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I think it’s your front office that hates you

To be fair… Our own sub hates us

I mean, you rebuilt into a rebuild, of course everyone is gonna clown on you guys

I don’t think he’s a winning player honestly but this isn’t a bad deal by any means.

I kind of like both guys you drafted last year, Fears and Queen. Knicks fans are probably big fans after you traded them Jose.

I don’t hate you, I feel for you. Your FO is making the most confusing decisions I’ve ever seen.

I don’t see how it’s hating to point out this team is random as hell. First move they made all offseason lol

that’s a good point

more of a cautionary tale

Well I think a lot of it has to do with the rep of Dumars and Weaver and how apparently there were a bunch of “untouchable” players on a team that won 26 games

Well one difference is two of those teams are good.

Because no one has any idea what you guys are trying to do/building towards. Decent player on a good contract, but what does it do for you?

Because contending teams signing competitive players make sense. Wtf are the Pelicans even building? Fwiw i think it was a steal and a great signing. But stop the victim mentality lmao

I would not say its a steal for either of those teams either.

If Presti signed Mathurin or Kuminga I’d start wondering if he lost his fast ball

You are correct in that this is a good signing, I think the problem is that the Pelicans are just going along the “Sacramento Kings/Chicago Bulls Philosophy of Rebuilding” after making noise with this Zion/Jones/Murphy era.

Injury luck and bad draft luck is most of this.

But, Dumars doing this shit for Queen is still rough and then really nothing splashy this offseason… it’s hard to still not view the team on this Kings/Bulls track.

On the Heat, people would at least see the type of role Mathurin would have to winning.

On the Pelicans, Mathurin is just… gonna be there…

Honestly Pelicans don’t have that bad of a team

Murray, Murphy, Jones, Zion, Queen, Fears, Poole, Mathurin, Bey, Missi, Hawkins is a decent collection of players. I just think they’re really lacking top end talent, and they can never stay healthy. If Zion can’t stay healthy, they just really don’t have anyone that can carry the team’s scoring. Murphy is a nice player, but he just doesn’t seem like a 1st or 2nd option on a great team. If they had someone like KAT with Zion as your 2/1B and Murphy as the 3rd option I think they’d be a lot more of a threat.

When you’re desperate to victimize yourself instead of accepting your team is stupid

Meanwhile Trey Murphy gunna be there for another 80 years without knowing why.

Why do you say he got “the fuck out” when he was traded and loved playing here? He’s still got a big presence in NOLA and was here multiple times this offseason 

Got the fuck out? He got traded… and I’d be very surprised if half of them have meaningful minutes in championship teams after.

I have no idea why people overrate this historically bad team

That kinda feels like the plan. They’re gonna swap around the minutes til somebody goes off and a contender can sell themselves on that player.

Yeah, and then Dumars just trades that pick away for another rookie. Dumars is stupid as a GM. IDK why he’s even being given another chance. Dude ruined Detroit

Correction, “One of these dudes is going to average 25 and we’ll have completely unrealistic expectations on the picks we’re expecting so he won’t be traded”

no direction, just vibes, baby 😎

Blazers and Bulls might be doing it too. Stockpile interesting prospects, don’t worry about roster construction yet because it’s not the right year to go for a chip. 

In some ways, this was the OKC method until they found the right core. 

How much money was he making in the Pacers? I forgot.

He has more upside, but he’s still an inconsistent 3P % and for microwave scorers you want someone that can shoot the ball well. He’s good at drawing fouls, but other than that, he doesn’t really bring much. With Simons, you get a bonafide microwave Damian Lillard Lite, who with the Celtics tried harder on defense and can get hot in a hurry. Sexton brings toughness and veteran leadership.

Eh he’s bigger than Sexton and Simons to where he’s not undersized for the 2 (he played the 3 a lot for the Pacers and I’d argue he was undersized there).

He’s not nearly the shooter than either of those guys are. Same with playmaking. Scoring output was comparable.

Simons and Sexton are much better shooters, Mathurin has more size and physicality (getting him to the line). Mathurin shoots decently well from the line, so if he can ever iron out his 3pt shot, he could become much more desirable

Mathurin isn’t underpaid. He has shown flashes, but never put it together for any length of time.

Mathurin isn’t underpaid, he’s an awful defender, requires touches to be effective because he can’t shoot and can only draw free throws, team is always better when he sits

At best you can make a case he’s worth like 10m-12m

The overpaid guys come off the books and get more overpaid what are you talking about?! Lmao it’s a star driven league, stars are always going to get paid first. Jaylen Browns next deal will be bigger than his current, same for Mitchell and all these guys in the 10-25 range.

NBA’s middle class is totally fine. We’ve just shifted who we consider “middle class.” Low volume, efficient scorers who can either defend or pass are getting paid well.

Inefficient volume scoring, without any ancillary skills, is just a useless archetype for a team trying to win.

As a Pacers fan, I wouldn’t say Benn isn’t good. I’d say he’s a sixth man that is too young to understand yet that is going to be his likely long-term NBA role. We’re probably still a couple years away from him accepting that fate.

Got no problem with him betting on himself, trying to be a starter, and trying to get a bag, but ultimately, it feels like we know where it ends.

I know the pick was the main prize, but losing him for nothing immediately after makes the return look worse

I don’t disagree but it is odd to give up on him for 2 for $16

I’m not here to speak on whether LAC or IND “won” a fairly balanced trade, but saying Mathurin isn’t good is either extremely ignorant or disingenuous at best.

they also got to try him out for half a season (750 minutes) and decided he wasn’t worth a new contract for them.

Was it not worth it because the pick conveyed, or that they have garland and won’t have the minutes for Mauthrin. Or it’s because they saw him up close and don’t think he’s a good fit with wagler development or a complementary player to garland.

Getting to see if a soon to be RFA fits in with your other players / team system / vision for the next couple years before paying them their next contract was also a draw.

I know picks were the main draw, but Mathurin had value too. Averaged 11 PPG in Indy’s finals run, been around a league average scorer on average efficiency for a few years. It’s disappointing for LAC they couldn’t extract more value out of him.

Yes. The two picks were the most important, but Mathurin had value too. Averaged 11 PPG on 63 TS% in Indy’s playoff run

Why would they do that this is so confusing

yeah but that hasn’t been reported yet right? it says they asked to but not confirmed

no reason to withdraw the QO.

Herb is definitely starting

I know there’s a lot of concerns about Queen’s defense but I imagine he’s gotta get a starting nod to validate what the Pels gave up for him.

Agree about Herb though, his D is valuable even though he had a down season.

Good team?? Play in at best 

Yes in the draft.

Poole is probably the last of his archetype to get a bag for the near future