Any of the second year players are actually out performing Mathurin on their careers.

Larger roles don’t actually means players are playing better. Paolo, Sharpe, Ivey, etc have all had a LOT of time playing as a number 1 option even when they didn’t actually earn it

They’ve all had a lot of games given heavy minutes and a ton of time with the ball in their hands. . Last night Mathurin played great, but he also played a lot more minutes than normal and had a few more on ball reps than normal

Each of the other ones are more involved every game (except Ivey this year only, he’s actually moving down to a third stringer now. ouch).

So don’t always pretend grass is greener and I won’t say who’s going to be the best

But I categorically disagree with everyone ready to throw him under the bus because he’s not featured like most talented 20 year olds

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    I’m with you. I see Mathurin as a microwave scorer off the bench. That player archetype is super valuable on a good team.

    Of course, if you say that’s he’s anything less than a hall of famer in the making, a very vocal subset of fans is all over you.

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      Probably because it’s unlikely he will get worse or stay the same

      He was already the best bench scorer in the NBA as a rookie Saying his floor is his ceiling is kinda crazy too me

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        That’s ridiculous. Leage average EFG last year was 54%, Mathurin was at 48.7%. He was an inefficient gunner last year and has made no major improvement in efficiency so far this year (49.5% EFG). These numbers were against mostly opposing backups and/or not being the primary focus of the defensive attention.

        He has a long way to go to becoming even a league average scorer. It’s much more likely that he tops out as a bench scorer than him going on to be the first or second option on a good team. Again, there’s nothing wrong with that; good teams need bench scoring.