I actually have to explain it to you?
Go back and read what you wrote, slowly. Maybe then it will dawn on you that your response to the Cs spending over the tax was a sarcastic "Just like they were "willing to spend" during our three year window, right? ". Then when it's pointed out that the Cs did spend those years, you immediately took a turn to "So why did they attempt to do it on the cheap, which never works, during 08-09 instead of retaining Posey?"
Which not only consists of moving the goalposts but also shows that you have absolutely no idea what the hell you're talking about. If you think we didn't win the Championship because we didn't resign Posey, you're more clueless than I thought. You know, because KG and Perk's injuries are just a wee bit more important than an over-the-hill James Posey in winning a Championship.
I swear some days you couldn't find your own butt with two hands and a search warrant.
. Sigh. That's not moving the goalposts, that's stating what happened insofar as Posey's contract situation was concerned, but perhaps what I should have said is that the team attempted to do it on the cheap with our 6th man, instead.
However, I think you're forgetting a couple of things. First, despite bringing him in for a workout and having clear interest in the guy, iirc, Ainge elected to pass on the Birdman in favor of Patrick O'Bryant, who signed a two year $3.12 million deal
to be our backup center but was moved later that season to the Raptors for a 2014 second round pick that never conveyed, whereas Denver signed Andersen for $998,398, so I ask you, which would have been the better decision - to give Posey that fourth year or waste $3 million on O'Bryant? At least if you sign Andersen we would have had a functional reserve center, but by opting for P.O.B. and not giving Posey that fourth year, we wound up with neither.
Second, if the team was really interested in making the best business decision, why did they waive Gabe Pruitt only after his deal was guaranteed, iirc? That's another $711,517 down the tubes for 08-09, not to mention that after Posey left, Ainge elected to give Eddie House a two year deal, with the second being a player option that House would exercise following the conclusion of 08-09, and sign Tony Allen, who had really shown next to nothing from the time when he hurt his knee to the end of 07-08, to another two year contract for $5 million. I'd also be remiss if I failed to mention the whole J.R. Giddens fiasco, which cost the team $957,120 per the first year of his rookie contract.
In fairness, I was good with resigning House, but idk why Ainge ever thought that Tony Allen and Giddens could possibly fill Posey's shoes, never mind believing that O'Bryant, with absolutely no motor of which to speak, could even replace Scott Pollard, lol, let alone P.J. Brown, plus Giddens' and Pruitt's cash. You can say that not giving Posey that fourth year was the best decision in a vacuum, except that filling out/retaining key members of our bench doesn't work that way, as once Orlando got Peaches, there was no one else left who could have even come close to replicating what Posey gave us during 07-08, and even Pietrus didn't have Posey's positional versatility, defensively.
So to recap, instead of bringing the gang back together for the following season plus and giving Posey another $7 million - oh the horror!!
- management tried to be cute and wound up doling out, between Pruitt, Giddens, Allen, and O'Bryant, a combined $9,788,637 for three guys who never saw floor and the bonehead who couldn't shoot or dribble, to say the least, leaving our bench for 08-09 to consist of House, TA, Big Baby, and Powe, as opposed to House, Posey, Birdman (which is a great eight man rotation on its own), Powe, and Davis. Which is the better, and more well-rounded, group in your eyes?
Finally, if management was so concerned about the luxury tax, why not seek to unload Scal's deal to the Knicks, for example, who were amassing expiring contracts to come off the books for the summer of 2010. That's another, roughly, $6.6 million dollars in salary. I'm sure that there was some kind of combination to which both teams could have agreed, but who knows?
I don't know about you, but I'd rather not waste close to $10 million on three guys who never played and Tony Allen, but especially when the alternative is retaining our 6th man, and if we wanted another guard, Jannero Pargo was available, and, like the Birdman, likely could have been had for one of the veteran minimums, imo.
Oh yeah, and one more thing, I never said that not having Posey was the difference between winning another title and not, but it was a contributing factor, imo, so thanks for listening.
It would have been much better to split $9 million between Andersen, Pargo, and Posey, for 08-09, in my view. If you're going to go into the luxury tax, at least spend it on the right players, lol.