{"id":120871,"date":"2025-01-29T23:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T04:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=120871"},"modified":"2025-01-29T23:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T04:53:04","slug":"pacers-trade-candidate-bennedict-mathurin-monitored-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/29\/pacers-trade-candidate-bennedict-mathurin-monitored-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Trade Candidate Being ‘Monitored By Nearly Every Team’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin<\/a> is arguably having his best season but he might be on the move ahead of the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old “is being monitored by nearly every team seen as a buyer at the deadline<\/a>,” according to Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Woike. “But because the Pacers are playing such good basketball, the team is expected to seek a player it values while trying to recoup the first-round pick it spent on Mathurin in a deal,” he adds.<\/p>\n

Pacers’ Bennedict Mathurin Being ‘Monitored By Nearly Every Team’<\/h2>\n

Considering the source, the Los Angeles Lakers are presumably among the teams with an eye on Mathurin. This could be in an effort to upgrade their starting backcourt, which doesn’t consistently lighten LeBron James<\/a> and Anthony Davis<\/a>‘s burden. To that point, though Mathurin has made an effort to be more selective with the shots he takes, he’s potent offensively.<\/p>\n