Chad Feldheimer
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WTF are you talking about? Jazz got the better end of that deal...
Paul Milsap your starting/heavy rotation PF for 6M this year? Yeah just awful.
KOC is a *****
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WTF are you talking about? Jazz got the better end of that deal...
Paul Milsap your starting/heavy rotation PF for 6M this year? Yeah just awful.
7StraightIsGreat
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As has already been mentioned, it was Matthews who flat-out said he "wasn't going to give Utah a home-team discount". Sounds like he's talking out both sides of his mouth a bit. Not only that, I don't know who his agent is, but do you honestly think that had Utah presented a formal offer Matthew's agent was going to blindly let him sign it without testing the open market? Sorry, but the over-inflated Blazer offer was going to come regardless of whether the Jazz offered him a deal or not.
I hate to make it sound like I'm bashing Wes because I'm not. I love the guy as a player. However, in reading about his suprise that Utah didn't match you can tell he's just a young kid who just got his heart broken a little. While I'm sure he doesn't regret the new payday you can just tell he is a little upset about not returning to Utah. I wish him the best and hope he's the lone bright spot for Portland in the coming years.
Speaking of Portland, they're probably ******** their pants right now. Utah called their bluff. They just paid $34 million for a back-up and they'll still be looking up at Utah in the standings by the end of next year. How is that good business?
I hate to make it sound like I'm bashing Wes because I'm not. I love the guy as a player. However, in reading about his suprise that Utah didn't match you can tell he's just a young kid who just got his heart broken a little. While I'm sure he doesn't regret the new payday you can just tell he is a little upset about not returning to Utah. I wish him the best and hope he's the lone bright spot for Portland in the coming years.
Speaking of Portland, they're probably ******** their pants right now. Utah called their bluff. They just paid $34 million for a back-up and they'll still be looking up at Utah in the standings by the end of next year. How is that good business?
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Some of the comments about Matthews on here are really stupid, and I mean moronic. I'm a Jazz fan but when my team or whomever I'm associated with behaves in a disrespectful manner, I won't respect them. My take on this was that instead of giving Matthews a fair, reasonable offer, they low balled him with a QO of 937 K, yes that's what it was because I looked it up, and told him to let the market dictate, in the shrewd, wiseass manner of KOC, and like Kiri said, KOC didn't learn his lesson, and sure enough, as Aint/Hopper always says, Portland bit him in the ***, just like they did with Millsap.
So, you can't really blame Portland, can you? KOC never even made a fair offer to Matthews. That's what I call disrespecting. If he made a respectable offer, then Matthews would've accepted. He actually admitted that in the interview. So, will you guys take off your blindfolds and look at the reality of the situation, please.
So, you can't really blame Portland, can you? KOC never even made a fair offer to Matthews. That's what I call disrespecting. If he made a respectable offer, then Matthews would've accepted. He actually admitted that in the interview. So, will you guys take off your blindfolds and look at the reality of the situation, please.
TheMulletMutilator
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They certainly have an owner who can afford it but in the near future they still might think twice before coming out with these ridiculous offers for backups.
Chad Feldheimer
Well-Known Member
You don't get it obviously. The QO is only made so the Jazz can retain the right to match any offer. It's not the ACTUAL offer... Please educate yourself before you make any other comments.
Fishsticks
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I know that, but that's all they "offered." And this isn't ridiculous. You guys are so blind with loyalty, and brainwashed by the business ethic that our society wants everyone to follow that you don't know the meaning of the word integrity or value it, for that matter.
This is the same mistake that LeBron made. Instead of valuing the people who loved him, he turned his back for his own self-interest, just the way all businessmen do who act unethically and justify it by saying it was a "business decision."
So what I'm saying in regard to KOC, who did the same thing to Millsap, was that he was weasling his way with them in effort to pay them as little as possible, without considering whether it was fair or not. If he made Matthews a fair, MV offer and Matthews turned it down, then I would have no problem with this. But he NEVER made him an offer.
This is the same mistake that LeBron made. Instead of valuing the people who loved him, he turned his back for his own self-interest, just the way all businessmen do who act unethically and justify it by saying it was a "business decision."
So what I'm saying in regard to KOC, who did the same thing to Millsap, was that he was weasling his way with them in effort to pay them as little as possible, without considering whether it was fair or not. If he made Matthews a fair, MV offer and Matthews turned it down, then I would have no problem with this. But he NEVER made him an offer.
TheMulletMutilator
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I think you are brainwashed into believe that this isn't the best case for both the Jazz and Matthews. He already stated he wouldn't accept a home team discount. So would you still want him for what Portland is paying him?
Duders, you need to calm down. Blind is ranting with your heart, instead of your head. This is the reaction WM was hoping for, I'd guess.
7StraightIsGreat
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So which Matthews do you believe? The Matthews who said we never made him an offer and that he would have taken less to stay in Utah, or the Matthews that said Utah was not getting a home team discount? My guess is this (I bet you I'm right): After Utah made the qualifying offer, KOC talked with Matthew's agent and they discussed ballpark figures on what Wes thought he should get paid. Wes' agent (who was just doing his job) told KOC they were looking for the full MLE. KOC ( who was also just doing his job) told him that Utah was not ready to spend the full MLE on Wes and that he should look to the open market to determine his value. That's when Portland came in with this ridiculous offer.
To say "Utah never made me an offer" is a bit dishonest. I'm sure Utah and the Matthew's camp negotiated to the point where Utah had a very good idea of what kind of $$$$ Wes thought he could get. Obviously, it was a number that Utah wasn't ready to agree to without Wes looking elsewhere. The only way I'd be upset by this is if Wes was saying that Utah refused to even negotiate with him. I think anybody with an ounce of common sense can see this for what it really is.
Chad Feldheimer
Well-Known Member
This is how it goes in the NBA...
For example see
JJ Redick
Kyle Lowery
For example see
JJ Redick
Kyle Lowery
billyshelby
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I don't understand. Don't the Jazz take a hit in the integrity department if they don't pay Wes what Portland did? And how much less could they have gotten away with paying him in order not to soil their integrity?
No, they take a hit for not making a fair offer in the first place. And by doing that, they bite off their nose despite their face, to use the old cliche. That's my prediction that this will come back to haunt them. KOC should've learned his lesson the last time with Millsap. But once a weasel, always a weasel, I guess. Would you trust an employer who tries to get out of paying you a fair wage?
So, Matthews isn't happy about making $35mm and joining the Blazers? The Jazz didn't exactly screw him here.