I am hoping the 76'ers don't sign Arsalan Kazemi. They drafted him in the 2nd round but stashed him over seas last year. He will be playing in the summer league again this year for them. I would love to see him come off our bench for defensive and rebounding.
At first glance, yes. That's my point. The dumb journalists harped on the up front money and didn't bother to figure the yearly average. Wes was only a minimum salary guy because he was undrafted a year earlier. Everyone knew he was much more valuable than that by the end of the year, being a quality starter on a playoff team and one of the best defenders of prime Kobe.
No doubt, still there were questions on whether it was a splurge, with the toxic signing bonus and front loaded and all that. I'm was certainly glad they did it, not my money, and need to take chances like that occasionally to nab good players.
Dude!!!! Even this forum mainly were upset for offering Matthews that deal. Just look back to when he was signed. Wasn't it the consolation prize for Utah's match for Millsap?
Actually, no. PapaG was pretty much the only guy who was really down on the Matthews signing. Most everyone else was pretty pleased, or at least was OK with it. http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/blazers-signing-matthews-is-official.164730/page-7
