More talent to the West …
tough.

Thats a big signing for the hornets, Posey is one of those guys that doesn’t do a whole lot stat-wise, but when he is in the game, his team simply plays better. Its no coincidence that he has hit several big shots on teams that ended up on champions, he can play when it counts…

Hornets over payed for a 31 year-old soon to be 32. Boston’s team defense helped him out here. People will say he’s skills don’t show up in the boxscore, but he’s not worth this much money. Hornets are gambling next year is their year, they have no money to spend in the next 3 years. George Shinn will not go over the luxury tax line.

I know he’s old, I know he averages 7.4 pts a game and only rebounds a small clip, but his defensive presence is great, and he’ll certainly help out the Hornets.

But 4 years is a long contract for a guy his age and yea life in the West just got a little a little harder

I really like James Posey, and his value goes so much deeper than the stat sheet. I’m a sucker for guys like that. Bottom line, the C’s had no chance in Hades of winning the NBA Championship without him. Great for the Hornets. I just wish they were back in the East, because they’re a very likeable team and I would enjoy being able to root for them without having to worry about how they are affecting the Blazer’s playoff chances/positioning. If the Hornets stay healthy next year they just jumped to #1 overall in my projected playoff seedings.

Bouncing from team to team to put himself in a position to win a championship.

7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds may not warrant a “WOW” out of the average fan, but Posey is a nice complimentary player and he gives the Hornets someone to throw at Manu Ginobili, Kobe Bryant and possibly Lebron James (if both teams make it to the Finals).

He was a very solid man-on-man defender for the Miami Heat, so you can’t attribute 100% of his defensive reputation to the team defense mantra of the Boston Celtics, and he can spread the floor. More than anything, he’s insurance if Peja decides to take a couple months off with back spasms during the regular season…

I think this is another solid acquisition for the Hornets. He might struggle in the later years of that contract, but he’s the perfect player if you’re in “Win Now Mode.”

This is a solid pickup for them. I don’t think the lenth or dollar value of the contract will be an issue. The hornets didn’t have money to spend for a bigger pickup and won’t for a couple years, so who else were they going to get? He won’t be like Horry was this year, so even if he falls off a bit, the defense still has to respect his shot which will give Paul enough room to operate.

Looks like KP’s wheeling and dealing helped make this possible…

Shortly before the draft, the Hornets traded away their only draft choice, the 27th overall pick, to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for $3 million in cash with the stated purpose of using that money toward a proven player in free agency who could help them win right away.

With the money they received from Portland, combined with the savings that came from not having to shell out guaranteed money to a first-round draft pick, the Hornets were able to offer a generous enough deal to bring Posey to New Orleans.

I hope he isn’t their ‘missing piece’.

Brings a tough guy presence, great perimeter D, hits the open 3 and does all the intangibles without requiring touches to stay happy.

Every team needs a guy like that.

Change the divisions up, go east young man.

That is one school of thought.

Won’t it be that much sweeter when the PTB are champs and have to come out of one of the most stacked conferences of all time? You get better by playing against better competition.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=Posey_Hornets-080716

(not Insider)