The biggest mistake in the history !!
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Soon as I saw this guy play, I could tell he was the real deal ... Jerry was pissed about losing him too ... In fact, this decision may not only have cost us Matthews but led to us losing Jerry and Deron, because if we were winning they probably wouldn't have been arguing as much. You're right this was a colossal mistake in more ways than one.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
And we would have exactly who at the 5? Fes, Elson and Jarron Collins?
Had the Jazz committed that much money to Matthews, the money could not have been spent on Jefferson. The Big Al deal was already in the works at the trade deadline last year. Kahn was waiting on the Jazz getting picks and an exception, which they did when Boozer left for Chicago.
Yes, Matthews has turned into a pretty good guard. But 90% of NBA people thought Portland overspent. To give a contract like that to an undrafted rookie who had less than 1/2 yr starting? That's a huge risk. We had a starter (we thought) in CJ and a pretty good backup in Bell (or vice-versa). It's unfortunate both have underachieved. Hindsight. I'd still rather have Al Jefferson on the team than Matthews. It's extremely difficult to obtain quality bigs. But I'll bet KOC is able to trade for a quality SG in the off-season.
Had the Jazz committed that much money to Matthews, the money could not have been spent on Jefferson. The Big Al deal was already in the works at the trade deadline last year. Kahn was waiting on the Jazz getting picks and an exception, which they did when Boozer left for Chicago.
Yes, Matthews has turned into a pretty good guard. But 90% of NBA people thought Portland overspent. To give a contract like that to an undrafted rookie who had less than 1/2 yr starting? That's a huge risk. We had a starter (we thought) in CJ and a pretty good backup in Bell (or vice-versa). It's unfortunate both have underachieved. Hindsight. I'd still rather have Al Jefferson on the team than Matthews. It's extremely difficult to obtain quality bigs. But I'll bet KOC is able to trade for a quality SG in the off-season.
BetterThanESPN
Member
... and to think, all KOC has to do is do the tappy-tap on the keyboard, Ctrl+Z (undo).
kwb
Well-Known Member
Never said that. The whole Matthews thing is a broken record.
BetterThanESPN
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I really liked this.
Appreciate that, sir.
