Celtics Sign James Posey

We still need to sign a true vet PG. Who is still available ? I don’t know a whole lot about Posey but it sounds like a good sign.

Posey is a great role player! And I’m really not sure about this, so please correct me, but i think we can only sign a pg for the vets minimum. If so, i’d love for stoudamire or cassel to be bought out.

How do buy outs usually happen? Does the team decide they no longer want a player, and offer a buy out. Or do players usually make it known that they want out? Maybe both? What is the likelihood that Cassel or Soudamire are bought out?

A vet PG would be great…but posey is an excellent signing!

House, TA, Posey, Scal, Pollard, Powe is a very, very solid bench. Especially considering that we have 3 Stars that will allow them all to stick to a concrete role. Now it’s up to Doc to establish minutes and more importantly roles for each and every rotation player. Everyone needs to know what is expected of them.

P.S. House can DEFINITELY bring the ball over half court AND make teams pay for doubling off him.

Is Troy Hudson still available ?

We won’t be sorry Ainge signed Posey. He’ll fit in nicely. Even as a college senior, when he was the best player on his team, he was working to fit in with the rest of the squad and with what the coach wanted.

Now go get Nick Van Excel, and explain to Pruitt, Wallace, and Davis the opportunity they’ll have to learn their new positions in the NBDL.

Say “hello” to our 6th man!

3 reasons I like this signing:
1. This allows TA all the time he needs to recover from his surgery. It look him longer than expected last time to get back to playing shape and expecting him to be ready by November was just unrealistic, Hopefully, he’ll be close to 100% by the playoffs.

2. Instead of Wallace being our defensive stopper at 3 we can send him to the D-league for a year and let him learn to play the 3.

3. We’ve gotten ourselves a quality role player and we have now taken one of the best players from Miami making them a worse team.

Also, he’s not an angel with that dwi but he’s not Ruben Patterson thank god.

I notice that Posey’s agent is Mark Bartelstein. I think DA has had a lot of talks and dealings with this agent and I believe their relationship could have had a lot to do with this signing. Something, I believe, that is often ignored is that DA has a good reputation amongst agents and is an intangible that enables DA to do some of the things he does. The speed of the signing after Miller decided not to come here also shows that DA is well-prepared with contingency plans.

I like this a lot, especially from a defensive standpoint. The team is going to have the pieces to play good defense, if they can coach it better this year.

Wait a second… I thought we had the worst bench in the NBA?! All right all you naysayers! What are you saying now?! Don’t make judgements prior to training camp. We still don’t know this is what we are going to go into the season with. As is though, Posey, Pollard, House, TA, and crew are a very solid line-up. Not the very best out there, but definitely solid.

Nice job Danny. I have a feeling TA may not get much time at all this year. In fact, he may not be on the C’s after the trade deadline. Packaging him and one of these younger prospects to fill a need at that point could be a big possibility.

But then again, we have the worst coach in the history of the NBA… You know that is what we are hearing next. Come on glass half empties. Let it begin.

wow this is crazy!!!!!!!!! “WE JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER”

Is anyone else in total awe in manner in which Danny et al has moved this year?

I am just shaking my head….one amazing move after another…I can not wait to read the papers tomorrow.

Off the top of my head, I count, Pierce, Rondo, Perkins, Scal and Allen from last year’s team. My math may be a bit off, but that is 10 new players (3 rookies and 7 veterans).

AMAZING!!

I wonder if Thibodeau influenced the signing of Posey? If Thibodeau is going to create something (defensive presence) from nothing (last year’s version) he’ll need the horses to go the distance.

this is an excellent signing. good move Danny.
posey, powe and big baby should be nice back ups
for our front line. scali and pollard wont have to
carry to much weight in games, they can contribute
the most in scrimmage practices and the locker room

Good point re: Bartelstein, TrueGreen. I almost pointed it out this AM as a reason we may have had a chance for Posey. Bartelstein is the agent for Walker, Blount and Reed. Some people thought Danny went too far in helping Walker get that last Miami contract, but that sort of thing pays off in more than general karma.

Player option in the second year eh? he is hoping for maximum exposure with this lineup and probably a bigger payday soon after that.

I didn’t think Ainge would get a free agent of this quality. I do wish he had gotten a good backup PG like Anthony Johnson and/or a good backup center like Motumbo, and still hope he will (if it’s at the expense of Jackie Manuel, Gabe Pruitt and/or Brandon Wallance, so be it). But Posey is a solid player and really raises the level of the bench.

I agree with Hobbs and CelticPride that a good side benefit is keeping Patterson away from this team.

Hobbs, TP on your comment about RP.

Not sure how much flexability the Celts have with a possible trade for a true back up PG or Center – but given the Possey signing, one would have to think the Celts would be pulling out all the stops at the midway point to get that one extra player for a real run.

I think Possey’s contract (two years) shows that the Celts are thinking ring this year or next.

I just watched some Youtube videos on Posey. This guy’s an Enforcer. He’s like the new Charles Oakley. Good signing. You see what the Spurs have done with Bowen.

Can we stash Pruit in europe for the season and not lose his rights? He may be able to make some money and gain playing time.

The article said they used most of the MLE so I am assuming there is some left.

I still think that Dan Dickau would be a great pickup!

Actually, I am wrong. They used it all up. We can still sign them to the regular 2nd round rookie contracts. It just means that if we want to keep them later, we don’t have Bird rights to them.

Tis strange… feels like I don’t even know my own team. Must be evem more odd for Paul, through all the thick and thin to have this patch work collection of band-wagoners now calling themselves “Celtics”. Odd.

definetely a good move….this guy can bring you similar game to what Gomes did, but with more rugged defense….really helps solidify the bench, though I would STILL like to see a vet PG, Im feeling MUCH better about the bench……like I said right after the trade to all the naysayers, why sweat about the bench in early August?

I’m glad Ainge was sweating about the bench in eary August.

well pp is getting his vets. posey is a good one, tough as nails and no rush to get ta back fast and good backup for ra and pp. posey not only is good on d, he is an enforcer, a helluva rebounder, a moderate 3 point shooter, not turnover prone, a ring owner, and a person who can tolerate coming off the bench. doc better get his rotation down. with posey, ra and pp get some rest.

every post i have made in regards to free agents has been about posey. i am so psyched we got him. he is exactly what this team needed.

Fantastic acquisition!

We needed to keep getting better on the defensive end and this guy can do it as well as pop in those "3"s.

Don’t fret the PG either House or Pruitt will move right in. Payton’s a over the hill player especially if you watched his play last year. Please no more mentioning of Dickau he is terrible. :D

I agree that we still may be a little thin at pg…and also at C, but this is such a great signing- perfect fit. He does everything a championship team needs in a role player, and I agree with the poster who compared him to a Bowen type. If this means Ray Allen playing a little point and Garnett playing a little center, then it is totally worth it- the best FA signing we could have gotten…and a decent price too!

I am very proud of the Celtic organization since the KG deal became a reality. I had no confidence going into the draft that Danny and company could pull off Ray Allen/KG. Now the bench is shaping up.

Possey is an excellent pick up.

For Boston management, job well done!

I had a feeling that we might get Posey…it seems like everybody wants to join in on this quest for #17. I can’t imagine how great the team will be next year when there are even more free agents available and we add another 1st rounder to go along with the experience gained by our youngsters.

After the KG deal, all the national media freaked out and said we had no bench. I had no doubts we would be able to build up an ample group of guys. Did everyone really think we would go into the season with Jackie Manuel as a primary back up on our team? This Posey signing makes up for losing Gomes, in my opinion (although I would still love him back!)

I’m just glad they chose Posey over Patterson or D. Jones. He is the best fit off the bench…he can bring some offense, experience, and defintely defense.

go after Darrel Armstrong..

WOW… I am really stunned. This could really be the team that brings in #17. I am just amazed at Danny. Talk about one solid team. I am really, really, REALLY looking forward to watching my Celtics. Its been a long time. And now they are BACK!!!!

Good move. I think we’re in good shape. NOW ALL WE NEED IS ZHI ZHI WANG.

Now I don’t feel so bad about giving up Gomes in the KG deal. The beauty of signing free agents!

If you build it they will come..

Awesome. :)

a shooter off the bench would be nice as would another big but I like the team as is. danny has done an excellent job getting posey,pollard and house for not much $. who knows, maybe reggie comes back for the playoff run.

experience and the ability to hit the 15fter seem to be the criteria for the bench,hence no Brevin & Patterson…Stoudamire seems like a likely fit even though another midget might not be ideal…lol…

This team is ready to go to battle!

This wasa good signing. They needed a player like Posey. He has a bad knee, though. Hopefully it will hold up.

Posey is good enough to keep Pierce’s and Allen’s minutes down. He’s a tough defender (maybe even a little dirty) but he can also hit the trey.

Prediction: If they don’t sign Darrell Armstrong for the vet minimum, the backup pg will be Ray Allen.

Great signing.
Ainge has produced big time.
Celtics are favorites to win the EAST.

How about a small ball lineup of Rondo/R.Allen/Pierce/Posey/Garnett?? Wow, finally….

So what’s the word on that knee, then? Anyone have any news on that?