Can't do that. He signed the offer sheet. If the Jazz match he is considered signed. If they don't he is considered signed by Portland.
Mathews signs offer sheet w/Blazers (5 yrs/34 mil)
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Can't do that. He signed the offer sheet. If the Jazz match he is considered signed. If they don't he is considered signed by Portland.
eleetham916
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i like wes mathews just like everyone else on this page...he is just a overall good player and utah had something very special in that kid.
eleetham916
Banned
oh ok...
I just spelled out for you why I didn't like the end result: i.e. having Portland agree to terms with Wes as opposed to us and having to match offer sheet (if we want to keep Wes, which we should) and swallow a poison pill first year, hence limiting our abilities for other options this year, as we are close to lux tax. You still are unable to see what the beef is? Maybe is you who is KOC's brother in law then, eh?
TheBusinessMan
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It sucks but like Milsap these are the guys that will result in a championship team, keep him, I say if you think he is going to develop into a very good 6th six man in this league than this kind of money isn't that bad considering just so much is saved when AK comes off the books next year...
As one of Mathews biggest homers, at that price, see ya later. Thanks for working hard every day. THanks for playing great defense on a team desperate for someone willing/able to give their best every day. Alas, while strong, you are average in height and your ceiling is not much higher than reality. You got your 1800% raise. You can be replaced.
Darkwing Duck
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mellow
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okay, time for Plan C.
Deron takes year off relaxing er uh recovering from an 'injury'. Like San Antonio.
Trade AK, & memo for draft picks or players on rookie contracts.
Put Sloan out to pasture and let the Ty Corbin era begin.
Find a bunch of scrapy guys with feel good stories- sign them to one year contracts WITH TEAM OPTIONS ON THE 2 & 3 year.
Hope the ping pong balls bounce your way next summer (Can't miss three times in a row, can they?)
Deron takes year off relaxing er uh recovering from an 'injury'. Like San Antonio.
Trade AK, & memo for draft picks or players on rookie contracts.
Put Sloan out to pasture and let the Ty Corbin era begin.
Find a bunch of scrapy guys with feel good stories- sign them to one year contracts WITH TEAM OPTIONS ON THE 2 & 3 year.
Hope the ping pong balls bounce your way next summer (Can't miss three times in a row, can they?)
Yep. Bring back Brewer for cheap(er), and call it an off season.
The Ghost of Blue Edwards
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Damn. I freaking loved Matthews and Korver. It's really sad to see them go, but Utah is doing the right thing in rebuilding.
Jazz Traveler
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I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Jazz match.
billyshelby
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I agree. But the irony is Brewer's availability at a lower price might wind up saving us from ourselves. I know I'm in the minority on this, but I'd rather have Brewer at Matthews' deal (I wouldn't offer him it, either) But since he'll come in substantially cheaper, I'll be thrilled if Brewer becomes the reason KOC and Co decide not to match Matthews' silly offer.
I'm sorry, but this is funny. The blazers have a use for matthews but they don't need him. Jazz have money. 17 mil in trade exception, am i right? This is called a toxic pill. Made by the Vulcans. (Portland and its fans call the Blazer management the Vulcans, who are devoid of feelings, and are truely hated by the fans and people of portland. i.e. letting Kevin Pritchard go, drafting Oden and not durant, etc.) Jazz are are still a serious threat in the Northwest Conf. and the Blazers management want to take any buying power away from the Jazz. Matthews would solve some problems, but it is a general hope that the Jazz will match. If they don't...well there are going to be a lot of pissed off Blazer fans. Oh and that .......includes me. I know there is some crazy Blazer hate going on in here, and just a hope you direct it at our management. Cause lets face it, they are a bunch of douches. 5yr/34mil? Guess when Paul f***king Allen is our owner, money is never an issue. You'd think we'd be a lot better concidering his pockets, but we're not. And we are all very very very very pissed off about it.
Hopper
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Borat, your hindsight-driven "no matter what they do, I'll find something about it that's less than perfect and then claim it should have been avoided" game is stale.
Matthews ended up gittin what, for him, is a "max offer," i.e. the maximum money, for the maximum years, with the maximum allowable frontload. What would YOU have offered him BEFORE he ever talked to anyone? $34 million over 5 years with "only" $8 million the first year, instead of $9 million? Either way it's max money, to be paid, sooner or later. If you were KOC you would have instantly offered him the max, even knowing you had the right to match IF he got such an offer, that it? Sure glad KOC is the GM, and not you.
If you would have offered him sumthin LESS than the max, who's to say KOC didn't make a similiar offer (not that I think what YOU would have done is of any particular interest or relevance, but...).
When the reports were that Matthews was offered substantially LESS than the max (25 million, not $34) YOU said that was too much to pay and that he should have been offered even less than that. Again, who says he wasn't? Whatever he was offered, he wouldn't take it. All we know is that he was offered less than the max. So your claim is NOW that he should have instantly been offered the max, that it?
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calijazz
Winner of the 2011 Jazzfanz mock draft contest
It also makes you wonder if the Jazz would have pursued Korver more aggressively (or at all) if they knew what Mathews was going to get the money he did. I would sure as hell take on Korver for the contract he got over Wes and his contract. Less years and less avg dollars per season.