A Year After Being Undrafted, Wesley Matthews Set to Cash in

[colton]

I'm fairly certain he can only be offered the full MLE from any team regardless of cap space etc. I'll try (this sentence is a complete lie) and look it up.

https://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#Q37

37. What is the "Gilbert Arenas" provision?

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Teams are now limited in the salary they can offer in an offer sheet to a restricted free agent with one or two years in the league. The first-year salary in the offer sheet cannot be greater than the average salary
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The second year salary in such an offer sheet is limited to the standard 8% raise. The third year salary can jump considerably -- it is allowed to be as high as it would have been had the first year salary not been limited by this rule to the average salary.

 

[Hopper]

Well, Colton, the original question was about what teams could offer Matthews, which is a different question that what the Jazz can offer in an "offer sheet" to restrict his free agency rights, aint it?

 

[colton]

The "offer sheet" is what other teams present restricted free agents, which they then can sign and allow the original team to match.

 

[honz]

Sounds like Matthews cares more about money than winning.

 

[TheMulletMutilator]

Sounds like Matthews cares more about money than winning.

Can you blame him? This is a business. Good luck Wes wherever you go. No way should we match 5+ million.

 

[Bodhi]

No Bodhi, as a RFA he can get a contract offer from any team for any amount they are under the cap up to the max. He can only get the MLE from teams over the cap. But under the cap teams can offer him what ever. What the MLE does is allow teams to go over the cap.

Of course no team with that kind of space is going to use that space on a roll player like Matthews because it takes away money from there space they are trying to use to get a star player.

See Colton's post.....

 

[Ben10]

See Colton's post.....

Yeah I forgot that they changed the Rule when Gilbert bolted the Warriors for huge money.

 

[bat]

If anyone offers him over 5 mil I let him walk and say good for him for getting that big contract. He should also send Deron about a 5th of that money for putting him on the map offensively.

5 year 25 million dollar contract with team options for the 4th and 5th would be a fair contract I think. If he doesn't improve, 5 million per for what he gave us this year is about right, maybe a little bit high but the Jazz can cut him loose after 3 years. He gets long term financial security, and if he continues to improve there is no reason the Jazz wouldn't re-up his deal for both option years.