Bennedict Mathurin will not play more in the NBA Summer League, the Indiana Pacers announced Thursday. The native of Montreal North is annoyed by an injury to the big toe of the left foot.
Drafted sixth last month, the 20-year-old made his third game in Las Vegas on Tuesday, earning 20 points against the Pistons. He had provided 23 and 15 points for his team on July 8 and 10, respectively against the Hornets and the Kings.
In three games, he averaged 19.3 points, four rebounds and 1.3 steals, with a 38.5% success rate for three-pointers.
Bennedict Mathurin shone for two seasons with the University of Arizona. Pac-12 player of the year, he improved his points per game average from 10.8 to 17.7 from his rookie season to the second.
He grew up in the same corner of the metropolis as his good friend Luguentz Dort, an impact player with the Thunder for three years.
Since 2014, the Indiana Pacers have been beaten in the first round five years in a row, failing to reach the playoffs on other occasions. In reconstruction, the team is coming off its worst season since the mid-1980s, going 25-57. However, she had had a lot of success in the 1990s, with Reggie Miller and Mark Jackson, among others.
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