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Mathews signs offer sheet w/Blazers (5 yrs/34 mil)

calijazz said:
Haven't read every post in this thread, so not sure if this has been posted, but it's well worth noting in this discussion:



So that means the first season of the deal will probably start at the full MLE, then decline from there if the 5 years, 25 mil figure is accurate. Not ideal, but not horrible either. But that's what you've got to come to expect with RFA. At least it's not "toxic" like Millsap's was (or it least appears at this point).

https://twitter.com/blazerbanter/status/18225772507
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It definitely would help if year 5 was around 5 or less. But it doesn't change the fact it's too great a risk, and comparable players can be had at less money. If Portland wants a 5mil backup to Brandon Roy, let them have it.
 
Contract being front loaded really doesn't affect the Jazz. The only thing it would affect is how much the Jazz could take back with the Harpring TPE. If Matthews gets 5.7 the first year and then 4.9, subtract the 937k cap hit Matthews currently has and the Jazz are just shy of 66 M, Leaving the Jazz plenty to get back in a Harping TPE deal. Also easily can resign Fesenko if need be.

It does cut out Gortat, thoug.
 
Someone posted earlier some figures that indicated that IF Matthews started out with $4 million a year, then, with 10% raises, we would have earned $25 million after 5 years. I don't know if that's accurate, but if so, we're really jus talking about a $4 million offer, with standard raises.

Edit: I now see the lastest report is $34 million. How does this work out, as a "startin" salary, assumin no front-loadin?
 
Looking at Artest's deal from last year it has about 7%ish raises each year. That may have been bumped up. I figured the full MLE exception for 5 years with 7% raises at about 33M. So I might have been off by a million total.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
How does that work?
Portland is over the cap so all they can offer is the MLE starting about 5.8Mish? with 7% annual raises that would not equal 40M after 5 years.

Year 1: 5.8M
Year 2: 6.2M
Year 3: 6.6M
Year 4: 7M
Year 5: 7.5M

Total: 33.1M

Or am I calculating wrong?
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Probably very similar to how the contract will look.

No way should the Jazz match that.
 
Hopper said:
Someone posted earlier some figures that indicated that IF Matthews started out with $4 million a year, then, with 10% raises, we would have earned $25 million after 5 years. I don't know if that's accurate, but if so, we're really jus talking about a $4 million offer, with standard raises.

Edit: I now see the lastest report is $34 million. How does this work out, as a "startin" salary, assumin no front-loadin?
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In rough numbers, he makes 5.7 to start. He can get 8.5 percent raises thereafter. I haven't computed the numbers, but 5.7 * 5 = 28.5. The raises might get him there, or there may even be a signing bonus involved, though I'm not sure how that correlates to the CBA.
 
Chad, are you plannin on keepin that signature long? The reason I ask is that it slows down my computer quite a bit whenever is appears on my screen. Same with Mambo's, for some reason.
 
The Blazers offered their full midlevel exception in a frontloaded contract that includes a $9.2 million payday in the first year in hopes it would be too expensive for the Jazz to match and keep Matthews, the source said.

WOWWWWWWWWW.

Well done, Wesley Matthews.
 
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