If I remember right, they didn't have the money to sign him. The Blazers front loaded the contract. Much to the dismay of some posters around here/
I thought he was a RFA and Utah could have matched. Maybe I'm wrong about this as I know Matthews was under a rare situation because he was a second round pick, he wasn't restricted to the first round draft pick salary caps and restrcitions. I thought Utah was feeling the sting of having to match Milsap the year before and didn't want to do it again (with the whole front loaded contract). In any event, one of the Blazers better moves in recent years.
He was undrafted. ------ No one except me posts in awe about how big he is. He has monstrous size for a guard. There are SGs who are taller than Matthews, but none are as wide. 40 years ago he'd have been a forward. He's the same size as Elgin Baylor. He's bigger than Baylor's replacement on the Laker team that won 33 in a row, forward Jim McMillan.
Oh I didn't say he'd ever be as good as Ray or Rip, but my main point was that people shouldn't expect him to become much of a shot creator like Brandon or Clyde and that Wesley's path to success in the NBA (to whatever degree that is) is probably as a more classic spot up shooter who makes his living off of people getting him the ball when he's open, as opposed to him getting himself open.
I agree as well. I was just mentioning "Drexler" in terms of a player that drives to the basket with his head down. I also stated that Matthews was nowhere near the talent of Drexler either.
