Wes is a good guy, a good 3 point shooter and a solid all around player but he isn't as good as Oladipo. Oladipo, in my opinion is one of the only sure-things in this draft, surely better than Wesley. I think there are even better scenarios for this draft but to answer donkiez' question, yes, we would be a better team with Oladipo instead of Mathewss.
here's a little "sobering" of the Oladio mania and some data on Wes I took from another board, this is good stuff from a good poster:
"did you know that Wesley Matthews averaged 0.92 points/possession in isolation. That actually ranked 39th of all players in the NBA.
he also averaged 0.84 points/possession as a P&R ball-handler. That ranked 48th
he averaged 1.16 points/possession on spot-up. That ranked 42nd
and 0.94 points/possession on hand-offs. That ranked 38th
and 1.09 points/possession off screens. That was good enough to rank 16th.
Overall, he averaged 1.02 points/possession. That ranked 39th in the league and 1st on the Blazers.
he also only gave up 0.82 points/possession on defense. That ranked 88th in the league and he didn't have the advantage of a good interior defender backing him up like so many other perimeter players did. That average also, just like on offense, led the team
considering that Draft Express lists ball-handling as an Oladipo weakness, I'm not sure that believing there would be some big positive team differential derived from going from Matthews to Oladipo because of ball-handling is justified. Matthews is one of the more efficient players in the league, who also plays good defense and makes a lot of hustle and energy plays. This could end up being a don't-know-what-you've-got-till-it's-gone situation
I'm not saying Matthews is untouchable. Not close. But exchanging him for a player who hasn't touched an NBA floor is pretty risky, and that doesn't factor in team chemistry and leadership"
