[Scotto] Source: Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin is part of the trade going to the Los Angeles Clippers to acquire Ivica Zubac.
shams is truly so awful. he’s a mouthpiece for betting companies and cares more about reporting things first than fully. i miss woj. sucks we need to get the full details piecemeal from others.
Yeah ngl not announcing all the pieces to a big trade like this one is pretty grimy.
but think of bottom dollar of fan duel and draft kings! they need time for all the bets to get placed
Isn’t this the same guy who announced draft selections before the broadcast
Polymarket and Kalshi are cancer for everything. Polymarket also just tweets right wing misinformation too
Polymarket just straight up tweets complete bullshit with absolutely no basis in reality to get views and attention. Just such a cancerous site.
I mean Don Jr is a key investor and advisor in both those sites.
yea Woj was so good man. Shams is horrible, every breaking news is half baked.
Eh he gets shit on when he gets scooped, he gets shit on when he’s first and has only pieces, people just love to hate.
It’s not like Woj didn’t screw things up either https://www.houseofstrauss.com/p/adrian-wojnarowski-trades-away-the
How can people have this strong an opinion on something like this? Touch grass
i know right like god damn yall cant wait 3 minutes to heat the full details?
yall are so dramatic. you guys cant wait 3 minutes? jesus
Honestly yall gotta relax lol. How the fuck yall complaining about having to wait a few minutes to find out details of an NBA trade 😂
Fuck betting and espn but “truly so awful” is drama
He’s doing exactly what he’s paid to do which is break the news.
He’s not out here trying to give everyone the entire story cuz that’s not his job. It’s unfortunate, but Woj did the same shit. He was no different.
If he doesn’t report it ASAP, someone else scoops him.
That is how sports journalism has always worked since the advent of the internet. Where have you been? Woj isn’t magic, and wouldn’t be able to share information that he doesn’t have.
Shams is the visual representation of enshitification
huge failure from him this deadline
Woj was an even worse mouthpiece for franchises also lol you could see the bias and bootlicking in all his reporting.
No fucking shit - what’s the pick?
Gotta be 27 or 28, no way they’re giving up this year
Well, word was that was the main holdup is we wanted to lottery protect it, they were holding firm it be unprotected
Then the deal gets done
I’m not giving up hope, but still. Dont like where this may be heading
That’s exactly what happened. 2026 but protected
Thank christ
If it land 5-9 it goes to them weird protections
Its so odd but top 4 protected was basically the only thing I cared about
Idfk why the 10-30 is there. That is odd
10-30 being part of the protections leads me to believe Pacers will try winning games to at least keep their pick 10-15 and if they get lucky af like mavs they keep the pick
Exactly. Winning is the way that they ensure that they keep their pick.
Or gamble and lose as much to increase a chance for pick 1-4
Hopefully it doesn’t
I would take that back lol, the protections are pretty flimsy. If it lands 5-9 it’s theirs
Top 4 is really all I care about in this draft tbh. If we dont have a shot at the top tier guys, im OK sending the pick this year
Top 6 players are real real good imo
I agree but the top 3 is still very different than 4-6 in this class
I’d even argue 4 is a separate tier of prospect from 5⁄6. Caleb is good.
It is this year, but top 4 protected
Protected for 1-4 and 10-30 lol big gamble
Smart move for the Clips, I think. Either 5-9 overall or an unprotected 2031? Sounds good to me.
Oh absolutely
Pacers fans are going to account for 90% of draft lottery viewers
Well yeah lol, would have to be a superstar to give that pick and even then they might not want the salart
Benn Mathurin: “the child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feels its worth”
Pacers fans: “yeah he’s probably still with us after the deadline”
Hopefully not the 2026 pick. And hopefully Obi isn’t going with Mathurin to LA.
If it’s 26 it’s gonna have to be protected heavily
No way they’d send the 26 pick
That’s what I’m thinking. They’d literally have to give up a pre-Aspiration Kawhi for that pick.
They’ve already given up a pre-Aspiration Kawhi before… for George Hill.
I think it would have to be a pre-Zaza Pachulia Kawhi.
They just did. Protected tho
Bro Zubac is not worth the 2026 pick
2026 Lottery protected isn’t the worse to give up.
That’s literally guaranteed not to convey lol
Might as well make it 1-60 protected at that point lmao
Why would the clippers have any interest in a pick that will 100% not be given to them lol
I thought there was like a…. 1% chance the Pacers could fall out of the lottery.
They’re 11 games out of the 10th seed. They’d basically have to go on a historic win streak and pray every team above them loses every game for them to get the 10th seed and then they’d have to win 2 play in games to get out of the lottery.
Hopefully the 2026 pick, and hopefully Obi is going with Mathurin to LA
Shit why not ask for Haliburton too lmao
If it’s their 2026 pick that’s fucked but I doubt it
Isaiah Jackson is going to LA
Maybe I’m showing Canadian bias but I’m really high on Mathurin. If you’re attaching a pick to Mathurin, then that’s an overpay for Zubac imo.
He was a lethal threat off the bench for the Pacers and his occasional games where he went off were part of the reasons the pacers got as far as they did.
Clippers are clearly trying to get a younger roster. Garland and Mathurin is a good core to start with.
Got to hope they are shopping Kawhi to re-gather some of their assets too.
he’s a RFA this offseason and we prob couldn’t afford what he was going to go for
Always wanted Math to take the next step but he never did.
Paying a back up 20+ million just wasn’t going to happen and he wasn’t beating Nemb and Nesmith unfortunuately.
Clips trying to get younger, and need scoring after Harden left. Cant forget OKC has their pick this year. Most of the NBA is rooting for the Clips to win a lot the rest of the season
They probably had to attach a pick to get rid of Isiah Jackson
Exactly
2029 unprotected
2 firsts and a sexond
2026 1st
protected
Damnit I wanted Math for Gaff oh well
That kinda just ended the Gaff trade machine this deadline
All good, its not liek we’re in a hurry, we can move Gaff and maybe PJ in the offseason.
That’s what I was thinking. Was anyone else rumored to be interested?
Lakers
Can we have him back, we can offer one of our 300 guards
Give us Okoro for Maxi and Knecht
Couple others like the Bulls, but on the Mavs end, Pacers were the main suitor with their center needs
Raptors, but they’re only offering SRPs
And the warriors
His value has tanked because he is just not healthy this year and has played not the best.
Let him come back next year and then shop him, in my opinion.
Writing was on the wall once AD got traded no way in hell were we trotting out a Cisse/Powell center rotation for the rest of the year LOL.
Oh come on! All us on the Mavs sub know your UN! You’d can’t tell me you wouldn’t join us sickos in enjoying a Cisse/Powell co-op tank command job!
The Haliban has issued a fatwa on the league for next season.
ShaISIS supporters are happy with the Haliban’s actions in helping improving those Clippers picks!
I didn’t knew their would be a day where I would be agreeing with a member of a ShaISIS after what happened last summer.
Kawhi suspension incoming
Doubt it, silver doesn’t have a spine
I doubt they would be fully blowing it up unless they knew something
If anything it sounds like a team that thinks they are off the hook. Acquiring a bunch of future picks right before a huge penalty wouldn’t make any sense
He’s not getting suspending right after Adam Silver named him to the All-Star team himself.
There’s also a team of lawyers investigating that situation. Nobody is getting punished until the investigation is complete
Balmer money won’t allow it
“I’ve investigated myself and found no wrongdoing on my or the Clippers behalf”
Must be nice for these rich jackasses to throw around seemingly unlimited Microsoft money
No accountability at all
Silver is a joke
82 game suspension incoming
Please at least wait until the Clippers secure a play in spot
Dude is so alone right now
no posts until we have the full trade
Goddammit I miss Woj
Not bad
OK, BUT WHAT ELSE???
I miss Woj. This piecemeal nonsense stinks.
Shams is such a fucking fraud
Warriors should hit the Clippers up for Kawhi asap
Steph and Kawhi can’t stay healthy
And Draymond will punch someone
It was always happening but Im so disappointed 😢
SHAMS REVEAL IT DUDE
That’s a spicy meatball! Who will play C for the Clips? BoLo ain’t it anymore.
jimmy butler on one leg
They’ll probably buy Lopez out or should
YKN
Get ready for the Yanic Konan-Niederhauser show
A guard not going to us? Impossible.
I wish Woj would come back
Pacers gonna be nasty again next year as long as they kept their pick this year.
No they didn’t, it’s a 50⁄50 shot that the clippers get it. It’s only top 4 protected.
And if they are a bottom 5 team it can’t be worse than 9.
Seems like a hell of a gamble for Zubac
The thunder just keep winning lol
Garland/Mathurin at least gives them a young back court until they control their own pick again in 2030
Is Kawhi next?
No
They can’t move him lol
Might be a punishment announced soon after all star weekend
No one would take him if that’s the case, otherwise yes I’m sure a few teams could use his automatic mid range come playoff time
Why tf is he waiting ten minutes to give details?
is that all
Shams said significant draft compensation
cleveland east mathruin and garland 2 small guard backcourt lets see if it works on the westcoast
Mathurin is 6’5 210lbs unless I’m missing something?
With girth
Darn
Harden has great spidey senses
Knows when to bail out of a sinking…
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Scotto clears Shams. Thank you
Is it this years pick unprotected?
2029 unprotected. This year’s has protections
Last hour of the deadline goes hard
lol I called it 10 min ago
Mathurin going cold and making mistakes in the Finals sadly did him in. Hopefully he gets back right w/the Clippers….
….after this season. I won’t that high ass draft pick first!
Hopefully he figures it out over there
NOOO NOT BENNEDICT 💔💔💔💔
I CANT DO THIS SHIT ANYMORE
Do think LA is a good spot for him
I mean I get it. Get younger guys in mathurin and garland. You weren’t gonna win anyway with the current squad and you don’t have your pick regardless.
And? The draft equity is gonna determine how I feel about this trade
At this point you have to wonder if Kawhi is next
Why would they keep him?
rip Mathurin
wow, they were able to dump mathurin, i thought his stock was pretty low after those finals
was honestly expecting them to send nembhard instead
feel like losing nembhard would really hurt them, very hard to replace player
i agree, but still, it’s a trade and not a purchase
feel like they fleeced the clippers if they didn’t send neither nembhard or this year’s first
Can we get the full package?
Haven’t been paying attention much this season, why was it pretty obvious Mathurn would be included in this trade?
any time I see player is sitting out due to personal reasons before trade deadline was kind of a dead give away
Mathurin is going to be so good
Didn’t think they’d let him go. That’s huge, but they need a Turner replacement badly. I think they’ll figure out scoring just fine.
Canadian legend
Clippers average age dropped a lot after moving Harden and getting Garland and Mathurin
Now they just need to move Kawhi next year and their team will be young
aka Dion Waiters 2.0
who cares about him, whats the picks looking like
I bet it’s this year’s pick thats lottery protected which turns into two future 2nds.
rescind the extension by l frank, should have been unprotected or nada.