The celtics are missing a leader

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I agree, and I never want to hear again how great a leader KG is...hes an act, plain and simple.
I remember laughing when i was watching the Hornets training camp on NBAtv and someone bringing up the fact that Posey was secretly the leader of the celtics and the guy who pushed them to play hard every night and get better in practice - Not KG...I at times noticed this myself last season but denied it...whos laughing now?

First time im hearing this.

[NoraG1]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

Sorry but Posey was more than just a role player on the court, he is the best locker room guy in the league, has a tremendous basketball IQ, enabled Ray and PP more rest without much loss, gave us everything we needed on and off the court, stop downplaying his loss please

Name me a better backup for Pierce in this league? ohh...snap
not to mention he always kept his compusure, made sure everyone else did and guarded elite players in this league as good as anyone on our team, and was more important than ray allen in last years playoffs and can actually knock down wide open set 3's
goodnight

[NoraG1]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

Sorry but Posey was more than just a role player on the court, he is the best locker room guy in the league, has a tremendous basketball IQ, enabled Ray and PP more rest without much loss, gave us everything we needed on and off the court, stop downplaying his loss please

Name me a better backup for Pierce in this league? ohh...snap
not to mention he always kept his compusure, made sure everyone else did and guarded elite players in this league as good as anyone on our team

I am not saying he is not one of the best back ups but I guess we can agree to disagree that he would solve all of this teams problems.

[BrickJames]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

Sorry but Posey was more than just a role player on the court, he is the best locker room guy in the league, has a tremendous basketball IQ, enabled Ray and PP more rest without much loss, gave us everything we needed on and off the court, stop downplaying his loss please

Name me a better backup for Pierce in this league? ohh...snap
not to mention he always kept his compusure, made sure everyone else did and guarded elite players in this league as good as anyone on our team

I am not saying he is not one of the best back ups but I guess we can agree to disagree that he would solve all of this teams problems.

Really?  I'm not so sure.  What's the difference between our team at this point last year and right now?

I'll give you a hint.  It's not Scot Pollard or Patrick O'Bryant.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

Sorry but Posey was more than just a role player on the court, he is the best locker room guy in the league, has a tremendous basketball IQ, enabled Ray and PP more rest without much loss, gave us everything we needed on and off the court, stop downplaying his loss please

Name me a better backup for Pierce in this league? ohh...snap
not to mention he always kept his compusure, made sure everyone else did and guarded elite players in this league as good as anyone on our team

I am not saying he is not one of the best back ups but I guess we can agree to disagree that he would solve all of this teams problems.

He would solve most of them, sorry..I know alot of us dont like to admit it, but not only did Posey make the big 3 better, he was the leader of the bench and made all of them better with his presence...even when he wasnt playing, the enthusiasm from the bench is gone without him...i dont think its quite the same when you got POB over there cheering..
I was confident in Posey, I felt good when PP went to the bench and we had PoZ ready to come in with tougness, lock down defense, experience, clutch abiltity and more
I think it should be even more clear after tonight, we had 0 answer to LeBron, sorry but with posey, even if we lost, he would've sent a message in one way or another, and i guarantee you lebron doesnt get 38

[NoraG1]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

Sorry but Posey was more than just a role player on the court, he is the best locker room guy in the league, has a tremendous basketball IQ, enabled Ray and PP more rest without much loss, gave us everything we needed on and off the court, stop downplaying his loss please

Name me a better backup for Pierce in this league? ohh...snap
not to mention he always kept his compusure, made sure everyone else did and guarded elite players in this league as good as anyone on our team

I am not saying he is not one of the best back ups but I guess we can agree to disagree that he would solve all of this teams problems.

Really?  I'm not so sure.  What's the difference between our team at this point last year and right now?

I'll give you a hint.  It's not Scot Pollard or Patrick O'Bryant.

So you can gaurntee we would not have these problems with Posey? There is no way to prove that. I still think that people are looking at those that are not here from last year and saying that is the reason for this. I don't think things are that simple. I guess New Orleans will win it this year. Celtics did not have Posey during the 19 game win streak either. It certainly would help to have him though I agree.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Some people are giving a role player alot of credit. Cetics miss Posey but would he have really have solved all of the problems for the team? No. It is a pretty easy thing to say because the Celtics hit the skid without Posey so he must be the only reason the team was so good last year. I just don't buy that. If so, he shoul.d be getting a superstar salary.

Sorry but Posey was more than just a role player on the court, he is the best locker room guy in the league, has a tremendous basketball IQ, enabled Ray and PP more rest without much loss, gave us everything we needed on and off the court, stop downplaying his loss please

Name me a better backup for Pierce in this league? ohh...snap
not to mention he always kept his compusure, made sure everyone else did and guarded elite players in this league as good as anyone on our team

I am not saying he is not one of the best back ups but I guess we can agree to disagree that he would solve all of this teams problems.

Really?  I'm not so sure.  What's the difference between our team at this point last year and right now?

I'll give you a hint.  It's not Scot Pollard or Patrick O'Bryant.

So you can gaurntee we would not have these problems with Posey? There is no way to prove that. I still think that people are looking at those that are not here from last year and saying that is the reason for this. I don't think things are that simple. I guess New Orleans will win it this year. Celtics did not have Posey during the 19 game win streak either. It certainly would help to have him though I agree.

Right now, Posey is New Orleans 3rd best player and is shooting career best from the field and from 3...New orleans isnt gonna win it this year, but thats not the point..James Posey is the perfect compliment to superstar players, ask DWade and Shaq...when the heat lost posey Shaq was quoted as saying they didnt have a chance without him

[Tr1boy]

He would solve alot. We knew how important he was during the good times but i didn't know how much he meant to us during the bad times we went through last year

Like many of you said, he would have given us that leadership, boost the 2nd unit, give pierce, allen some more rest, 3 point weapon and incredible defense and hard workmanship

If i think about it charlotte got him for a deal even at 4 years 25 million dollars

[Who]

Right now, Posey is New Orleans 3rd best player

It sounds odd to say that .... but very true. He's been their third best player this season. Hornets are what 22-11 and a game out of second place in the West. Impressive.

Posey is having a great season. Although if he continues to be their third best player, his team will have a lousy postseason, he needs to be their fifth best player. Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic need to get it together.

[Tr1boy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs

Forget doc rivers, We can get al pacinos fake character to lead us instead. One of the greatest speech ever to help them right now. The celtics do need to fight for those inch's

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

Right now, Posey is New Orleans 3rd best player

It sounds odd to say that .... but very true. He's been their third best player this season. Hornets are what 22-11 and a game out of second place in the West. Impressive.

Posey is having a great season. Although if he continues to be their third best player, his team will have a lousy postseason, he needs to be their fifth best player. Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic need to get it together.

Yeah, they need to step it up no doubt, but Posey, at times was our 3rd best player and we won it all...Im out on the limb saying he was way more important than ray allen in last years championship and even in the offseason wanted him back more than ray...sorry to all that this comment ticked off, but posey is a better hard nosed perimter defender than anyone on this team

[celticmaestro]

No we're not. We have KG who is the most natural of leaders.

[TatteredOnMySleeve]

No we're not. We have KG who is the most natural of leaders.

Nice to see you actually believe that propaganda
KG is not a leader, when he tries to be, he cusses, screams, scares and maybe even sucker punches his teammate....PJ brown is a better leader...KG is a front runner

[Roy Hobbs]

It's a shame we've got one sitting on the bench logging zero minutes all year.

It's equally (and perhaps more so) a shame that one just got arrested for DUI.

It's even more so a shame that one is in exile on a division rival....

You lost me on the Division Rival one.  Little help?

Not sure if that's rhetorical, but Starbury.  And yes, I believe him to be a leader (on the court).

When has Starbury been a leader *anywhere*?  For a guy who has a long history of leaving teams and seeing them improve, I'm not sure that I'm willing to label him some sort of floor general.