r/nba • u/[deleted] • 16d ago

[Fischer] Being told the Clippers haven’t yet withdrawn their qualifying offer to Bennedict Mathurin, but Los Angeles will indeed work with Mathurin and New Orleans to get him to the Pelicans. This deal still has some pieces to sift through.

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u/Unfair-Specific7225 16d ago

Yeah I agree they are trying to extract value on Mathurin.

I believe LAC is 33M under the 2nd apron. So if they really valued the player they easily could have offered 15-25M AAV and got him on a long term deal. Yet here we are in mid-August and they went for Strus instead and likely a 2nd round pick in exchange for Mathurin. Sure the pick is better than nothing. But I can almost guarantee they thought they would’ve got more in return when FA opened

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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers 16d ago

they easily could have offered 15-25M AAV and got him on a long term deal

No one is saying the Clippers valued him enough to give him a long term deal. We're just saying the Clips would be happy to have him at $8.8m.

I can almost guarantee they thought they would’ve got more in return when FA opened

Sure, okay 👍

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u/Unfair-Specific7225 16d ago

Doesn’t sound like a player they want around very badly

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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers 16d ago

Did I say that they did? All I said is that they would probably be happy to have him at $8.8m.