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Reasons to Keep Matthews

First off, he may be the best man defender on our squad, as a ROOKIE. Undersized? Disagree; yes, only 6'5", but strength-wise he's well above average for a SG. Ray Allen is only 6'4". Strength will help with D more than height w/o strength. Not sure where the "not athletic" comes from either. Vertical? A smart player uses his body to keep opponents from where they want to be on the floor, not his height to outjump him. Matthews is remarkably smart for a rookie.
If we don't re-sign him, I will be extremely surprised and have to question the Jazz organization's committment to winning. That would be 2 starters and a key bench player all in their prime we just let walk; not good!
 
mfree said:
Quoting from the SLTrib:

Although his contract is frontloaded, Matthews would only count $5.765 million in luxury-tax calculations. Should they re-sign him, the Jazz would have $64.8 million committed to nine players for this season. The tax threshold is $70.307 million.

Since the contract only counts the mid-level against the cap, I think the chances of the Jazz matching go way up.

I was thinking it counted $9.2m, making it nearly impossible to add another player. With this information, i think the Jazz will match.
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I hope they don't match. There are other players who are just as good or better that we could sign for pieces of that MLE.
 
LOL! Cant' make it, 'write'; I'm all the way over in Florida.
Another point; the Jazz already traded Brewer away ONLY because they were convinced Matthews was the real deal. If they hadn't been convinced on Matthews, no way they trade Brewer. Bringing Brewer back is fine, but only as a backup at either SG or SF.
 
The list of Jazz role players who play well in Utah and struggle elsewhere is pretty long. The list of Jazz role players who play well in Utah and continue to play just as well or even better is pretty short: (Mo Williams, Raja Bell, maaaybe Donyell Marshall).
 
I'm hoping the Jazz match. Although Matthews isn't worth the money now, I think he can grow into the contract to the point where he'll be worth every penny.

It would be easier to let Matthews walk if it wasn't a division rival.. As it is, I believe Jazz have to match.
 
David Stern said:
I hope they don't match. There are other players who are just as good or better that we could sign for pieces of that MLE.
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Well, Mr. Stern, a kicky-*** list was posted, and I didn't see anyone as good.

E.g., maybe Tony Allen, but he's even shorter. Brewer's a worse shooter. Q-Tip is getting old.
 
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