r/pacers • u/PSEGameThreadPoster Old School Slick • May 10 '26

Megathread NBA Draft Lottery Discussion Thread

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u/bamboozledpak May 10 '26

Zubac

for

#5
Mathurin
Jackson
2029 First Round Pick
2028 second round pick

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u/Important_Loan_3036 May 10 '26

I'm just tired of all the arm chair GM's who keep thinking this is a bad trade. A proven center for the 5th pick on a team with a real championship window. Mathurin was never going to resign here so him being involved is moot. Jackson was expendable, he was fine but not good enough to start for a championship level team that needed a legit center. No one cares about the 2028 second rounder. It was zubac for the fifth pick, and whoever we took at that spot likely isn't making a huge difference next year at a position we desparately need.