When Wesley Matthews left the Portland Trail Blazers for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason in free agency, he improved his personal situation quite a bit. The Blazers appear to be in a rebuilding stage after losing LaMarcus Aldridge, and Matthews had to feel fortunate to land a maximum contract coming off a torn Achilles.
Financial reasons aside, Matthews said that he came to Dallas for one reason, and one reason alone.
Here's what he told Earl K. Sneed of Mavs.com:
“You know, I came to Dallas with one intention, and that’s to win. And I’m excited about it. … You know, the year they won it, they knocked us [the Trail Blazers] out. I want a ring, I want jewelry, I want hardware, and I feel like we can do that here,” Matthews confidently proclaimed.
He added: “You know, the West is a monster. I’m most excited about our division. I mean, this has got to be one of the most competitive and toughest divisions in all of sports. It wasn’t going to be easy regardless, and we don’t want it to be easy. Any kind of competitor doesn’t want it to be easy, but we know that we’re confident and we know that we’re going to do everything in our power to get to where we want to get to.”
(h/t Mavs.com)
