those were WIDE OPEN 3's honestly, we can find guys who will make 41 or 42% with those shots,
Congrats James on the deal, but I think we can be a better team for both now and the future without Mr. Posey, I think not this season but next one NO will be very sorry they still ove Mr posey 12 million the fact of the matter is he is aging and was never a speedster to begin with. I think we can sign 1 guy who can do alot of what James did and have Giddens or Walker fill in the rest of that void. I think it makes more sense for the long term and will make us at least near the same level short term.
If it were me I would have offered him 3 years at the 20% raise from the previous salary, we CANNOT becuase of cap reasons offer anyone 4 year deals unless we are convinced they will be real studs, With how our cap situation is, we need to have flexibility 3 years down the road if the wheels fall off of any of the big 3, Allen will likely be traded before hte final year of his contract, and that new big 3 will have a 2nd window of 1 or 2 years. Well see how it all works out but I am not to worried about this, I say we sign barnes for half the midlevel to replace him.
P.S. I don't like the singing for the hornets roster wise, this could really stunt Julian Wrights growth, this is not a great signing for them short or long term...but good for james posey, I def would not have paid 48 million for him (what the same contract would have cost us since we are over the cap)
