Woj: Indiana Pacers To Amnesty James Posey

That Posey never got in the game after JOB was fired.

I lost respect for him after that.

not the only 1!

Yeah, I can’t say I will. Even if we made the Playoffs with Obrien, we would have been swept for sure. I hope he gets a job with a team somewhere, just so Vogel can show him how a team should be coached lol.

Maybe now we can trade Brandon Rush for JO to burn cap space. Or maybe we can buy out Dahntay Jones contract so we can release him next season assuming he doesn’t take his ETO.

Not to compare, but I think that’s the kind of effort we can expect to see from Pendergraph? He does the little things that don’t show up, sets screens, defends, hustles. All of that and he can score, but he doesn’t care to do it first. Just like Dale Davis. Just saying.

The original trade is unknown bc we weren’t under the cap back then and their salaries didn’t match so we had to include New Orleans. Everything fell through before the full details were disclosed but I’m inclined to think Rush was a part of it one way or the other.

Salaries don’t have to match. I also heard the thing that’s holding up the trade is that Memphis doesn’t want Rush. Kind of a stark indication of how far his stock has fallen, both that Bird is insisting on including him and that Memphis wants no part of his small expiring contract.

we need a sharp shooter who can come in and knock down threes from the bench. injuries aside, he can still shoot. once a great shooter always a great shooter, unless one of his limbs gets torn off or something

Dude the amnesty clause can only be used on players signed before July 1st, 2011. It makes all the sense in the world to use it now. We’re not going to use it on Danny, and most certainly won’t waste using it on a 1-2 million dollar player like dahntay jones or brandon rush. we could just waive or trade them. it’s harder to move a 6-7 million dollar contract in the league

Larry Bird is acting like a teenage girl who has money to spend for the first time, throwing caution to the wind.

Wrong. That is the rest of the NBA. Giving 15 million to players like Nene, Gasol, Chandler and such.

Larry has been the exact opposite. Sitting back and getting the bargains at HIS price (West).

So it is either use it for Posey now, or possibly Granger later. Those are really the only two options.

but clearly it can’t. Use it now to clear a roster spot and the option to get the cap space back (or keep it towards your cap if you are below the minimum), with the penalty of having to pay the player despite not having his services and not having the option to trade him to another team who may decide they want him.

There’s no way he was playing, and there’s no one anyone else would want him, so all we end up doing is freeing a roster spot and cap space. Turns out they made the right move.

Larrys in charge!

he is restricted.