Wesley Matthews Rumors & News

Portland Trail Blazers fans discuss Wesley Matthews' role on the team next season.

Trail Blazers fans discuss starting two guard Wesley Matthews and his importance to the team on and off the court.

Check out some of the best photos by The Oregonian and The Associated Press of Matthews' 2012-13 NBA season.

Chad Ford of ESPN.com has the Portland Trail Blazers selecting Georgia Bulldogs sophomore guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with the No. 10 pick in his second 2013 NBA Mock Draft. Analysis: Right now, Caldwell-Pope is one of the fastest risers on NBA draft boards. He is a terrific shooter and a very good athlete. While the Blazers already have Wesley Matthews, adding Caldwell-Pope to the mix gives Portland great depth in the backcourt. Here's his ESPN.com player profile. Positives Deadly shooterDeep rangeQuick release on his jump shotGood athleteGood passerExcellent defender Negatives ...

Today we come to the end of our series of articles taking stock of the Portland Trail Blazers roster heading into the Summer of 2013. If you've missed prior installments you can just click through any of these links: LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews, Eric Maynor and Will Barton, Meyers Leonard and Victor Claver This post will cover the rest of the roster. We're not going into the same level of detail here for obvious reasons. Most of these guys won't be with the Blazers next year and thus can't be counted on to contribute to this summer's decisions s...

Here's the next installment of our Taking Stock series, accounting for the talent under the Blazers umbrella with an eye towards summer acquisitions and future plans. We've covered the Core Four already: LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard, Nicolas Batum, and Wesley Matthews. You can find those lively discussions by clicking each name. Today we venture into the murky waters of the Blazers bench, taking a look at two players who came on late in the season, Eric Maynor and Will Barton. Eric Maynor's story is well-chronicled. Drafted by the Utah Jazz in the middle of the first round in ...

Zach Lowe of Grantland.com has a think piece on the "perfect role player" in an NBA game that has seen more three-point shooting on offense and paint-packing on defense in recent seasons. Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews makes his list. If I were running an NBA team - ha! - I'd be scouring the world for role players who can do all of the following three things: • Defend shooting guards. • Defend small forwards. • Shoot 3-pointers proficiently. This is the perfect role player, a sort of New Age Shane Battier. (The old-age Shane Battier actually fits the bill, for the most p...

Today we continue to take stock of the Portland Trail Blazers' current roster with the last member of the "Core Four", shooting guard Wesley Matthews. In case you missed it we talked about LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard, and Nicolas Batum last week. You can click through those links to participate in the conversation. Assessing Wesley Matthews' performance, let alone future, requires healthy dosesof perspective and context. If you take a short-term view of his performance, comparing last year against this, Matthews did quite well in 2012-13. Like Nicolas Batum, Matthews has becom...