Blazers impressed with Matthews IQ

[THE HCP]

I saw a picture of Roy standing next to Matthews. They looked like they were the same size.

BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Find me that photo 'Couv!

 

[MickZagger]

BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Find me that photo 'Couv!

It was in that long list of pics that people were posting after the first couple days of camp. I really don't feel like going back through and finding it, especially when we have facts, also known as pre-draft measurements.

Pre-draft measurements don't lie.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Here's one that shows him a couple of inches taller than 6'3 Deron-being-Deron

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

NBA.com
Yahoo.com
ESPN.com
Wiki.org (or whatever)

all list him at 6 foot 5, yet someone is stating that he is actually 6 foot 3?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

That's neat^ He is nowhere near as tall as Rudy!

Official pre-draft measuremetns taken by an NBA doctor:

Jerryd Bayless: 6'3" (6'1.75" w/o shoes) 6'3.5" wingspan
Wesley Matthews: 6'5.25" (6'4" w/o shoes) 6'8.25" wingspan
Rudy Fernandez: 6'6" (6'4.75" w/o shoes) 6'7.5" wingspan

 

[Further]

Ah, a praise for Matthews thread turns to rip on coach. Cool. Got it.

I'm excited about Matthews. I think he has a higher upside than most of us realize and I think his contribution is noticed immediately - in over 80 games.

Can I just state, Oden on the other hand....20 games...max.

Ah, a praise for Matthews thread turns to rip on Oden. Cool. Got it.

 

[Luther]

Jerryd Bayless: 6'3" (6'1.75" w/o shoes) 5'3.5" wingspan

Fixed.

 

[mook]

Interesting to watch the Media Day live chats and see how many players cited Matthews as a pleasant surprise.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Based on what we saw at FanFest, I'm wondering if Hollinger's sleeping on Wes a bit:

Projection: 15.2 pts, 3.7 reb, 2.6 ast per 40 min; 12.29 PER | Player card

• Strong, energetic defensive stopper; effective despite giving up inches.
• Shoots accurately with high-arcing set shot from perimeter.
• Can handle ball, slash to rim and run floor, but lacks great offensive instincts.

Matthews is more than just a spot-up shooter -- he took more than half his shots in the basket area and converted 58.4 percent of them. That number will almost certainly diminish in Portland, where the focus is on spacing the floor rather than conducting MMA matches in the paint, so the stat of interest in Portland is that Matthews made 45.1 percent of his corner 3s last season.

While he didn't look to create much, Matthews ranked fifth among shooting guards in TS% and thus averaged a very respectable 15.3 points per 40 minutes. If he can score at that rate and thrive as the Blazers' defensive stopper, they'll get a decent return on their surprisingly large investment.

 

[THE HCP]

Is he saying Wes will average 15 a game? More like 8 if you ask me, which is fine with me. We brought him in as a role/defensive player.

 

[BrianFromWA]

no, he's saying 15 per 40 minutes. If you think he'll get around 25-30mpg, that comes out to somewhere around 10-12 per game.

I was talking about PER. Seems like a guy that can shoot ~40% from 3, get to the line and make some FTs would be a bit higher. Especially if he plays some point and gets the assists up a smidge.

 

[THE HCP]

Per-40 huh? Oops!

 

[mgb]

Ah, a praise for Matthews thread turns to rip on Oden. Cool. Got it.

I was going to post the same thing. Well I was going to say it's a rip nate not Oden thread!

 

[Weav]

If someone didn't bring up Oden's injuries, it wouldn't be S2

 

[Nikolokolus]

If someone didn't bring up Oden's injuries, it wouldn't be S2

And if we just stop talking about it those injuries will dry up -- really when you think about it, Greg being injured is our fault.

 

[Minstrel]

And if we just stop talking about it those injuries will dry up -- really when you think about it, Greg being injured is our fault.

Bringing it up in threads unrelated to Oden is "our fault."

 

[jlprk]

A perfectly good rip on the Coach thread (post #2) turned into a rip on Pritchard thread (post #5) turned into a rip on Webster thread (post #6) turned into a rip on the rippers thread (post #9) turned into a rip on Oden thread (post #9) turned into a rip on spelling thread (post #11) turned into a rip on typos thread (post #16) turned into an "I knew it all along thread" (post #17) turned into an argument about someone's height.

Hijacked. I am disgusted. Can't we get behind our team and have a normal, real-life conversation?

 

[BGrantFan]

A perfectly good rip on the Coach thread (post #2) turned into a rip on Pritchard thread (post #5) turned into a rip on Webster thread (post #6) turned into a rip on the rippers thread (post #9) turned into a rip on Oden thread (post #9) turned into a rip on spelling thread (post #11) turned into a rip on typos thread (post #16) turned into an "I knew it all along thread" (post #17) turned into an argument about someone's height.

Hijacked. I am disgusted. Can't we get behind our team and have a normal, real-life conversation?

Soooo repped.

 

[jlprk]

The first month or two I was here, I got lots of reps. I never paid anyone back. The reps stopped.

Someday I'm going to get energized and settle all accounts in an orgy of reciprocity.

 

[BGrantFan]

The first month or two I was here, I got lots of reps. I never paid anyone back. The reps stopped.

Someday I'm going to get energized and settle all accounts in an orgy of reciprocity.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[jlprk]

So you want to be the recipient of my orgy of sharing, eh. It'll take a lot of coffee before that happens.

 

[STOMP]

A perfectly good rip on the Coach thread (post #2) turned into a rip on Pritchard thread (post #5) turned into a rip on Webster thread (post #6) turned into a rip on the rippers thread (post #9) turned into a rip on Oden thread (post #9) turned into a rip on spelling thread (post #11) turned into a rip on typos thread (post #16) turned into an "I knew it all along thread" (post #17) turned into an argument about someone's height.

how do you get there? I answered a question from another poster about an obvious mistake in the article... thats not a rip on typos, thats clearing up something that obviously isn't true. If Matthews is 250lbs he'd be the heaviest guard in the league by about 30 lbs. Would it be more to your liking if we didn't clear up nonsense and just accept anything thats printed?

*edit* I just looked at the comments in the actual article and first up is someone questioning the listed weight... here's betting the article is corrected in the next day or two

Hijacked. I am disgusted. Can't we get behind our team and have a normal, real-life conversation?

this thread's progression is pretty normal for us... calling it hijacked is just silly. If you're truly disgusted/upset you should probably try to find a new more positive hobby

STOMP

 

[jlprk]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[STOMP]

Thanks for sharing.

np... wish I could say the same & mean it

STOMP

 

[jlprk]

I can read between the lines.

You love me.

 

[THE HCP]

Mathews is being amazing he had a great first game against the Clippers

That should be made into a T-Shirt.......Well typed!

 

[STOMP]

I can read between the lines.

You love me.

ha! I'm a proponent of keeping the facts straight while you seem to spend most of your time in fantasy land. Feel free to keep dreaming but expect reality based posters to weigh in on occasion

STOMP

 

[andalusian]

Sloan said Wesley Matthews is what you coach for.

http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/locked_on_jazz.html

 

[BGrantFan]

I can read between the lines.

You love me.

Wait until the psychotic PMs from STOMP start. The PMs where he tells you that he doesn't care what you post.

Those are fun.

 

[BGrantFan]

ha! I'm a proponent of keeping the facts straight while you seem to spend most of your time in fantasy land. Feel free to keep dreaming but expect reality based posters to weigh in on occasion

STOMP

Jeebus. You're insufferable.