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Free agent Wesley Matthews meets with Blazers

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"The Trail Blazers on Thursday evening met with free agent guard Wesley Matthews, who became a starter last season as a rookie with Utah after going undrafted out of Marquette.

 

"He fills a need," team president Larry Miller said. "He plays hard, is a good defender and is a decent shooter. But mostly, he's a hard-nosed defender, and that's a need for us."

 

Miller said the Blazers are not yet prepared to make an offer to Matthews, who is a restricted free agent, meaning Utah has the right to match. "We are exploring all options we have out there," Miller said."

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http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2010/07/free_agent_wesley_matthews_mee.html

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Free agent swingman Wesley Matthews has signed a five-year, $34 million offer sheet with the Blazers, according to his agent.

The deal is frontloaded (a whopping $9.2 million next year) but not necessarily "toxic," and the Jazz have a week to match the offer. Matthews is a pesky defender and his offensive game is still growing -- he has 3-point range and averaged 13.2 points in the playoffs last season.

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http://www.rotoworld.com/content/Headlines.aspx?sport=NBA&hl=137716

 

watch Utah still match like they did Millsap, haha.

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didnt blazers get rid of a similar player in Webster?

athletic, solid defender and 3 point shooter :wacko:

Yeah, but Webster needs more freedom in the offense really, I mean he got his 3 point chances and occasional ISOs and alley oops, but Matthews fits in without the ball much. He's a good FT shooter, and creates contact a lot more than Martell. He's just as good a shooter, not quite as athletic, but more importantly a much better on ball defender. Webster was solid, but he gambled a little too much. The fouls he commited were stupid fouls.

 

Similar players, but I think Wes is an improvement with more potential.

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If Utah loses him they are in trouble, they already lost Boozer, this could push them out of the playoffs

 

Not to mention they lost Korver as well and Ronnie Brewer mid- last season. With no replacements for them as of now, that's 4 players in the rotation gone for nothing. I believe in Jerry Sloan, but he need more players to work with. Just pulling up D-Leaguers like Gaines and Jeffers won't be enough.

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