I'll admit, Pose has looked real good so far for the Hornets. But I'll still stick with my assessment that it was one year too many at the price he was looking for. It just might cost us a banner this year though that is no guarantee in either direction, but it might have won us two banners a bit further down the road.
The expiring deals of the GPA in consecutive years is going to give this team a ton of flexibility to upgrade it's roster during that time and Posey's deal would probably have hindered that. (...)
How? How exactly a MLE contract (and an expiring, for that matter) in the 2011/2012 season could have such an effect? Are we going to need that money in that time to sign someone who will make such a difference?
I never understood that rationale. More, I'm pretty sure that the C's will be operating over the cap till KG is gone.
because its an extra 4.8 mill against the luxury tax every year, and the Celtics aren't the red sox. Wyc cant just laugh 10+ extra million a year (thanks to the tax) off.
depends on how it turns out. if his not being here is a big factor in the Big 3 not winning another title, then that will be the most ignominious 4.8 million saved in sports....
i'm sure that if the ownership believed that losing Pose would make it that much more difficult to get another Title, they would have been tripping over themselves to spend that money.
the key mis-judgement was not realizing how important Posey was to the team...not the money involved. plus this team is going to be well over the luxury cap all 4 of the years Posey would have been here.....and you can be sure that if this doesn't work out this year, they will be spending the dough next year to REALLY replace Posey. the last thing IMO this ownership wants is to have wasted the next few years because who knows when it will come around again.
this all being said, the thing that matters to me right now is getting a SF of PF who can knock down three's. that for me is the biggest deficiency left by Posey not being here right now. I mean, I think they miss the whole package - defensive toughness, leadership, intensity, shooting, etc - but the biggest whole not filled right now is his three point shooting.
Eddie and Pose got a ton of easy buckets last year and it really opened up the middle for others to get to work.