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.

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.