So he's equally important, and then in addition to his equally important play he's "the most important for...mental toughness", which would make him more important overall. Right?
I couldn't disagree more. I love Wes to death, but if I were to choose between one or the other it would be Aldridge. Deciding Matthews over Aldridge can get a GM fired and the team be the laughing stock of the NBA
I disagree. Guys like LeBron and harden are worth more than max contracts. Wes and his skill set is worth whatever someone is willing to pay him. Once he gets paid max dollars, if he continues playing as he currently is, I'd be happy. He is an absolute bargain right now
That is cool and I lean that way as well but there are going to be plenty of people who bag on him when/if he makes Max and only plays exactly the way he is now. So we could easily be in the minority.
No matter what the exact dollar amount of the contract it's pretty cool that Wes is going to be the highest paid undrafted player in the NBA if not all professional sports.
Here's the problem (and the reason why Wes is going to be worth so much), there simply aren't that many good shooting guards in the league right now. Klay Thompson would be an average shooting guard 15 years ago. We are in a real drought at that position, while point guard is saturated. So a guy like Wes, who plays both directions and is in his prime, will be worth his weight in gold on the open market. Unfortunately we're going to end up paying through the teeth to keep him. And while I really like Wes, he would have been a role player in the late 90's. Now he's one of the best at his position.
You make it sound like it's his fault he plays in this time. Who cares who would have been what in the 90s... he's good.
What are you even talking about? I'm simply saying that it's a seller's market. Good for him. I'm not saying it's anyone's fault. I'm explaining why he will most likely get a fairly large contract. Conversely, 15 years ago, there were a lot of really good shooting guards in the NBA and Wes would have been average.
Just for comparison: The 2000-2001 NBA All-Star game included Kobe Reggie Miller Allan Houston Ray Allen Jerry Stackhouse Allen Iverson Eddie Jones Michael Finley With the exception of maybe Eddie Jones, those are all max level guys. You could make a similar list of point guards in the current NBA.
I remember when we first offered Wes and frontloaded his contract so Utah couldn't match and there was herds on here that were bitching. I liked it, watched him intently during his rookie year with Jazz. Its turned out great for us. Now, Turkey Glue and Hawes on the other hand, I'm real happy we didn't sign looking back at it. Hibbert too. That guy has regressed big time.
I'd still take Hibbert tomorrow, for the max. Up until trade deadline last year, he was beastly. Then it was ghastly. Since it's odd to drop so fastastically drastically, you wonder if he's affected by being rejected by the interjected collection of dissymmetry chemistry after Indiana went bananas.
Pay him what he's worth As far as how much that is, that will have to wait, but I see something like 4/50 or so being reasonable. Not sure what his max is.
That's all the more reason to avoid him like the plague. Plus, you complain about LaMarcus' shooting, this guy is a C who actually plays in the paint and shoots 43% from the floor. I hope Portland avoids players who are mentally soft, which he is..or he just sucks.
