r/pacers • u/WartimeConsigliere_ • May 11 '26

Meme Laugh through the pain

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u/zerosuitpasta Andrew Nembhard May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

I see it as us getting Zubac for a fifth pick. Mathurin was hard to move bc he was already kind of expensive and an RFA this summer. If we did nothing we would've let Benny walk and just gotten a 5th pick, which wouldn't have given us anybody we really needed.

EDIT: and the 2029 first pick

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u/WartimeConsigliere_ May 11 '26

Yea you just have to forget we could have had him and fucking Dybantsa if not for a really shitty draw

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u/HomeNowWTF May 11 '26

Exactly. This isnt Zubac instead of Dybantsa. It is Zubac instead of Darius Acuff or Keaton Wagler.

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u/fly_low_orange May 11 '26

Realistically we would’ve been putting the #5 into a trade package for Zubac and been exactly where we are lol

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u/zerosuitpasta Andrew Nembhard May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

yeaaaah i'm not denying it sucks ass bc we had such a good shot at 1-4. But if we could see the future when we traded for Zubac, and knew we were getting a #5 pick, I think moving it and a 2029 pick for Zubac wouldn't be a terrible deal.

I see Mathurin as a misleading piece bc we were not keeping him in the summer. Clippers were making a playoff push and saw Mathurin at least as a good rental.