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KOC talking about the Matthews situation. He sounds pissed.
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KOC talking about the Matthews situation. He sounds pissed.
Check out the P1 Headline of the Day.
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KOC talking about the Matthews situation. He sounds pissed.
The Borat/aint War just took a new turn. Before it starts, I will say this: KOC should NOT have been negotiating with Wes prior to the FA period. There was no reason to bid against ourselves. The goal, as with every player, is to get them to sign for the least amount of money. You can't know what the least amount of money is if you don't subject yourself to the risk of the market. When the market came back with a number that was much higher than KOC valued Wes at, there wasn't anything to do.
Letting other teams determine your players price is plain dumb.
I see the concept of the free market eludes you.
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The Jazz have a history of bidding against themselves. AK, Harping, Ostertag, and Memo but they let the market determine value for CJ, Millsap and Wes. It finally came back to bite them. You can look at the market and compare your player with other players to determine what the value of player is. Letting other teams determine your players price is plain dumb.
hmmmmm. Is KOC talking out of his ***? He did mention earlier in the interview that their first offer was to Raja Bell. So when did they actually make an offer to Wes Matthews?
Their 1st official offer was to Bell. They never made an official offer because they were told by the agent that they wanted more than the Jazz were willing to offer. Why do the paperwork if you know before hand that it will be refused?
Wasn't a qualifying offer (however small) required to retain the rights to match?
Their 1st official offer was to Bell. They never made an official offer because they were told by the agent that they wanted more than the Jazz were willing to offer. Why do the paperwork if you know before hand that it will be refused?
There is always negotiating before an official offer is made. During that negotiating period lots of "offers" are obviously made.
Also THIS.
if you ask Matthews (or his agent) there was not a peice of paper offered - thus no offer.
If you ask O'Conner he said - were thinking X - thus an offer.
So i'd be surprised if the dispute is any more than this - he said, he said.