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

[calijazz]

I was on the fence when it was reported 5 yrs/25 mill, now that its 5 yrs/34 mill, I say no way. It will be sad to see him leave the Jazz, but I sure hope the Jazz don't match.

I agree. I thought the 5/25 was reasonable, but it wouldn't be responsible to match this. Gotta let Wes go unfortunately. Blazers will be paying a lot for someone who will pay 15-20 mins a game for them. I think this means the Jazz make a strong push to get Brewer back.

 

[shadler]

if he is worth as much as Blake Griffin is there a way we can match him and trade him somewhere else for a better player? Maybe we can get some value out of him with the te and ak. If you can i would see what teams might be interested and call around. Maybe at Jefferson out of a deal and send him to the wolves.

 

[memo is money]

They should have been proactive and offered him a decent deal right at 12:01, This team is going in the wrong direction.

Like nearly every athlete, he would have told the FO "I would like to see the offers from other teams, too". That's , unfortunately, called "professionalism". Just another fabricated excuse for disloyalty. Not only Blazers, but also Wes can go to the hell. If Wes thinks he worths that money, he will see + 25mins as a blazer, he is dumb. He is talented but his surge in the NBA has a lot to do with the coaching of Jerry, and system.

Unfortunately, regardless of the ultimate outcome of this RFA process, KOC will be the big loser. Some will blame him for matching, some for not matching.

 

[Hopper]

Well, if ya wanna playz the know-it-all, it aint that hard. Ya just goes round sayin that if KOC had any sense, like you did, he woulda signed Matthews to a 3 year contract at about $.8/year straight outta trainin camp, eh? I KNOW I woulda, if I'd known he'd prove to be as valuable as he is. But, like, who knew, eh?

I'm sure there's many who did, and who will now come outta the woodwork to tell us.

Edit: Heh, I see now that S2 done mades this claim before I even posted, eh? I shoulda knowwed. He ALWAYZ knows it all.

 

[eclipsedya]

Matthews was my favorite player last year. With that said have fun in Portland. If the front office matches that offer they are dumber than I thought. Let Matthews go and use the Hapring TPE to get a wing and the Boozer TPE to get a front court player if at all possible. Oh and here's a thought, if you haven't been trying to trade AK's toxic contract like you should have done years ago when you could have gotten Shawn Marion or even last year for TMac's contract maybe you should start working on that. Last time I checked a player that averages 11 points a game does not warrant an 18 million dollar contract but what do I know...I'm just a jazzfanz homer.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

No, but Matthews has shown that he can be a decent starter.

Utah should've known to offer more than a 1-year deal originally.

He only made the roster because Korver was hurt. The Jazz couldn't have possibly realized where Matthews would have ended up when he first signed the contract at the beginning of the year.

 

[slc]

Maybe Jazz do the same thing when they signed Millsap. Every one thought they wouldn't. But Jazz dumped salaries during the season to save money.

 

[Archie Moses]

He only made the roster because Korver was hurt. The Jazz couldn't have possibly realized where Matthews would have ended up when he first signed the contract at the beginning of the year.

Um, and because CJ injured his thumb.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Maybe Jazz do the same thing when they signed Millsap. Every one thought they wouldn't. But Jazz dumped salaries during the season to save money.

Last year it was more to do with the luxury tax than the value of the contract to the player. I think many felt Millsap's contract was a little too high for his value, and it put the Jazz over the tax, which made it seem like the Jazz would decline.

In this case, it's all about the value of the contract to the player. The Jazz won't be near the tax if they match. Can use the bi-annual with no issues. Question is he worth 7 million a year with a near 10 million dollar up front payment?

I would have to say no.

 

[shadler]

so can we sign him and trade him somewhere for a big guy?

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Um, and because CJ injured his thumb.

That too. I forgot about CJ getting injured.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

so can we sign him and trade him somewhere for a big guy?

If I remember right when Millsap signed the offer sheet, he couldn't be traded to the team that he signed the offer sheet to for a year, and something like 90 days he had the right to refuse a trade elsewhere. He also can not be packaged in a deal.

I'm definitely pulling this out of thin air, so I don't know if this is true or not. The only thing I remember stoutly is that he couldn't be traded to the Blazers for some time.