Wesley Matthews Gives Back

[ABM]

http://www.wkow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13032270

(Watch video)

 

[MARIS61]

He should give back half his absurd salary.

Disappointing that it took him over a year to follow through on his promise, and quite telling that he kept the money rather than donate it to charity.

 

[ABM]

He should give back half his absurd salary.

I'm sure you make more than you're worth, as well.

 

[BlazerBeliever]

That is a pretty cool video. It seems like this is one great guy!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Hey Wes, I'll take the 10gr.

 

[ABM]

BTW, my "conspiracy theory" is..........

Matthews was actually signed when Buchanan and Born had thought the Blazers had a legitimate chance of trading for Paul....but would cost us Roy. In that scenario, Matthews was actually slated to be our starting SG.

Then, the Paul deal fell through, the Hornets GM was fired....so here we are.

 

[Pinwheel1]

He should give back half his absurd salary.

Disappointing that it took him over a year to follow through on his promise, and quite telling that he kept the money rather than donate it to charity.

I can never tell if you are serious or being sarcastic. If you are serious then........WTF are you talking about? Making the rookie minimum for 9 months does not qualify for making it "big".

 

[BGrantFan]

BTW, my "conspiracy theory" is..........

Matthews was actually signed when Buchanan and Born had thought the Blazers had a legitimate chance of trading for Paul....but would cost us Roy. In that scenario, Matthews was actually slated to be our starting SG.

Then, the Paul deal fell through, the Hornets GM was fired....so here we are.

If NO was shedding salary, why in the world would they have taken back Roy's brand-new max contract in exchange for Paul?

 

[Minstrel]

If NO was shedding salary, why in the world would they have taken back Roy's brand-new max contract in exchange for Paul?

It's possible if New Orleans weren't trying to shed salary, but rather locking in a star who can't flee their clutches in a year or two. Plus, Roy would have allowed them to play Collison in the starting lineup alongside him.

If New Orleans were simply trying to dump salary then yes, no way they'd consider Roy.

 

[Jayps15]

If NO was shedding salary, why in the world would they have taken back Roy's brand-new max contract in exchange for Paul?

It's possible if New Orleans weren't trying to shed salary, but rather locking in a star who can't flee their clutches in a year or two. Plus, Roy would have allowed them to play Collison in the starting lineup alongside him.

If New Orleans were simply trying to dump salary then yes, no way they'd consider Roy.

Not that it was likely, but a Paul+ Okafor/Posey for Roy+ Miller/Pryz would have significantly reduce the Hornets salary commitments for the next 3 years, they would have saved ~5mil this year, ~21mil next year (assuming they let Miller go), and ~15 in year 3.

 

[MARIS61]

I can never tell if you are serious or being sarcastic. If you are serious then........WTF are you talking about? Making the rookie minimum for 9 months does not qualify for making it "big".

According to Matthews, what he told her was "when I get to the NBA".

 

[hasoos]

According to Matthews, what he told her was "when I get to the NBA".

Is somebody still angry that Rudy isn't being made into a god here? Maybe you ought to go buy a candy bar and cheer yourself up.

 

[ABM]

If NO was shedding salary, why in the world would they have taken back Roy's brand-new max contract in exchange for Paul?

OK, you want a blockbuster, wacky trade....that works?

To Portland: Paul, West, Okafor, and Ariza

To New Orleans: Roy, Aldridge, Przybilla, Miller, and Fernandez

Portland's Resulting Lineup:

Paul, Bayless, Williams, Mills
Matthews, Johnson,
Batum, Ariza, Cunningham, Babbitt
West, Pendergraph
Oden, Camby, Okafor