Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[mvossman]

I'm still on team Mathur-IN, as people probably know. I don't think that random post he liked means anything (still fun, I'm glad it was posted), but I do think it makes some sense and would be fine with it if it happened.

He fits into the youth of all the other additions. He doesn't solve the creation issue we've discussed in any kind of PG sense, but he DOES create offense. Really well, actually. He'd probably be the best iso scorer on the team not named Kyrie Irving the second his plane landed. This creates help defense and defensive rotations or even double teams, and is a step in the right direction, from my seat. He has a chance to improve in the areas folks complain about, and all of this in the package of a size and position that's quite underrepresented on the roster at the moment. I'd still have both Mathurin and Sharpe pretty high on my list for this summer, despite neither being the PG many of us wanted.

I think I'd probably still start Chirstie with Kyrie and Flagg for spacing, but as a 6th man with ability to be the driving force of bench offenses, Mathruin is one of the few moves left this summer that could actually move the needle, imho.

You can make an argument that Naji is a better ISO scorer.  He actually takes more unassisted shots by percentage and has a better TS% while Mathurin has a little more volume.  All the numbers are close, but Naji is a much better defender.  I get that Mathurin is younger, but I would rather just keep Naji than pay a premium for Mathurin.