Kinda crazy we traded the guy who seemed like he wanted to be here the most. Yeah Batum had a shit year but we know he is better than that. Wes acts like he wanted to be here, well should of lowered your price for us. Now he is saying that with the mavs organization he truly feels they actually back him and that it's a first. Like really? We took you and gave you playing time when nobody else would. You developed into a top SG. When you went down not only did Paul Allen rush to the back to check on you but all of Rip City felt it. Remember #WithWes? I guess I don't get it. When we all saw 15 mil we all said bye Wes. That's a HUGE gamble. The only other team willing to pay up was the Kings. After Oden and Roy we learned and he should know better too.
Wes thought he was family. Olshey thinks its all business. Money talks players walk. It is not llike the old days when you actually believed management considered you family because a million+ a year means more to management than the good guy the fans love..
We$ finished the season as a starter for Utah his rookie season the year before he joined the blazers. He averaged 37 minutes a game as a starter in 10 playoff games for the Jazz that season. The blazers just paid We$ more money than any other team would at the time. Back when toxic offers were all the rage. Luckily it worked out for the blazers.
That's what put us in such a bad place 5 years ago. We felt compelled to give Roy such a huge contract, even though there were major concerns about his knees. Before that, we used this same philosophy to give Miles and Zach huge contracts that handicapped our organization for many years. This is a business and you don't take chances on injured players, especially during years where Dame can start peaking. WE$ was part of the Aldridge package because he was built to compliment Aldridge. If Aldridge stayed, then we would have WE$. I am 100% certain of that.
it is to the kind of free agents i'd want. give me competitors over stats any day. oh he's going to be a dog huh? well im going to have to shut him down. meet henderson
Like Wes, I told the press I was seeking $15,000,000 a year, and the Blazers never contacted me either. I feel so used.
>Mags... We both see this a part of the times. I'm a total Ravens fan and when Biscotti dumped the team after the SB it was like the perfect example of our common view.
Devastating injuries in Portland are a sound reason for management to back away from second chances for players
I think the injury (and LMA leaving) is a convenient excuse not to sign him for what he thought he deserved. It was a lot easier (and smarter) than being honest and telling him he is just not worth 15-18 million per year. Before the injury, what was the consensus on this board that we thought the Blazer's should limit their offer on Wes for? 13 million per ?
