Well, looks like none of us knew offer would be that high, and unfortunately even KOC had no idea. You know, as if he has not been actively negotiating with Wes and told him to find another offer with someone else.
Mathews signs offer sheet w/Blazers (5 yrs/34 mil)
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Well, looks like none of us knew offer would be that high, and unfortunately even KOC had no idea. You know, as if he has not been actively negotiating with Wes and told him to find another offer with someone else.
gregbroncs
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So an undersized PG that had a much better college career did not deserve 2 years but an undersized SG with a worse college career did? Yea right. Your reaching. The Jazz may have made a call here but I don't think they thought he would still be on the team after CJ and Korver came back. Good job by Mathews earning it but I don't see anyway they "should" have know prior to him actually playing in the NBA that he would outplay 3 experienced players and cause them to trade one of them.
gregbroncs
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Nope they knew he would get an offer and there is no reason to worry about it until they do. What did being in the loop have anything to do with it? Your being naive to the max.
theonlyone
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If they don't get the contract til Monday, does that mean the 7 days to match, starts then?
Hopper
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Who knows? I would guess that league rules require that an offer sheet be delivered within one "business day" and that the team with matching rights is then given 5 "business days" from the time of delivery to decide, but it's a minor detail that most people wouldn't know.
Marty McFly
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Maybe there are some rules I don't know about, but why wasn't KOC on the phone with Wesley's agent at midnight making him a fair, 2-3 year offer? There's no way Wesley was expecting this offer from Portland and I'm almost positive they would have taken it. The "go out and let another team set your value" thing failed pretty hard.
Hopper
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Read the thread if ya want peoples thoughts on this, eh, H.E.? We done been over and over it. Of course the first question is: What makes ya think they didn't, to begin with?
Jazz did what we expected them to do by now. Sit on their behinds and wait for something or someone else to force them into some kind of action. But actually in this case that approach might help them if they continue it all the way to the end. Just do nothing. Let Porty have Wes.
calijazz
Winner of the 2011 Jazzfanz mock draft contest
If Wes was determined to stay with the Jazz, maybe. But since he was obviously determined to find the best money offer available, there's no way Wes would have taken a "fair" offer right at the beginning of FA. He and his agent aren't stupid.
You mean trying to be proactive and negotiate with a free agent of your own team that you like instead of telling him to go and find another offer would be too worrisome? Who is being naive here?
calijazz
Winner of the 2011 Jazzfanz mock draft contest
If Wes was wiling to take less money to play on the Jazz, the deal would have probably been done by now. The only way he signs with the Jazz right away is if they offer him what Portland offered him. But as a restricted FA, their goal is to go and find the best offer they can. They aren't stupid enough to jump at the first offer they get. They can see the ridiculous salaries FA's are getting this offseason.