Blazers signing Matthews is official

Of course that doesn't mean the Jazz couldn't have came back with a lower offer and he might have signed. That's what it sound like he was saying from when I read it. They didn't even bother to make him a offer, but if they had he would have taken less than the mid level if it was resonable. Just my take on it and not misleading at all to me.

 

I love this signing. There were 8 starting SGs in the second round of the playoffs and he was one of them. In his rookie year after being undrafted! Welcome, Wesley!

So I wonder who we'll get for Rudy?

 

Lets try for Turiaf, NY likes Rudy, not sure if that's enough? or Bayless for Turiaf?

 

I still say we wait until this signing becomes official.

Bell could fail his physical, or the Jazz could trade someones salary for cap space.

 

With all due respect J Ray, are you saying you may know more about how the Jazz play defense then BGrantFan? I am not sure anyone does including Jerry Sloan. He has stats.

 

That is too much for Turiaf IMO since I think Camby will get a lot of minutes against bigger PF's and Dante will get the back up minutes against the PF's who play out on the perimeter. We are basically talking about a third string PF.

 

No, it was not a rape. The Blazers are not the team with a rapist.

 

Utah tried to discuss a smaller 3 and 4 year deals but his agent wouldn't negotiate. He said they wanted the Full MLE, so KOC told him to go out and get it, then they'll consider matching.

I was comparing the playoff stats.....

 

I was on the fence about the deal before this.


Now I think it was a mistake.

 

So the Jazz said Bell is a done deal pending the physical, which won't happen till next week.

Looks like the Blazers will have to wait out the deadline date to make Matthews officail . . . monday I believe.

 

Physical is supposed to be done before Saturday so in case they need to make a decision they still have time.

 

I though I read that it was the next week, but I can't find it, so thanks for the update.

Couple interesting notes I did find:

From another board: Just to update on the Matthews situation....

Randy Rigby is on 1320kfan right now and he made it very clear that the Jazz have not made up their minds about re-signing Wesley Matthews. He said they are still looking at the situation from every aspect and that they have NOT made a final decision on him yet.

And from yahoo: Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor said Bell just needs to pass his physical and show his left wrist has recovered from surgery last year and Utah will gladly welcome back the gritty defender who can motivate his young teammates.


Maybe not a done deal yet?

 

Raja Bell isn't flying in until Monday for the physical and Utah already alerted Matthews they aren't matching.

 

Get back to us when it's official

 

Have they officially informed the NBA . . . does it work that way or do the Blazers have to wait for the time to expire (Tuesday?) or the Bell contract is official before they can officailly say wes is a Blazer?

What about Bell's surgically repaired wrist . . . do you see that being a potential issue?

 

Well they can't sign both, so it would seem kind of strange to say they've made an offer with part of their MLE for Bell, when they'd need the full mid-level to match Matthews (if they really haven't decided between the two).

 

I was just going by what I read and that was when they ask for the full MLE they said to go and get offers, but didn't come back with a alternative offer. Of course you being a Jazz fan I'm sure have read a lot more on the issue than I have.

 

Since Matthews is basically a Blazer, can he be sent to Summer League ASAP? His 12.3 PER needs some work in Nate's system this summer.

 

I was thinking that yesterday. It's too bad we didn't offer this before summer league so we could get his butt to Vegas