Financial question about our salary cap situation in the following scenario

[Drucci]

Thanks for the answers and the clarifications! Glad to hear this scenario could work. Sure, a lot of things will happen between now and then but I wanted to know more about our financial possibilities.

I'm not entirely sure Pose is better than Scal right now.

Scal's a great guy, but I really don't see why he's so popular ... I don't think he's effective on the floor at all. I keep waiting to see all these "skills" everyone says he has, but most of what I see is mediocre, at best ... and a real nice guy.

Problem is Pose is just as mediocre now and at a much greater price.

From the few times I've seen Posey play with the Hornets I didn't notice his "mediocrity". I think he doesn't fit into their system and has been demotivated but I would be glad to have him back with the C's. Sure, he wouldn't get as much minutes as before but his skills and his defense would be deeply appreciated in his limited minutes.

[ssspence]

Thanks for the answers and the clarifications! Glad to hear this scenario could work. Sure, a lot of things will happen between now and then but I wanted to know more about our financial possibilities.

I'm not entirely sure Pose is better than Scal right now.

Scal's a great guy, but I really don't see why he's so popular ... I don't think he's effective on the floor at all. I keep waiting to see all these "skills" everyone says he has, but most of what I see is mediocre, at best ... and a real nice guy.

Problem is Pose is just as mediocre now and at a much greater price.

From the few times I've seen Posey play with the Hornets I didn't notice his "mediocrity". I think he doesn't fit into their system and has been demotivated but I would be glad to have him back with the C's. Sure, he wouldn't get as much minutes as before but his skills and his defense would be deeply appreciated in his limited minutes.

It's three weeks into the season, and the Cs already look tired. If we're going to trade our expiring contracts, we need to do so for a good young energy player -- not another old guy. If a guy like Richard Jefferson can be had for expiring contracts, I'm not trading 'em for 3 years of old Posey. He's been invisible since signing that deal.

[Aeacus]

It's three weeks into the season, and the Cs already look tired. If we're going to trade our expiring contracts, we need to do so for a good young energy player -- not another old guy. If a guy like Richard Jefferson can be had for expiring contracts, I'm not trading 'em for 3 years of old Posey. He's been invisible since signing that deal.

I've got to agree with ssspence here, I loved Posey on the championship team but he's slowed down and gotten hurt too much since then.  We're going to be budget limited until KG's deal ends, we can't afford Posey's deal for what he gives us now.  Our expiring contracts should be saved for a better deal. 

[Drucci]

It's three weeks into the season, and the Cs already look tired. If we're going to trade our expiring contracts, we need to do so for a good young energy player -- not another old guy. If a guy like Richard Jefferson can be had for expiring contracts, I'm not trading 'em for 3 years of old Posey. He's been invisible since signing that deal.

I've got to agree with ssspence here, I loved Posey on the championship team but he's slowed down and gotten hurt too much since then.  We're going to be budget limited until KG's deal ends, we can't afford Posey's deal for what he gives us now.  Our expiring contracts should be saved for a better deal. 

I really don't know where these claims that Posey is done come from. His stats from last year are basically the same he had with the C's. He is still an excellent defender, and he knocks down his threes. He isn't looking good right now but who is looking good in NO? It seems that all the players have quit.

I understand that it would be better for us to acquire a player like Travis Outlaw, younger and athletic. I would like us to acquire him, that's for sure. But I've got the feeling that we're going to get screwed in free agency and that we won't have ways of improving.

So basically, and knowing that Posey's contract will hurt us in two or three years if we get him back, I say try your luck when the Hornets are selling off almost all their players. After all, Danny signed a 35 years old Sheed for 3 years, so he knows that rebuilding will come sooner than later and that we better give the team its best chances during that 3 year window.

The 2nd unit of House/Marquis/Posey/Baby/Sheed would be even better because with the great basketball IQ of these players, and especially with Marquis running the point, you could rest the starters a lot during the season. Posey wouldn't necessiraly play big minutes in the playoffs but he is perfect in case of an injury or foul trouble because he can play the 3 and the 4.

And I feel like getting back in Boston would be a huge boost of motivation for him - like it did with Sheed after the Detroit fiasco -.