He was off tonight and was well defended. I would not call a driving layup with 15 seconds or so on the clock down by 3 garbage time though.
$8mm? Dude's cap hit is just a hair over $6mm, and his salary is even less.Can you imagine what the rage would be on this board if we were paying $8M for him?
He'd be the new whipping boy.
He was given that shot, though.
True, still not garbage time
Hayward scored 2 points in garbage time with 2 seconds to go when he had 2 wide open easy free throws, right?
Yep, I was off by $1M/per. He signed a contract for 5/$34M, which is just a shade under $7M/per over the life of the deal (don't know why I had a $40M number stuck in my head). The $9M signing bonus is spread evenly over the 5 years for cap calculations. So you can say his current "salary" is less, but then you'd also have to say his salary last season was $14M! In any case, whether it's $6.5M, $7M cap hit or a "salary" of $5M+, my original statement stands; I'd much rather have Hayward/Burks making what they do than a Matthews at his price.$8mm? Dude's cap hit is just a hair over $6mm, and his salary is even less.
There is a lot more pressure on FT's than there is on a wide open layup. Have you never played basketball?
Is this post on how over rated Bells defense is OR how crappy Matthews is? I'm confused.
Not that I said it was, but that's why you need to also look at shooting %. I just think Matthews is overrated by many on this board. And especially so if you also factor in his salary/cap amount.14 and 3 is not a "bad year" in and of itself.... BECAUSE .... wait for it............there is another side to the basketball floor! If he's holding the guy he's defending to a PER of 7 while putting up 14 and 3, does that make it a bad year? I'm seriously curious as a mother****er
Mathews had an off night, but who was (not) guarding Batum?