Indiana Pacers Draft Bennedict Mathurin Nrog Rau Kev Xaiv Tag Nrho

Indiana Pacers tau xaiv Arizona tis Bennedict Mathurin nrog rau lawv qhov kev xaiv thib rau hauv 2022 NBA Draft.

Nws yog Pacers siab tshaj plaws xaiv txij li xyoo 1988. Mathurin yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob muaj zog thiab zoo tshaj plaws, uas nws tau nthuav tawm ntau zaus hauv Arizona. Nws nruab nrab 17.7 cov ntsiab lus thiab 5.6 rebounds ib qho kev ua si hauv nws lub caij kawg li Wildcat.

Mathurin tau ua haujlwm solo rau xiav thiab kub thaum Lub Rau Hli 10. Nws kuj tau tham nrog Indiana ntawm kev sib sau ua ke, hais tias nws "muaj ib pliag," nrog franchise.

Tam sim no, nws nkag mus rau hauv pab pawg Pacers uas xav ua kom lub tis qhov tob thiab tua. Mathurin yuav tsum muaj peev xwm ua tiav ob qho ntawm cov kev xav tau - nws ntim 38.3% ntawm nws 316 kev txhaj tshuaj sab nraud ntawm Arizona thaum ua si hauv kev tawm tsam uas muaj ntau yam NBA-style teeb tsa thiab kev ua. Nws yuav tsis muaj teeb meem haum rau hauv Indiana cov npe.

"Peb zoo siab heev uas peb tuaj yeem xaiv Bennedict nrog rau thib rau kev xaiv tag nrho nyob rau hauv Draft hmo no," Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard tau hais hauv nqe lus tshaj tawm los ntawm Pacers. "Qhov no yog tus neeg ua si uas peb tau tsom mus rau qee lub sijhawm vim peb ntseeg tias nws muaj peev xwm los pab tam sim ntawd thiab dhau los ua ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm peb lub hauv paus mus rau tom ntej."

Mathurin muaj kev ncaws pob kom haum rau xiav thiab kub zoo - lawv xav ua si nrawm nrog tus neeg saib xyuas Tyrese Haliburton thawb lub nrawm. Lawv qhov kev xaiv siab tshiab yuav tsum muaj peev xwm gel nrog tus thawj coj tus thawj coj Rick Carlisle xav ua si, uas tsuas yog ntxiv rau nws tus nqi raws li Pacers xaiv.

"Nws kuj tau hais txog kuv lub peev xwm thiab qhov kuv tuaj yeem coj mus rau pab pawg," Mathurin nco qab txog nws qhov kev sib tham nrog Carlisle thaum lub sijhawm ua ntej cov txheej txheem. "Nws hais rau kuv tias nws xav li cas rau kuv thiab yuav ua li cas kuv thiaj li ua tau zoo heev."

Mathurin lub neej tau coj nws mus thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Nws yug hauv Canada, thiab Fabkis yog nws thawj hom lus. Thaum nws tseem hluas, nws tau tsiv mus rau Mexico City los ua ib feem ntawm NBA Academy, txoj haujlwm txhim kho rau cov neeg laus hauv tsev kawm theem siab los ntawm sab nraud Tebchaws Meskas. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, nws tau mus kawm University of Arizona rau ob lub caij nyoog, qhov chaw uas nws tau txhim kho zoo heev los ntawm ib xyoos rau ib xyoos.

Tam sim no, nws mus rau Indiana, qhov chaw nws yuav pab txhawb Pacers franchise nyob rau theem pib ntawm kev tsim kho dua tshiab. Nws koom nrog Haliburton, Chris Duarte, thiab Isaiah Jackson ua qhov tseem ceeb ntawm pab pawg tub ntxhais hluas.

Mathurin piav qhia tias "Nws zoo heev, muaj ib tug txiv neej zoo li Tyrese," Mathurin piav qhia. "[Nws] yog tus thawj coj uas nyiam dhau lub pob thiab tsuas yog coj pab pawg feem ntau. Nws yog qhov kuv tab tom tos ntsoov yuav ua si nrog. "

Lub hnub nyoog 20 xyoo yuav pab Pacers ntawm lub tis, ib txoj hauj lwm ntawm Indiana tam sim no tsis muaj qhov tob. Qhov thib rau xaiv tag nrho tuaj yeem ua si raws li tus neeg saib xyuas off-pob ib yam nkaus, thiab qhov ntau yam yuav haum rau xiav thiab kub zoo.

Indiana xav tuav lub hauv paus nrog lawv thawj zaug xaiv, thiab lawv tau twv Mathurin yog tus txiv neej ntawd. Nws keeb kwm yav dhau thiab kev txawj ntse ua rau nws zoo ib yam nrog cov franchise, thiab lawv yuav cia siab tias lawv tau raug pov thawj.