Wes Matthews seeking 15 Million Dollar contract (yearly)

Ya because he knows that he's pretty much done.

 

did Wes rupture his brain and Achilles?

 

Have fun on a losing team willing to pay you 15 mill, Wes.

If there is a team dumb enough to do that.

 

I'd give him 15mil a year for 2 years with a team option 2nd year but as I've said before...I love Wes as a Blazer but the Knicks or Lakers will pay him. I don't see the Blazers taking this risk for a long contract.

 

Batum got reamed for $11 mil a year and being inconsistent... now Wes at $15 and an unknown factor of whether or not he can come back from this injury.... if it's proven he can't... it's a step back MAJORLY for this franchise... or any that would be silly enough to offer him that.

8 mil per for 2 years? That I could get behind. 15? Sorry, Wes. Love your attitude... but that is just asinine.

 

If you have a team option 2nd year which is when the cap goes way up..you don't lose anything by paying him this season and having a choice the next season. After 2 years you can revisit the contract and extend him. In the lockout season we paid Camby 13.3 mil to play about 7decent games and coast the rest of the season..we paid BRoy and Oden small fortunes to not play at all.

 

There is a zero percent chance Wes would accept that deal. Z e r o.

In the Ironman article I think he said the determining factors would be length of contract, money and role.

1 year + 1 year team option is the exact opposite of 'favorable length of contract'.

 

Still when Wes says "Neil, I want 4 years 60 million dollars." what's Neil gonna counter with? Wes laughs if he says "how about 2 years 20 million with a player option?" we will have to end up paying him more than Batum, this isn't good news.

 

I'd give him 15 million. 2 million coming off the injury and 13 more if he learns to dribble while he is hurt.

 

Or finish a layup.....

 

I don't think he's worth 15 million. But it wouldn't surprise me on the heels of losing LA that they would try to save face and give him what he wants. I wonder as fans if we have misquided the organization on what Wes truly means to us and how much that will go into the consideration in resigning him and for how much.

I like Wes but he's limited and I don't feel he's worth 15 mil.

 

Maybe not but neither you or I speak for Wes. My opinion is what I think the Blazers should do. I think Wes will be over paid elsewhere and I've posted that multiple times. I also do not subscribe to ZERO chance when it comes to any possibility in the business of money or contracts. I've also said before that he's not ever going to be the go to guy on offense in Portland and he's said he wants that role. I don't think he'll be back if he wants a max deal and different role.

 

I like Wes, like his work ethic, his intangibles and his ability to stretch the floor. HOWEVER...

He made $7.2MM last year....he wants more than double that now? .389 shooting from '3' is good but it's not THAT good. And with just 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists there is just not enough production other than his outside shooting and an occasional post-up to warrant that much money. If he could create more, handle more and help provide another ball-handling option when Dame gets doubled, then okay. That however is not even close to the case. I'm not even asking him to be a Drexler 20/6/6/2 guy. But there has to be more to command that mcuh money especially after that type of injury and the factual results of players that have tried to come back from that injury. He may prove to be the exception and if he brought more than his outside shooting and intangibles, i'd consider it.

That is just not the case no matter how much I like him as a player.

 

I would give him 15 per but only in the 2 year deal with team option second year like stated before. I like Wes and I actually do believe he comes back as good as before. But on the small chance he doesn't there is no way you go over 2 years. But I not sure what more people want from him when his role is what it is.. Close to Drexler numbers when he as at best 3rd option for us? Haha. Right.

 

Well that's the thing..

I was saying what came out of Wesley mouth. He literally said length of contract will be a determining factor. I'm with you completely.. just Wes pretty much said in that article, if it's not 4 or 5 years he don't want it.

 

I think the layups are a result of poor ball control. He can't dribble better than average so he gets out whack trying to finish a layup.

 

It would have to be a 3 year deal then.

 

if LA leaves, Wes won't be coming back. You don't pay out 4 years $60M to a role player coming off an achilles tear if you're in a rebuild. Those are the type of things that keeps franchises in the cellar. Best course of action if LA leaves would be to let Wes go and try to trade up for Russell. If he lives up to his potential you could have a top 5 backcourt going into next season with $50M in cap space, instead of paying Wes and getting trapped in the Abyss.