Crazy Details Revealed About Mathurin's Contract...

Crazy details revealed about ben mattress contract has now opened up the door of opportunity for the pelicans To possibly make a move before the season starts to improve this roster And also we got some new names that have emerged as possible trade targets We're gonna dive deep into it inside this edition of pelicans digest. What's good with y'all? It's your people mel so they might see back once again inside pelicans digest Thank you so much for tapping in with us on this wednesday And yesterday we touched on this very briefly Inside the episode about uh, christian shoemade and i'm gonna dig into that in a second. I I want to defend myself On some points that I made in the video yesterday. I want to get into that uh, but today a lot of people are starting to take notice of the possibility that the pelicans got a good deal on matter and in terms of money and the fact that You can possibly if joe dumar's gonna feel up to it make a move before the season starts to help improve this roster And I want to dive deeper into that inside this episode So we're going to get into it in a matter of minutes But first we got to thank our sponsors at calcium for sponsoring today's video and they have a very interesting trade going on On calcium about the pelicans finishing with the worst record in the nba this season Remember on calcium you're trading directly against other users not the house like traditional sports books You're buying yes or no contracts on the outcome of events across sports politics or even the weather For example, if you think the pelicans will finish the regular season with the worst record in the nba a $25 trade We'll net you about 170 dollars and as we've seen that line has trended downward over the last few weeks as more people are starting to buy into the Pels, so if you're interested in trying out calcium use the link in the description trade $25 with code digest nba and get $25 added to your account instantly So go do that right now or after this video make sure you use the link in the description Or in the comments get signed up for calcium and trade $25 using the code digest nba get $25 Added to your account. All right, and we gotta thank our partners at calcium for sponsoring today's video All right, as we get back into it inside pelicans digest real quick, man I want to defend my point of view that I gave out yesterday about christian shoemake And the pelicans in the g-league team Uh, it was announced today that uh shoemade has indeed been weighed By the pelicans and he is now going to go to the squadron Okay, and this is something that we reported on yesterday We told you this was something that was more than likely going to happen. And also the pelicans also Uh signed and weighed Uh, six ten four by the name of johnny o'neill who comes from santa clara university undrafted Uh, he played for the squadron last season and uh Interesting thing about a lot of people the pelicans feel that they feel comfortable with his floor spacing And his ability to rim protect or o'neill spent last year as a member of the squadron and across 10 Appearances last season he put a 13 points four rebounds and two assists per night on four and he had a 47 Three point shooting along with a steal and a block per night on defense Now when it comes down to those numbers That 45 from three on six attempts per night and the steals plus blocks Uh number of 2.7 suggests high defensive effort And it's one of the reasons why the pelicans are giving him another opportunity along with shoemade Uh to try to work their way up into this nba roster But I want to point out something about this. Okay, and I want I want to make it clear on the squadron, okay I've said this before What you want to have? Hopefully have happened if you're a pelicans fan Is that you have a a g-league team because the point of a g-league team is to develop talent What you want this you want to be able to have a successful Uh g-league roster not necessarily in wins, but in the development of the players, okay And shoemade and o'neill and these guys You you want to root for these guys because you want these guys to develop and become nba talent They may not be good now. That's the whole point of them going back to the g-league Okay, but i'm rooting for these guys to be successful Because you don't because then you don't have to chase after guys in free agency You don't have to chase after ill-advised trades if you're developing talent in-house And this is what i've been really big on with the pelicans franchise And I hope that they continue to work on this is that you develop your talent in-house you get the talent bring them here And then you develop them here to become better role players down the line or stars down the line for your team A couple of names come to mind that the pelicans have developed bryce mcgowans as you saw I know a lot of y'all ain't too big on bryce mcgowans. I'm big on bryce mcgowan because bryce mcgowans is an excellent role player He understands his role on this team and what he's supposed to do He's a good floor spacer and also plays pretty decent defense Which is why the pelicans awarded him a contract last season a full nba contract last season Another name comes to mind jose alvarado was developing the g league Became an excellent role player for the pelicans before he was traded and then you were able to flip him for draft picks You took an undrafted talent and flipped them for draft picks All i'm asking and all i'm saying is i'm happy that this team and this front office is investing in guys that they believe in Okay, and they didn't want to develop to be to bring them on and bring on role players that can help out With the so-called core that you have instead of chasing after draft picks or or free agents every season Okay, that's the only reason why I I that's the only reason why I was happy to see that they were investing in A shoemaker and they're trying to invest in o'neill now If it didn't work out like you did in the case of hunter dickinson, you got him out of here Okay, it didn't work out hunter dickinson. They got him up out of here But you gotta you gotta kind of want to root for this situation I get it they're not where you want them to be right now as far as Players and stars and how they looked at summer league and all this other stuff, but clearly they see something in these guys and they see promise in these guys like I've seen the promise of these guys and you and you should want these guys to Continue to develop under our umbrella. Okay, so that's the only thing I gotta say about that from here on out So let's move on and talk about benedict mattering and it's and the contract that he has signed with the pelican um, lots of lots of talking started going on all across the nba about uh His contract and what the numbers that came in on we told you yesterday that his contract came in Under what we all expected. We thought it was a straight up and down 16 million dollar deal. Uh, but For this upcoming season, he's going to make 7.5 million dollars and then next season He's going to make 7.8 million dollars if he opts in Which if we're being honest here You kind of don't want him to opt in because if he opts in next season something went wrong Okay If he opts in next season something went wrong. This did not work out the way that we hoped it would Okay So with these terms new orleans would still have an Remaining 7.5 million dollars in the non-taxpayer mid-level exception And be 4 million dollars under the luxury tax. They don't have any room left on the roster But they could pair another contract like jordan pool's contract With some assets to pull off another move this offseason if they wanted to Now do I think they're going to I don't know but you know, we've all been They've all been trying to figure out can we get off of this jordan pool contract nobody wants it and so You know the way you got to start looking at this this thing is What can we do to sort of get this back right and get things back under control? Now this should be looked now as far as mattress contract is concerned You have to look at it as a one-year deal in all reality If the 24 year old is taking that 7.8 million dollar option next season something went really wrong He should probably be making more than 7.5 million in this campaign But that's just how the market landed and now he's taking a risk on himself so You know and that's all fine and good But when it comes down to the to the moves that could be made Going into this season the pelicans now have the opportunity to do that Uh that 7.5 million dollar mark for this year could have also Have an impact on the few weeks remaining in the offseason as the pelicans do now potentially have the space to make another move In an effort to make this team even better ahead of the start of the campaign And some new names have started to emerge. We've already talked about michael porter jr before um and big shout out to uh To one of the one of the viewers, uh, my man alan campos who's watching the show all the way out of venezuela Appreciate you for tapping in with us brother. Thank you so much um He brought up something that I found interesting and I had to go dig around for uh, he says I like your show a lot Thank you so much. I appreciate you. But what do you think about this trade pool and some bonus plus picks? I know some bonus is expensive and pool is expiring But we could get picks for that condition and i'm gonna go ahead and say no I don't think they will because the sacramental kings Want picks for some bonus? Okay but The king's side of things I went did some research and saw that the sacramental kings and their fan base Are interested and try to do some work with the pelicans to get some bonus out of there and get off of his master contract and I saw this article by uh, ian goodwillie who writes for a royal pain, which is Which is a hilarious name for a sacramental kings blog uh, but they call it a royal pain, I thought that was hilarious, but um He writes that maybe if you do a deal if the pelicans are ready to get off of zion williamson You do a straight up and down deal for zion and sabonis Uh, they both have roughly the same salary with two years left on their respective contracts This will be an almost straight trade It's the kind of culture reset that both the kings and the pelicans need to move forward Now if you're if you're in the camp of moving off of zion williamson That should you know, i'm sure that makes you happy To see that I'm sure that makes you happy But sabonis as far as his money is concerned is making 45 million dollars this season And stands to make another 48 million dollars going into next season at 30 years old And you know with all due respect to them, you know, I you know, I I don't know if that's a risk you want to take as far as with your bigs You know, you already got a quality big in in eid missy who you gotta believe in eve man believe in eid this season um But I don't know that I don't know if that that deal is going to work out And considering that sacramental is in the middle of trying to blow their thing up and want to start a rebuild I'm quite sure they're gonna want some drag pigs that the pels really don't have to give them So you it would have to be a straight up and down trade for sabonis if this is something you're interested in Now keeping all of that in mind the kings want out of from under sabonis's contract. This move doesn't fix that problem So they might be interested in this specific trade going after jordan pool who's on an expiring deal And then turn around and flip it maddering Might be a better option for sacramento Which I don't think is going to happen either But also i'm starting to dig i'm starting to get turned off more Each day by michael porter jr. Let me be clear on that The more i'm starting to see him pop up on the internet and in these these weird Streams and all this other stuff talking about weird stuff the more I think about that catamaran. I'm like now i'm good man I'm good on on michael porter jr. I am I am I am turning my i'm starting to turn away from that And the talk of michael porter jr in the hope that the pelicans may pursue him i'm starting to turn off sabonis is intriguing It's intriguing But I don't think they're going to give up too much about that But I would like to know my question is get your shopping list together Who are you interested in making a move for you? Got all that now that the pelicans have a little extra cat room and have room to stay under the luxury tax and still possibly Make a move. Is there anybody out there that you're interested in? That's that's coming over to this team that you would like to bring in over to this pelicans team That you think can help improve things immediately You also got the jail endurance situation. Um in detroit that's getting a little bit more interesting by the day Do you see a move that the pelicans can possibly make to bring in a person that can fit what this team needs? Going into this season clap back your thoughts in the comments, man. We'd love to hear from you and uh, thank you so much For tapping in with us on this wednesday here on pelicans digest. Um, we'd love to know your thoughts though Uh, who else do you see out there? That could that the pelicans could possibly bring in and and and help improve this roster Still hit that subscribe button if you haven't done it yet. We appreciate you for tapping in with us, man Don't forget to follow us on x as well at pelicans digest This is where you get the best analysis opinions and more about the new all this pelicans right here on pelicans digest Thank you so much for uh tapping in with us and I holla at you clap back to your boy in the comments, though Oh, who would you like to see the pelicans try to make a move for before the season starts?