The Portland Trail Blazers should regret their trade deadline inactivity in general. But one specific player they will be kicking themselves about missing out on is Bennedict Mathurin. The Los Angeles Clippers quietly stole Mathurin in a trade with the Indiana Pacers that was headlined by Ivica Zubac.
Here was the deal in full, per ESPN's Shams Charania:
Clippers receive: Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, two first-round picks and one second-round pick
Pacers receive: Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown
Blazers should have targeted Bennedict Mathurin's upside at deadline
While we applaud the Pacers ' aggression as a team looking to get back to winning next season after this gap year without Tyrese Haliburton, this was a steep price to pay for Zubac.