12-10-2025, 01:02 AM
(12-09-2025, 05:53 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Try again...this was actually in response to something you wrote and you have the post immediately after this too:
DanSchwartzgan
In a world where AD stays, would you consider Gafford/Pick for Mathurin. Indy could certainly draft a center and pay Mathurin next summer, but that would start to get expensive. Might they instead take the locked in cost for Gafford and draft the BPA with their early lottery pick?
Maybe the Laker's 29 is too much. Maybe you send that unprotected and take back a protected pick from Indy (2027?). Bottom line, Mathurin is the kind of player you are describing and there is some thought he might be available. Could be now or could be S&T in the summer, but we'd have to cut some serious salary between now and then.
Wow, you’re right. Sorry, I misremembered. I like it better this time around, when it seems like Indiana wants Gafford, not the Mavs wanting Mathurin. Something about the inclusion of that LAL pick gives me the ick, though you were probably right a few weeks ago when you suggested it’s looking less and less likely to be a good one.