He's the silver lining in this purgatory of a season! 20.0 PPG 3.6 RPG 1.2 APG 1.5 SPG 49 FG% 43 3PT% 34.2 MPG
We need to trade him now, because I foresee that in two years he's going to tear his bi-lateral meniscus cruciate ligament and be a shell of his former self. Lets trade him for Zach Randolph. He's shown he can take an injury. /s
He's taken advantage of the opportunity and produced. I still don't really like his game and think he needs to pass more, off the dribble. Once he gets that down, he'll become much tougher to guard.
Your not going to believe this, but Nate has admitted that they don't run any plays for Mathews. See the question here about Wesley as a go to guy on the team. Shouldn't you try and make a couple of plays designed to get Mathews the ball once-in-a-while?
this might be a matter of Nate's semantics. Portland moves the ball & sets screens trying for a good look the first 18 seconds of the clock and Wes is often the benefactor of this. They aren't specifically running a play for him (or anyone else) but because he can both shoot it from deep and put it on the floor and drive he has many opportunities to score. The last seconds of the clock he's usually a deep relief valve on Miller or Roy drive and kicks... again the play isn't being run for him, but if he's left open he gets to let fly. Over his last 10 games he's averaging 14.5 FGA so it's not like he's being frozen out of the offense. He's not the go to guy that you give the ball with 5 seconds left to go against a set defense as he's not the greatest at gaining separation for a look or setting up others STOMP
Mine too. He is exactly the type of player I dig. He works hard, and plays nasty, with a chip on his shoulder.
I was right about him when we signed him.....Every team team needs someone like Wes. 6 million a year is fare value.
