Throughout the process I thought James Posey should have been resigned. I thought he gave the team the best chance of winning a title this season and for the next few years. I was comfortable with the contract. So yes, I do think Danny made a mistake.

I also think that Danny will have plenty of opportunities to correct that mistake this summer and the following summer …. and that he can acquire some of comparable or superior quality than James Posey with the MLE then. So I’m not that worked up about it.

After James Posey signed with New Orleans, I thought Danny’s best option was to resign Eddie House and Tony Allen and he did that. So I was very happy with his recovery play.

So yes I think he made a mistake letting Posey leave, but he made a good short term move to stem the tide and will have options in the future to fully correct the situation.

I would have loved Posey back, but I support Danny’s decision not to overpay. But his other offseason moves as far as new players have been flops. Chris Andersen/Matt Barnes would have been far more beneficial than POB/Darius Miles. I like some of the things that POB can do, but if he’s not going to get any playing time, may as well get rid of him and bring in someone who will play. Same with Cassell.

I think it’s just the breaks. Posey wanted too much, and Ainge probably figured he had more than a decent shot of getting somebody like PJ, Motombo, or Mourning. It just hasn’t worked out.

The options are few now. I’m for Doc to stop procrastinating and to start giving meaningful minutes to Pruitt and O’Bryant. Don’t know what to think about Tony Allen, except to hope he might play better if Pruitt was handling the ball instead of House.

- And hi, Dirk. You picked a cloudy day to surface on Celticsblog.

Posey was the best available FA by a fair margin. He’s a great fit for a contender, his game is built for that. He was also a great fit for this team as presently constructed, because his skill-set complements the flaws of the current roster. He was asking for a very reasonable contract for a player of his quality. Even in some absurd scenario, like career ending injuries for the big 3, he’d be movable, it’d never hurt the club on the long run. The “overpay” and “too many years” rationales are just nonsensical spin moves.

The other FA options besides Posey were not very good to begin with and were basically limited to bringing back House and Allen once Posey signed with NO.

Anyone who says No does not want this group of guys to win another championship I guess, and are like danny, and more concerned for the future

welcome dirk. we all wanted pose but it’s not our money that pays the freight. and it’s not danny’s either. we need a big and we need it now.

… about not signing Posey was that it completely contradicted the “win now” philosophy Ainge seemed to adopt by getting Garnett and Allen and trading away all that youth. If you’re going to go “all in,” then go ahead and invest in a guy who helped you win that first banner. Even if you “overpay” for a season — or, worse, two — isn’t it worth it to get the one or maybe two more banners with him?
I honestly think Danny tried to get away with this one, and I partly can’t blame him. It might have bottled up money he might squirrel away for re-signing the pups, getting a free agent, etc. But to not really replace P.J. or even Cassell, it all adds up.
This ain’t last year’s bench. Anyone can see that.