Wes not ready - Maybe by Christmas

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  1. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    What a dumb mistake. Management painted themselves into a corner by offering a variable, not fixed, amount. That's smart only when it might go down, not up.
     
    jlprk, Sep 29, 2015
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    Go Wes! I'll give Cuban credit, he said his offer to Wes could work out great or be the next Tracy McGrady move of the season
     
    riverman, Sep 29, 2015
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    Looks like he is favoring it a bit, but good to see him jumping. I'm sure he will get a warm welcome on his first return to Portland.
     
    Reep, Oct 1, 2015
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    We should have resigned him.. Believe it or not, I could care less if LMA left (although of course I wish we traded him) but letting Wes go was the biggest one that hurt we should have resigned Wes to what he wanted. Mind you we aren't even in a hurry for this year he could have taken his time even taken the year off if need be. Looking at these videos makes me wish we resigned him and moved forward with a DAME and WES future..

    Hes looking damn good and hes not even close to being fully healthy.
     
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    Tunchi, Oct 1, 2015
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  7. riverman

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    From what I saw in those two videos there's nothing showing me he's looking good...he looks sluggish and slow..which is to be expected
     
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    "He did, but I never did!"
     
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    Wes probably didn't want to sign here for a rebuild, who knows though. Him leaving definitely stings the most.
     
    3RA1N1AC, Oct 1, 2015
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    I don't believe the Blazers offered him anything to sign.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 1, 2015
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    Me neither; when he said he wanted X dollars, he priced himself out of Portland, probably on purpose.
     
    BlazerCaravan, Oct 1, 2015
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    You think Wes or any other player would sign a partially guaranteed contract? In my opinion teams should have options should big contracts on players in these types of situations don't work out. Maybe not right away but they should have some options.
     
    BigGameDamian, Oct 1, 2015
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    Sure they will if that is the only contract offered to them.

    Would you sign a partially guaranteed contract if a fully guaranteed contract were available?
     
    SlyPokerDog, Oct 1, 2015
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    Such as? What options do you think teams should have on large contacts that wouldn't overwhelmingly provide advantages to the richest owners?
     
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    Make the players pay for their own medical care, then the incidents of fake injuries will go away.
     
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    No way man; fake injuries pay. Wes' fake injury got him a max deal. Any chance he gets that deal if we lose in the first round while Wes is actually on the floor? No way. Wes faked that achilles to show everyone how bad we were without him.
     
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    Can you imagine your guys reaction had we signed an injured Wes to max money!!??


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    I reacted right away when he said he wanted 15mil and to be the go to guy on offense...then started doing Laker talk show host all summer. I love Wes but he didn't do us any favors this time around
     
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    Why should he? Yes we gave him more money than anyone expected him to get to bring him out of Utah, but over the course of that deal, he became underpaid.

    And it's not as if we even offered him a deal this offseason, so why should he be expected to do us favors?
     
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