The "How are Aldridge, Batum, Lopez, and Matthews Doing?" Thread

Wes has never nor will ever have to worry about money for the rest of his life....he got rewarded for being Wes

 

How can you say that his primary motivation was money? How does that make any sense? The Kings offered him a max deal and he spurned them and committed to Dallas instead because he wanted to win. He was willing to take less money so they could sign Jordan. Where are you even getting this?

 

Forgive him, he's "up, up, and away-ed" out of too many windows.

 

well in fairness...it was the Kings..money or not...they have a really dysfunctional front office..that sometimes matters to guys and Wes probably sensed the revolving door of coaches and players in Sac town

 

He said that money was his primary motivation. Not winning or team culture. Money. Period.

 

What a joke. Wes is putting up 12/2/1 and making what $16MILLION GOD DAMNED DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

How many McDonald's vouchers did they give you for that Dame video? Whatever it was, they gave you too much!

 

I was making it for Dame personally, then we just decided to air it. No extra pay, just addition street cred.

 

If you think any player puts the damn FANS above just about everything else you are crazy. No matter how much they love the fans we're on the very bottom of each player's decision tree.

 

Harlan Ellison says: "Never work for free. Have pride in your value. Exposure and street cred don't pay the bills." (actually, he says it differently, but the meaning is the same)

 

You've taken a stance and won't be swayed despite the obvious flaws that have been clearly demonstrated.

Even assuming what you say to be true (nobody does) the career of an NBA guard is not long for most players.

Then we could start spouting cliches if you'd like. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and so on.....

 

I hate K*be but I rather pay him 25m for one season over 17m for 4 seasons of Wes.

 

Oh shit, I realized how wrong I was. Maybe mentioned this earlier in the thread but here's proof Wes just wants money.

Duh, in a contract year he plays on a sore achilles and hobbles around until it explodes. That makes sense, not sitting out until it is 100 percent so you don't risk a big payday.

 

Why are they not benching him? Those are atrocious numbers

 

Because tanking.

 

Wes doesn't strike me a a shallow, one dimensional guy at all...money wouldn't be the deciding factor for sure, but last summer Sac was looking like a serious train wreck

 

Just to clarify because pronoun trouble gets Daffy Duck shot a lot...

He (Handiman) said his (Wes's) motivation was money.

 

That's silly and you know it. He took nearly as much to be in a much better situation.

Bingo.

You guys are still missing the point. Wes could have gotten more money by taking less up front, in the process being embraced by the fans instead of villified.

Did anyone honestly not seeing the fan reaction coming when he signed the contract?

I don't recall any flaw being demonstrated, clearly or otherwise.

And as most here will surely agree, Wes has a career in the sport after his playing days are done, be it coaching, front office, or the broadcast booth. He doesn't need to worry about getting paid while he still can.

 

I found this article today and thought there was a really interesting quote by LMA.

http://www.expressnews.com/sports/s...hp?t=b95a544e8dc6ed8151&cmpid=twitter-premium

"Asked if what he’s found in San Antonio has matched or even exceeded his expectations, he declined to answer.
“That’s more of an after the season, look back and reflect type of question,” Aldridge said."

Shouldn't the Spur's max play worry about matching or exceeding San Antonio's expectations? Blazer fans have seen these kinds of answers here before and tried to spin them in a positive way too. LMA still doesn't get it. Addition by subtraction.