Whether or not you have issues with the slightly excessive 4-year contract (OK, OK, I’ll stop… hey, at least in 2 years we’ll have a hot ‘n’ spicy expiring contract to use as trade bait!), we can all rejoice in the fact that, after a maddeningly dull offseason, we have a new Hornet on the roster! The last time we saw Posey, he was chillin’ in the corner bombing 3’s for the Celts during the NBA finals. Ya know, if I was going to retire at age 36, I’d do it in New Orleans, but maybe that’s just me… 
I would be remiss in my duties as Queen of Hornetblogging if I did not scour the internet for everything you need to know about Posey. (This is a blatant fabrication. As you will see, most of this post will consist of things you didn’t need to know. But it’s more fun that way….) Here you are:
- Posey wore #41 for the Boston Celtics and the Memphis Grizzlies, and #42 for Miami. I’m going to guess that was because 41 wasn’t available, because he also wore 41 in college. And hey, we’ve got #41 free!
- Posey went to Xavier, but was drafted in 1999. This means he didn’t overlap with David West, who graduated in ‘03. (Ha– I didn’t even have to do the math in my head on this, because I too went to college from 1999-2003.)
- Now the Hornets have 3 guys on the roster who shared the same college coach, Skip Prosser: West, Posey, and Chris Paul.
- Posey’s birthday is January 13th.
- In 2005 he was involved in the massive wacky 5-team trade that also resulted in the Hornets getting Rasual Butler from Miami.
- He wears a mouthguard striped in the team colors (see above– that’s Miami, and the Boston one was green/white, naturally)! Teal and purple… teal and yellow… teal and white… oh, the possibilities! What’s he going to pick?
- There are questionable photos of him on the internet wearing no underwear. Hey, I said I was gonna bring you only the best!
P.S. Summer League Alert: New Orleans Baby Bugs (Hornets) vs. L.A. Dinghies (Clippers) coming up at 5:00 Central via webcast.
So um…….searching for pics of James Posey without underwear were ya……tsk tsk, hey I need to ask anyone who might have bought it, so I’m in the process of joining the LAPD in which case my apartment will be covered in hornets stuff so does anyone else think the color of this chair looks awkward…..wasn’t sure if it was my computer or what http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2821632&cp=2098489.3075500&parentPage=family
It looks strangely green on mine…
I didn’t have to search for those pictures… they were just there! Honest!
whatever you say……I ….believe…..you…….HEY THIS COURTNEY SIMS KID IS WHOOPIN’ ASS AGAINST THE CLIPPERS, I’M NOT EVEN TOTALLY PAYING ATTENTION BUT HIS NAME IS BEING SAID LIKE ONCE A MINUTE SO HE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT
So good I forgive him for having a girls name
The Celtics connection continues. First the C’s were looking at Birdman. Then we stole Posey. Now rumors have it they’re interested in Bonzi. I hope Bower moves on to BW fast.
Hahahaa, Dingheys. That’s awesome
Oh good, someone liked my joke!
TT6, what is your thought on whether Posey will be in the starting lineup or not?
I think not. We need a Ginobili. And he can play multiple positions off the bench. I mean, I’m not saying he’s remotely as GOOD as Ginobili, but the problem last season was the bench. Sure, people bag on Mo Pete all the time, but there’s not much of a plan for him in the offense other than stand in the corner and wait for the play to rotate over there if going to Peja doesn’t work. So how are you going to blame him for a lack of offense? It’s not his job as the 5th option.
I definitely see Posey as the 6th man. Even if he was better than Mo. Spreads the options out more. Hopefully the goal this year is to avoid the nasty depressing black hole that arose whenever CP/DWest were on the bench and the backups were in.