Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[KillerLeft]

I was going to ask you, what makes you think May could do anything with him if Carlisle couldn’t? Then I remembered how RC dealt with every rookie prior to Luka and to some extent Brunson and said, “Never mind, answered my own question.”

Carlisle DID do something with him, though...this is a GOOD player. They didn't trade him to get rid of him, they wanted Zubac who is cost controlled in an extremely team-friendly way and the center is a vital part of Carlisle/Haliburton's pick and roll spamming approach. Plus, IND is one of the cheapest teams (again, part of why they pounced on Zubac, even including that pick), so they probably knew they'd never be able to keep Mathruin.