Give Posey 4 years and be done with it.

If we had kept or plan on keeping Tony I wouldn’t hesitate to give Posey full MLE. If Tony is not in the plans, then this needs a little bit of more consideration because the holes to fill suddenly increase by 1 and with limited resources to fill them.

We’ll see, Danny should know what he’s doing… I hope.

Give Posey 4 years and be done with it.

No doubt. We have to do whatever it takes to keep this guy. No Posey, no 2008 banner. This is a great team, it’s not time to pinch pennies and let the core of the team drift apart. Letting Posey go would be the stupidest move Danny ever made. This would not be like letting Ben Wallace get away after we have him in training camp; with Posey we know what we have, we’ve seen him all year, he was one of the anchors of this team. While Rondo and Perkins are probably more important in the long term, Posey was probably the 4th best player on the team at any given moment this year. The lift he gives the team is huge. Don’t be cheap Danny! Bring Posey back!

Posey should take the full MLE for 3 years. If he wont settle for that kind of money at this age, to try to win a championship again, then let him walk. Anyone that gives him 4 or 5 years is overpaying him A LOT OF MONEY. Posey would make 6 mil or so for 3 years. If you give him more than 3 years than your gonna be paying 6-7 mil a season to a guy thats 34 years old. That is not a smart move. Especially for a team that will have to resign Rondo, Powe, BBD, and this years rookies.

We could lock up a guy like Pietrus for less money and he is 5 years younger. He can defend and shoot the 3 just like Posey. More than anything I would like to keep James Posey, but when it comes down to a guy asking for a contract that will put the team in a bad financial situation, I think you need to look somewhere else.

don’t know how the cap works,but i would give posey more for a short term contract, less for 4-5 years.

The logic of paying Scal 3 million a year makes it illogical not to consider Posey for a 4 year MLE. While Posey may prove to be overpayed in his 4th (or even 5th) year, Scal has been grossly OVERPAYED since he was signed when considering respective production. One pays for on the court performance and dishes out $60,000,000 for a chance at #17 (DONE!), #18, #19? Why pay $60,000 for a Lexus and then refuse to pay another $12,000 for maintenance (kowing full well that the maintenance fee is too high but understanding that you are sacrificing the $60,000 original investment without it).

We Keep Posey AT ALL COST. as simple as that. He was an essential piece to a championship team & will be hard to replace. Lets not mention the value of keeping a team together. Can’t keep playing musical chairs with teams, that’s the whole freakin’ problem with the NBA today.

Jeff said:
  I’m taking down names, people signing up for 4 years are not allowed to complain in year 4 if he’s broken down and vastly overpaid smilies/tongue.gif (just kidding, …sort of)

Disagree. If the Celtics win 2 or even just 1 more championship in the next 4 years, then even if Posey gets injured and doesn’t play another day during his 3rd or 4th year, it would still have been worth it to get another championship out of him.

Jeff said:
I’m taking down names, people signing up for 4 years are not allowed to complain in year 4 if he’s broken down and vastly overpaid smilies/tongue.gif (just kidding, …sort of)


Disagree. If the Celtics win 2 or even just 1 more championship in the next 4 years, then even if Posey gets injured and doesn’t play another day during his 3rd or 4th year, it would still have been worth it to get another championship out of him.

Agree with Bankshot. We’re not in a rebuilding mode where we should be thinking about the what happens 4 years from now. There is a pretty short window of opportunity with KG, Ray, and Paul. I say all that matters is trying to win banner 18 in 2009. When it’s time to rebuild, rebuild, but this team is not on the way down, it’s at the pinnacle, and has to win right now. We have to bring Posey back, end of story.

Re MasterPo: Making one illogical move does not justify making another (i.e., signing Posey to an “illogical” contract…)

The wisdom of YOUR Chinese proverb is misplaced in that Posey is not Scal nor has Scal ever been as important to this team as Posey. One illogical move should not prejudice future decisions when the commodity being decided has the potential for us to revisit #18.

In years 3 and 4 (with Ray Allen off the books) Posey’s contract will cost the club much less ( we’ll be under the salary cap) than years 2 and 3 (where everyone seems to agree that Posey is worth the "Luxury Tax BITE). Proverbs do have their limitations but they are entertaining…..

The last sentence of my previous post is confusing. What I meant to say was that if Posey gets a 4 year MLE and we retain the BIG THREE (especially Ray Allen for the remaining 2 years of his contract), then the first 2 years of Posey’s new 4 year contract will cost the club twice the MLE (we’ll be over the salary cap) but for the last two years of Posey’s contract (with Ray Allen gone) we’ll be UNDER the salary cap and Posey’s contract will cost the club half. Thus the cost to retain Posey for 4 years isn’t as “illogical” as some would assume.

It is possible that despite his advancing age Posey could still be a productive player throughout his 4 year contract!

Don’t we have a “Bird” exemption for Posey? I’m confused how these things work. Anyways, If we can sign Scalabrine for 5 years at $3M, then Posey at $5M for 4-5 years is a no brainer for me. I don’t think age is a factor for his style of play.

If someone offers him five, that’s their problem. Who knows what our team or Posey will be like then?

If it takes four years, I say do it. He’s only going to be 34 then, and it’s not like he plays 40 minutes a game. Compare him to Horry, who’s 37 and has just the last two years gone into a bad decline. Works for me.

I’d give him 3 years full MLE or let him walk. Posey’s a great role player but franchises ruin themselves in this league precisely by overpaying role players. I remember everyone was saying we just HAD to resign Rodney Rogers after the 2002 run and then we watched him become an albatross in NJ. I’m not comparing the two, I’m just saying you can’t just adopt a strategy of giving FAs whatever they want. You have to have a plan and be disciplined within your objectives. Posey must be evaluated within that framework and a decision reached. You can’t just let agents own you or you become the Knicks..

Ersatz. Great obervation.

You don’t hurt the future of your team to keep role players. Posey should get plenty of money for 3 years and if that isn’t good enough for him and his agent then its just GREED and we need to let him walk. If Posey wants to be here like he says he does, he’ll take the 3 year deal.

Here’s to hopeing Scal goes Barron Davis on us and ops out and frees up some more cap space. Ha Ha

I wouldn’t worry too much about a 4 year deal. Chances are he’ll be shaky that final season but if he can give good production in the first three years I can live with that. A 5 year deal is stretching it too far for my liking, I get off the boat at that point. I can live with four.

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I’m surprised to see New Orleans Hornets make the list. Very surprised. They’re mentioned as Posey suitors in a lot of different places though so there must be something to that. Julian Wright is a terrific young player who for my money is a better defender than Posey already. Why add an old vet that’s in his way? Makes no sense to me.

Agree with Bankshot and others. Give James 4 years if that is what it takes. Another title would be well worth the money. Would hate to lose him just because of an extra year.

Just read in Boston Globe (Marc Spears) that C’s have made offer to Posey and Maggette.