Ryan Gomes officially signed a multi year contract with the T-Wolves yesterday. The terms of the deal were not released, but I’m guessing McHale locked up Gomes for at least 3+ years. This sucks for the beast lair because we wanted to see Ryan back in green, but were glad to see that he’s at lease getting his. Ryan averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds and played in all 82 games last season.

Ricky Davis and the LA Clippers have agreed to a multi year contract yesterday. The terms have not yet been announced, but when Clippers Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor was asked what Ricky brings to the team he said “His versatility and ability to shoot from the outside will spread the floor and help our low post players”.

The Clippers are actually turning out to be a pretty interesting team this year. With the recent signings of Baron Davis, Marcus Camby, and now Tricky “D-BLOCK” Davis, they statistically have some fire power, and I wouldnt count them out yet.

So should we, but some of you are demanding a winner to the photoshop contest. We’re working on it. In the meantime, listen to Danny on WEEI. Danny says we’re looking for big man help (Hello Zo) but that we’re not looking for anything else.

According to Bulpett:

Tony Allen and Eddie House are staying in the fold.

According to Danny Ainge, the Celtics [team stats] have agreed to terms with each on two-year contracts.

Ainge would not be specific on the financial figures, but according to a source, both are being paid in the mid-$2 million range.

In the case of House, the money is roughly half the mid-level exception of $5.585 million.

I guess with Posey splitting town and Ty Lue drinking the Beast Light, these signings were a lot more likely than a few weeks ago. I thought Giddens was a sure sign that Msr. Allen would not be in green, but what do I know.

We’ve never been secretive about our love of Bill Walker . While we’re not quite as into him as these guys, although we might be amending that soon, based on reports out of Waltham that Walker is already back on the practice court working on his game two weeks after knee surgery.

“the most interesting sight at HealthPoint today was the long shooting drill of second-round draft choice Bill Walker.

Walker, of course, does not have a contract either.”

We’ve stated in the past that Walker might be the steal of the draft. Of course, David “Sweet Moobs” Thorpe at the Especially Stupid Peoples Network left him off his his top 50 rookies list. Thorpe, you’re a joke.

It is in this scribe’s opinion that Walker might even have people forgetting Posey in a year or two. You heard it here first.

We almost shrugged it off when, once again, the Emmy Award nomination committee gave the big “Eff you buddy” to “The Wire,” nominating the best television show in the history of man for just one writing award. After all, the show has been summarily dismissed by the deaf, dumb, and blind nominating committee for its entire run. However, we thought that after the show rapped up its run on HBO this year, that perhaps the Emmy’s would make good.

But once again, we grossly overestimated the intelligence of these bloated Hollywood fucknuts. “The Wire” was given one nomination for writing. One? Are you serious? One? Meanwhile, sub par television retreads like “Boston Legal,” (LA Law with moobs), and “House” are blindly nominated for best television series. This is a patently grotesque omission and it should be met with shrieks of protest from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The mere fact alone that shows like “Boston Legal” gets three nominations for acting while Andre Royo (Bubbles), Michael K. Williams (Omar), and the amazing Wendell Pierce (Bunk Moreland) are left with nothing is a crime.

To me, this snub goes beyond outrage and into something deeper. I truly believe that the Emmy committee is ignoring “The Wire” out of some deep seeded….something. What can it be? Maybe it’s racism, after all why watch a television show about the struggles of black people in the inner city when you can watch a botoxed James Spader match whits with Bill Shatner and his hair piece? Maybe it’s because the committee is chicken shit? Why examine the social ills of America, when you can watch another goddamn medical drama? Or, maybe it’s because they simply don’t understand good television. Basically, I’m saying that if you can’t understand that “The Wire” is simply the most amazingly crafted television show, than you don’t belong judging television shows, period . Therefore, the crack staff registers its wholehearted disgust and invite you to join us in boycotting the Emmy awards.

In an interview with Garry “Harry” Tanguay, Celtics brass Danny Ainge discusses his thoughts behind the Posey deal and his future plans. Here’s a hint, look for us to get cheap players looking to earn a new contract. Very interesting stuff. Click here for the interview.

Well obviously the $$ and bad advice from Bartlestein is what mattered to Posey, but at least we get to say hello to the newest member of the Boston Celtics, Patric O’Bryant on the same day.

O’Bryant worked out today, then was introduced to the media at the team’s Waltham practice facility. He agreed to a two-year deal with the NBA champions on Wednesday, the same day the free agent Posey signed a four-year with the New Orleans Hornets.

A 7-foot center, the 22-year-old O’Bryant appeared in 40 games with the Golden State Warriors last season, averaging 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds.
From the Herald

After three-plus weeks of celebration, the hangover hit us all yesterday when James Posey decided to bolt the Celtics for New Orleans and a four year deal worth a reported $25 million. The 31-year-old apparently rejected a three year contract from the Celtics at the mid-level exception of $5.8 million. So, the difference is around $6 million. All it took to erase all that love and support he got from the Boston faithful was simply a little bit more money.

However, my question is, what can you get with $25 million that you can’t get with $20 million James? Now, let me say this first, I am all for players getting as much money as they can. These athletes only get a limited time to make the kind of money they can make in the pro’s, and compared to the super rich owners of the teams it’s a pittance. I will always take the side of the player over ownership, any day. However, this deal just stinks to me and I think we should all be a little disappointed with James Posey and his decision to eschew a perfect basketball situation for relatively short money (in the economy of scale that is professional sports). So, yeah, I’m not happy.

And what kind of situation does Posey go to? He’s another wing player on a team full of them. The Hornets are good, but they’ll never win an NBA title, they might make the Western Conference Finals, but they probably won’t advance to the Finals and Posey will help but he won’t push them over the edge. Perhaps New Orleans will use one or two of their excess wing players in a trade scenario, but for Celtics fans this is a bit of a relief that we won’t have to see Posey more than twice a year. I certainly didn’t want him on Cleveland or Los Angeles, by the way, why didn’t LA go after him harder?

But the truth is, the best situation for both the player and the team is having James here in Boston, where he’s an indispensable cog in the championship machine. This does not help our chances of repeating and replacing the intangibles of James Posey will be difficult. I have hope that Bill Walker will be able to fill that need in his second year, but next year is going to be tough. I can’t help but feel like the whole thing sucks and I blame Mark Bartlestein (isn’t he the bastard responsible for Mark Blount too?). Haven’t we done enough for this guy? And I blame James Posey for being a mercenary. I just can’t help but think that winning back to back titles would have been better for Posey and his future earnings potential than a couple of Western Conference Finals in New Orleans and $6 million bucks. Enjoy your money James.

I guess John Hollinger agrees with me.

“And, as I mentioned, he’s a 31-year-old who will be handsomely paid ’til age 35. Nobody wanted to pay him this kind of dough when he was 30, and his production wasn’t any different last year — just the result in June.

And since this is so hard for people to remember, I’ll say it again: The Hornets aren’t paying for what Posey gave the Celtics last year, or what he gave the Heat in 2006, but for what he can potentially give the Hornets from 2008 to 2012. And that production is likely to diminish substantially from its already modest levels.”

The PoZ departs for greener pastures. Well, at least it’s over. And, as far as we’re concerned, New Orleans is as good a place as any for us. It’s unlikely they make the Finals and they can beat up the rest of the Western Conference. However, if you’re so devastated then I suggest reading this article about Steve Guttenberg.



Bring back Gomes!