Sounds like there is mutual respect on both sides. I would, once again, LOVE to have James Posey on this Lakers squad…
Hoopsworld: Sources close to the situation contend James Posey would love to be a Laker and that the Lakers are willing to go the full exception to land him.
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REALLY?????
if he pulls a garnett and just says….JUST KIDDING, and goes to boston, im gonna start an old fashioned California wildfire over there in boston.
off-season trade rumors gives me gray hair =(
This is great news. I’ve always hated Posey but hes one of those guys you need on your team. He hustles on defense and hes a great spot up shooter.
Now if we can get rid of Rad, Mihm, and Crawford for Artest that would be great.
thats good..but does that mean we say bye bye to sasha???
Read the article. Sounds like he is def. out of Boston – especially when they mentioned he was their “top priority” and are looking elsewhere for players (Mags).
I really doubt he’d come, unless he wants to make a serious rivalry.
Farmar
Sasha
Ariza/Luke
Posey
Turiaf
would be our bench
goodbye Sasha!
According to Kyler:
Get him Mitch!
yeah i think this is pretty much a strategic move for him personally if boston is looking to get a bigger profile star like mags. if he comes to LA, he’s pretty much set to be the new “big shot rob”
damn i really hope james posey come to the lakers
Posey we’ll make you feel wanted buddy. Finish your career as a laker man =)
i hope he is willing to join the lakers, this would give us another shooter,defender in case sasha leaves.
Welp,I guess I have to surrender my Pietrus request(for now)and say ……IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME SOMEBODY SPOKE UP AND SAID “I WANT TO BE A LAKER”!
Posey WILL be a Laker Tuesday,DO IT MITCH!!!
Posey will b niceeeeeee
then the Celts get mags. Makes them even more dangerous.
He is athletic and has an edge to him. He is not afraid to give a hard foul when necessary. That is why fans for other teams do not like him.
If he is wearing purple and gold he will soon be a fan favorite.
YEAH BOy!
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Published by LD2k on July 3, 2008 in 2008 Off-Season.
Sounds like there is mutual respect on both sides. I would, once again, LOVE to have James Posey on this Lakers squad:
Hoopsworld: Sources close to the situation contend James Posey would love to be a Laker and that the Lakers are willing to go the full exception to land him.
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1 LN1
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
REALLY?????
if he pulls a garnett and just says….JUST KIDDING, and goes to boston, im gonna start an old fashioned California wildfire over there in boston.
off-season trade rumors gives me gray hair =(
2 thevoiceofreason
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
This is great news. I’ve always hated Posey but hes one of those guys you need on your team. He hustles on defense and hes a great spot up shooter.
Now if we can get rid of Rad, Mihm, and Crawford for Artest that would be great.
3 lakerschamps08
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
thats good..but does that mean we say bye bye to sasha???
4 LD2k
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Read the article. Sounds like he is def. out of Boston – especially when they mentioned he was their “top priority” and are looking elsewhere for players (Mags).
5 Mr.81
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I really doubt he’d come, unless he wants to make a serious rivalry.
6 thevoiceofreason
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Farmar
Sasha
Ariza/Luke
Posey
Turiaf
would be our bench
7 Armenian
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
goodbye Sasha!
8 LD2k
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
According to Kyler:
The Celtics are denying that they made an offer to Corey Maggette, but they are not denying contact with Maggette, who has already confirmed discussions with the Celtics. Why are the C’s distancing themselves from Maggette? It did not sit well with James Posey, who was labeled the Celtics top off-season priority. The Celtics did make an offer to Posey that was far less than the full boat median exception he has been offered from other teams, leaving Posey feeling unwanted.
9 nyla
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Get him Mitch!
10 LN1
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
yeah i think this is pretty much a strategic move for him personally if boston is looking to get a bigger profile star like mags. if he comes to LA, he’s pretty much set to be the new “big shot rob”
11 KOBEISKING
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
damn i really hope james posey come to the lakers
12 KOBEISKING
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Posey we’ll make you feel wanted buddy. Finish your career as a laker man =)
13 purple’n'gold
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
i hope he is willing to join the lakers, this would give us another shooter,defender in case sasha leaves.
14 DCLAKER
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Welp,I guess I have to surrender my Pietrus request(for now)and say ……IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME SOMEBODY SPOKE UP AND SAID “I WANT TO BE A LAKER”!
Posey WILL be a Laker Tuesday,DO IT MITCH!!!
15 True Lakers Fan
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Posey will b niceeeeeee
16 Geloman
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
then the Celts get mags. Makes them even more dangerous.
17 Daryl Imhoff
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
He is athletic and has an edge to him. He is not afraid to give a hard foul when necessary. That is why fans for other teams do not like him.
If he is wearing purple and gold he will soon be a fan favorite.
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If this is true it’s AMAZING news. I woudl much rather have Posey than Artest. Posey fits in perfectly with what we need. Sign him to the full MLE for 3 years (he’s to old to give 5 years). Then I’d make the starting lineup either Fish, Kobe, Posey, Gasol, Bynum OR…….. Fish, Kobe, Posey, Odom, Gasol. Either way…. we need Posey in the starting 5 to spread the floor.
I HATE POSEY BUT IF HE WANTS TO BE A LAKER I LIKE HIM!
Rockets will make an effort to acquire Posey
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=9352
I would love Posey to be a Laker, but no way this guy is worth the full MLE. You would be better off to go after Maggette, and don’t tell me he won’t come here for the full MLE if he is considering the Spurs and Magic..all they can afford is the full MLE. What do you think????
WTF! Stop asking questions in the headlines. Who else is tired of seeing:
BREAKING NEWS: POSEY SIGNS WITH LAKERS??? MAYBE?!?!?
or
BREAKING NEWS: KOBE GOES TO DISNEYLAND AND LAKERS ARE ABOUT TO SIGN A UNDRAFTED GUARD?!?!!?????
And please please please put a cap on original articles. Honestly, they just take up space and it’s nothing beyond a biased commentary that offers little insight. Stick to re-posting articles around the web.
steven a smith jss sed on espn that celtics offered him 3 year 5.8 mil a year
Something tells me that Sasha or Turiaf or we might be trading Radman or someone else *cough* Mihm *cough* to a team that has extra money like might be getting, I’m just being funny and don’t take this seriously at all but how about this: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=3251~549~1016~1013&teams=11~11~11~13&te=&cash=13:11 ! But anyways, I’m sure Mitch and Jerry (Buss) know what they’re doing and will be able to handle all of the budget expenses that come in our way, so let’s just wait and see what they’ll do about this situation…(to be continued)
do this, get posey through gree agency
trade luke and vlad for artest, the kings need the three point threat they had in with stojakivic, and the playmaking they had in bibby
C Pau Gasol
PF Lamar Odom
SF Ron Artest
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Derek fisher
6 Andrew Bynum
7 James Posey
8 Trevor Ariza
9 Jordan Farmar
10 Sasha Vujacic
11 Ronny Yuriaf
12 DJ Mbenga
Res 1 Joe Crawford
Res 2 Chris Mihm
I want to keep Turiaf, Sasha and get Posey.
Where is “breaking news.” And also, if the answer is within the article then we’re doing our job.
Don’t forget we want you to discuss this. Full MLE for a bench player?
Now the Pistons want “MY FAVORITE FREE AGENT:MICKAEL PIETRUS” and I’m prayin’ they DON’T ’cause The P and P express MUST HAPPEN,Mitch! It will solidify YOU as “THE ALMIGHTY GM OF ALL TIME”(way to milk it)and The Lakers as “THE GREATEST TEAM OF THE MILLENIUM,PERIOD”,but 1st things 1st…..GETPOSEY!!!
Thta’s pretty damn awesome
Posey and Artest would be fantastic for the Lakers next season. Can you do it Mitch my {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.}?
hahaha… you wish! sac wouldn’t be dumb enough to do such a trade!
will probably be a good addition, but i still rather have maggette or artest if we’re spending the entire MLE.
LOL!!!! Luke and Rad for Artest?!? Stop Dreaming!!!
Why are a lot of people on here NOT realistic and have such stupid ideas about things? You really think they would give up Artest to the same division for players like that!?!
C`mon man, by the way I dont sense any sarcasm in your post which is why this comment upsets me
we can spend the MLE after resigning sashaa rightt??
i mean resign sasha for whateverr… and thenn use the MLE for anotherr player…hopefully posey.. ¿?
umm yea thats wat i wanna say LD2K if we giving FULL MLE than i rather have maggette than posey… u just dont know with posey… but if cant get anybody then yea gotta get posey
Posey is posturing to make Celtics up their offer.
We’ll know it when we see it!
4life, yes
Our first priority should be to get rid of Smush Walton and Vlad Moronovich. Mitch, do whatever it takes to get rid of these worthless pieces of dung.
TRADE LUKE WALTON FOR POSEY!!!!!!!!!!!!DO IT MITCH
True words my friend.
I believe just dumping those two idiots and Minh would be a HUGE improvement on itself to the roster.
There is no way the Kings will give us Artest for Smush Walton and Moronovich. No one would be that stupid.
Any deal would in all likelyhood require Lamar. Based on his “performance” in the finals it may be time to make this deal.
EXCELLENT!!!
i say we just try and keep things modest and be realistic about improving our roster. no more insane ideas of getting both artest and posey, or posey and maggette. thats just too much.
i say the best thing to do is re-sign sasha and ronny, then try and go after 1 of the 3, either maggette, artest, or posey.
my choice would be
1. maggette: right across the locker room and sounds sensible
2. artest: i know artest should be #1 but whats the possibility the kings send him our way and without odom in the deal, i would rather keep LO
3. posey: unless he decides to stay or go with another team
This is my WISH!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS A MASTER PIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh yeah, and also mickael pietrus would be a fantastic pick up too if we try to pursue him.
so my top 4 would be artest, maggette, posey, or pietrus. anyone would do for me and would greatly improve the team, as long as we get one of them, them im cool.
he’d tottally come to the lakers if he realizes how good they were this yr and even though boston won the title,that next yr its gonna be whole diffrent story when bynum comes back. so if i was him, iwould be saying to myself “wow.the lakers were close to beating us in the finals this yr and they didnt even have bynum…ah what the heck next destination..L.A. for that third ring baby”-James Posey haha
yes, it does
were way over the cap and because Bynum’s upcoming extention, ther is literally no money left to spend
oh ya, and i guess it would also mean that the Jazz will get their wish and land Ronny
most likeley, sasha would go wherever the money is
i meen, you cant really blame him, but if you watch the exit interviews he constantly says, “im going to go to whatever team wants me most”
which basicly translates to the team with the biggest check
you would have to look at it like trading up sasha and ronny for posey
now, do i think its worth it?
no, our rosters filled with small forwards
in fact we pay vlad and luke about 11mil combined a year
i dont know where posey would fit in ur lineup anyways
i like him in endofgame situations
are you gonna sit Lamar?
what about pau?
bynum perrhaps?
or maybe play KB at the point and bench fish?
oh, and not to mention the fact that hes much older than sasha and ronny
everyone really needs to stop fantisizing trade and sign scenerios
we all did it last year, and the trade finally came when we least expected it
just wait, your anxiety wont solve anything
and before anything, you really gotta take care of problems within the team
if theres any money left to pass out, than manegment will weigh their options
until then, WAIT
Kobe better be talking to him. He hasn’t shown a willingness to do that before.
well i have to say,you summed it up nicely you cant rush things ppl.
what r u a mind reader? u have no idea if kb has previously talked to FA!!!!
This better be real. if its true, bye bye Sash, Artest who? Man I never thought he would go West. What a way to end the week Awesome!! I def. sign him our MLE x 5 years than Sash. The guy is proving winner x 2 and he killed us in the Finals. And we get to keep Lamar for rebounds and jump start the offense but no threes or layups pls Lamar. Mitch this is the missing piece for the dynasty
There is a retired Laker that reminds me of Posey, and ironically he too came to the Lakers from the Celtics. Rick Fox. Their games are similar. Fox was the intense guy off the bench who was not afraid to mix it up. He was also a plus on offense. Posey would fit in as a Laker. No more need be said. If the Celtics are going to under value this guy, the Lakers need to take advantage and sign him. Then if Sasha goes elsewhere it won’t hurt as much.
i want to apologize for my earlier comments LD2K. you guys run a fantastic site that i visit at least 20 times a day. keep it up! and no…the Lakers shouldn’t spend the entire MLE on posey
We all know how Shaq used to bring in players. We also know how PP brought in players.. PJ Brown, also convincing KG to come over. Please tell me who Kobe has brought to the lakers?
It is not about being a mindreader, it is about the facts. Just the facts.
Well if Posey is a Laker….I wont have any thoughts until it actually comes true.
for the record – per pjs book – when kb threatened to walk, he did say he was taking slava medvedenko with him.
so there!!!
typical laker fan, wanting everything, why dont we ever be satify with what we got
bcuz what we had wasnt enough for us to win the championship
As of right now, Posey is a player that fits in better with the Celtics than the Lakers because of his style. You see, sometimes teams count on players to have the greatest effects on them, so they think that going out to get a proven veteran will solve the problem. Wrong. Each team must learn how to use each player according to his styles to give the best results to the team. You can’t just sign a player that was good for another team and expect him to be good for your fav team. Same with Posey. Just Cuz he looks great with the Celts, doesn’t mean he’s gonna be good with the Lakers. The Lakers to have to adjust to take advantage of his skills. Figure out the best way to use his strengths.
I personally don’t think that a player like Posey will have the most effects on the Laker due to Phil Jackson’s style. PJ doesn’t emphasize defense much and the triangle is weird, so every time the Lakers get a player and think he’s gonna be good, that doesn’t turn out to be true because they don’t adjust to the players. Instead of adjustin to them, LA is a team that waits for players to adjust to it. Bad =(.
you got a point, but why would we need posey h=the lakers need to go get a Tayshaun Prince os Artest if we want to make any kind of improvements
Never trust Hoopsworld.
Hey you guys with all this talk surrounding the lakers and free agency, how about we go after Jannero pargo, hes a solid guy(8 ppg, off the bench) only 27, and would really help the lakers at the 1 and 2 guards. Cuz we all know fisher’s not gonna play forever!
didnt we draft pargo, did we trade him?
as for now, we have more than enough guards..fisher, farmar, kobe, (hopefully) sasha, joe crawford, and perhaps that other kempt guy..if we get posey, he can not only play sg, but also sf..we are honestly solid in our pg an sg position..we need work on sf..radman sucks, luke sucks, trevor still isnt ready, and im not too sure lamar can play sf..i say posey would be a great pick up
It would be great if Posey signed with the Lakers. We would have him for 5 years and he could guard Pierce. The person we don’t want is Maggette who isn’t that good anyway and isn’t much better than Trevor Ariza.
What great defense, 3 point shot, and hustle plays don’t fit the triangle? C’mon use your head it’s that lump 3 feet above your a.s.s!!!!
James Posey will be a great addition to the lakers, but i really think that Ron Artest will be the perfect fit. Artest can score and defend,he can be in the starting line-up. I love L.O. but he’s time is up. It’s time to bring the glory back here in L.A..
Looks like another Tim Thomas in the making
It would be great to get Posey, but do you think that they would still sign Sasha then? If they sign Sasah, that would put the Lakers about $15 million over the salary cap, and I’m not sure Buss wants to do that.
yeah we signed pargo but we let him go, he isn’t getting much attention so if sasha walks away or even if he stays we should still go after him what do you guys think?
omg, can we just plz change the opening video to this site….im so sick of seeing kg’s bytch ass
seriously….
Posey has contributed to two championships in more than one facet of the game.
Tim Thomas hit some good shots in the opening rounds of the playoffs. Big difference.
Someone affordable folks,artest is too much.
Life is funny. You were dying to see KG as a laker last year. This year you can’t even stand the sight of him. LOL
we’re probaly the indecisive fans in the nba, one year we think luke is the most improe player of the year, the next we want him traded
why do we always change our minds?????????
Of course we can’t stand the sight of KG, HE’S NOT A LAKER. There is no reason to support him.
Pargo is a good pick up as well,J.Critt.He plays much better now than he did with us.I really feel there are goin, to be players sayin’ they would love to play for the Lakers come Monday.
I didn’t say support him. Maybe you need to turn off all future nba games. They must be really hard to look at because the Lakers don’t play against themselves.
ab4sure as usual running his big mouth…who didnt want kg u fool? he is top PF n the nba…but that was almost a yr ago…we just got raped n the finals, and im sick of thinkn about it lol everytime i open this site…im sry im not a bandwagon fan like u boy
several ppl thought it was too much to give including myself, you would have to give the best part of the team not to mention the cap space would have been gone and limiting other acquisitions.
That was not my point. Save your bandwagon act, it holds no water. The point is you were begging for something (kg) you now can’t even look at. One thing i will give you credit for it seems like your taking the loss alot harder than kobe has. I think kobe is just thankful he has a future and that the Lakers didn’t ship his azz out to chitown and would never live up to #23.
ab4sure hatn on kobe now? lol u just a hater n gerneral arent u?
What the f*ck is this supposed to mean???? I guess you’re trying to have the last word, as you try to every time.
My point was, of course most Lakers fans wanted KG on the team last year, he would’ve helped the Lakers this season, hence why we were supporting him last year. However, because he didn’t end up a Laker, there is no reason to support him (i.e. no reason to cheer for him). What about this didn’t you like or understand? It’s the same with your precious Andrew Bynum, if he for some reason ends up on another team in the future, then Laker fans shouldn’t support him (I definitely wouldn’t support him if he was on another team, and I wouldn’t support Kobe either if we were on another team). I support the Laker team, and whoever is on the Laker team.
I also don’t understand your comment about not watching future NBA games? It made no sense. Why would I want to watch the Lakers play themselves? The entire point of competition is to play other teams, and as a fan you support the team that you like.
I don’t think MLE for Posey is ‘affordable’. Considering that Maggette or Artest *hypothetically* would sign for the same amount.
The Celtics have just offered Maggette the full MLE. How does this move make Poses feel? I hope it makes him feel that he wants to get back to the Finals with the Lakers to show the Celtics they just made a BIG mistake! How much the Lakers pay him is up to the Front Office of the Lakers. Just get him, not only does he bring defense and timely scoring but he does the intangibles at just the right time. He is a winner! Some thing Maggette has yet to prove.
maggette aint gonna sign with the celts hes gonna go to the warriors for more money
sup?! fakers… man you guys still wanted posey?! bwahhaha just bring out magic, kareem and worthy out of retirement so you fools would be in the finals blew a 24 point lead and then be massacre by 39 points AGAIN! bwahahaha… by my celts..
keep dreaming LA and keep reaching for that rainbow….
btw. loved that big letter L on your forehead fools… hahahaha
regards from beantown!
hibachi style baby!
foo do you have a life??? its 1:00 at beantown
do you have a girlfriend or anything, at least a dog
Great comeback. The hater card. I guess your not better than that.
Lakerfirst, Look at your logic.
“Of course we can’t stand the sight of KG, HE’S NOT A LAKER”. Logic says you can’t stand the sight of all non lakers. Use logic. Again I never used the word SUPPORT did I??? So if you want to butt in a conversation at least be accurate with what i said. Please tell me where i said the word support. Twisting again. Watching and supporting are not synonyms. Get a dictionary.
Without Pierce and Allen carrying KG, he’d still have zero rings. There may have been a time when KG carried the world on his shoulders, but that’s ancient history. He had one or maybe 2 ok games in the finals. One game, he couldn’t hit one open 10 footer. So what that he has a ring now. He didn’t earn it. Even his buddy Mark Madsen has more rings that KG does!
lskerfan567, don’t be too harsh on joseph. “and then be massacre by 39 points” How can someone who talks like that meet a woman? We should feel sorry for him. We’ll probably see him on To Catch a Predator!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaHcZUHI00
Pretty much all that needs to be said
Artest wants BIG MONEY,almost Arenas loot(60-80 mill.,YEAH that much).
We need to go after CHEAPER FA’s and Pietrus and or Posey(WE NEED BOTH) could fix our defensive problems immediately.
…also Azubuike,Maggette,Tayshaun Prince,Josh Smith(if he comes to LA he WON’T LEAVE,unlike Philly).
ab4sure, ur pathetic…most ppl log to this site 2 see our lakers news and rumors, w/e…all u do is come here 2 run ur mouth dude…grow up man…it dont make u hard 2 act bad on chat forums
Here is what I’ve learned from various webb sites. It all hinges on Brand. If he signs with the Clippers then the Warriors will pursue Maggette and Maggette wants more than the mid level exception if he can get it. If Maggette gets more than the MLE, and I mean $10 million, then those teams with only the mid level exception will be willing to offer that exception to guys like Posey. Brand is the lead domino once he falls everyone else will follow. However, if the Lakers were willing to aggressively pursue Posey now with a MLE for 5 years they mignt be able to get him to commit. Realistically, don’t expect too much to happen until Brand if off the market.
This coming from a guy who had a hissy fit when he thought this site was going to change to kobenation. You weren’t even sure it was an April’s Fools joke. What a Joke!!!
imean coman get posey for sasha and luke
and artest for odom
i hate sasha he is a homeboy he can make 3 only when
lakers are playing in there homecourt
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