Is there any doubt that Matthews was a steal?

I'm pretty Jlprk is related to Maris.

 

Matthews would've been a bigger steal if we had drafted him instead of Victor Claver. Then we'd be paying him a lot less.

 

solid BACKUP?? He was the STARTING SHOOTING GUARD for a team that reached the second round in the Western Conference playoffs. And he was a ROOKIE. He's starter-caliber in this league. And hasn't reached his ceiling.

 

Related to??? It was widely suspected on the old ESPN Blazers board that jlprk was nothing more than a Maris sock puppet.

Of course, he could easily dispell that theory by telling us how much he thought Sergio sucked. I mean come one, if he's going to bag on someone as productive as Wesley Matthews has been, surely he must agree that Sergio was human turnover machine who couldn't shoot to save his life, or guard a chair without tackling it from behind.

BNM

 

Matthews has pleasantly surprised me. When Portland signed him, I thought of him as the caliber of a solid reserve on a good/great team. IMO, he's so far been quite a bit better than that. If he can keep it up, it's the first bit of good fortune to come the Blazers' way in a while (maybe since the 2007 draft lottery).

 

He won't speak to me at the family get-togethers.

So I get stuck out on the patio every time drinking with Boob.

 

Yep, an undrafted rookie starting for a Jerry Sloan coached team that won 53 games. If he can start on that team, he can start on 2/3 of the teams in the league. Especially, since he's not just a scorer, He plays at both ends of the court. Sloan wouldn't have started him if he didn't.

BNM

 

I've had a good feeling about him since the signing. Maybe it was because I enjoy stealing assets away from the Jazz, but I've never hated his contract and I thought he was exactly the kind of player we needed to be adding to this roster.

 

I never hated his contract either. The front-loading is just noise...the substance was that it was an MLE. The MLE for a solid young player is worthwhile, especially when it's not money that could really be rolled over and used for bigger free agent signings. It's a good example of how to use Paul Allen's money.

 

Exactly. You're a smart guy. You should consider becoming a moderator

 

I don't think Matthews is/was a steal. He's looking like he is however worth the money they dropped on him ... especially given the shaky hit rate with MLE deals. For example we could have resigned Catfish for the same amount -- yikes

 

Well, I would call him a "steal" because we were able to pry him away from Utah without giving up anything other than a front-loaded contract.

 

I copied and pasted a bunch of moderator forum stuff to WikiLeaks. Let's just say, I've burned some bridges.

 

I'm pretty happy with Matthews also, a small bright spot in a dismal season.

 

Oh.... so it was you who exposed Denny's evil plan?

 

They all fall under THE plan.

 

They're not all agencies. Some of them are offices, others are bureaus. FEMA, for example, is no longer an agency. It's an office under the Department of Homeland Security.

 

I'm still curious whose idea this was considering the Blazers had no GM at the time.