This might have made some sense if they hadn't given him that ridiculous contract extension. he's now on the hook for 5 years at 7mil per and growing per year. if we weren't prepared to give posey much less, why would Danny & Co give it to Cap Jack?
Because they realize their mistake in not re-signing Posey?
fair enough. but the guy makes $40mil over the next five years, not $25mil over four -- it's a major financial reach. very difficult for the Cs to pay a bench player that much considering what they're paying the Big 3, plus the dough they're going to have to give to Rajon, as well as some bucks for Leon.
then again, it could be a motivating factor in letting him go for GSW.
You can also argue that he's worth more than Posey. Jackson is a very good player, so I don't think the C's would have a problem trading him after this season should they want or need to for salary reasons.
Dissing Posey's game compared to Jackson's is pointless after his success here. No one ever felt Posey wasn't a great player for this team. The question was what kind of a player he'd be in two, three years. Again, Jackson will be making like 9 mil in 2012-13, doing his Plax Burress imitation.
Anyway, there's still no trade being discussed here. What is it -- TA and Scal for Jackson? Throw in Billy Walker? TA and Scal are pointless on GS. One's redundant and the other's useless.