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Pacers sign first-round draft pick Bennedict Mathurin
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Bennedict Mathurin is formally an Indiana Pacer.
Mathurin, the sixth general choose within the latest NBA draft, has signed a contract with the Pacers, the crew introduced Sunday. Per crew coverage, the small print of the deal weren’t introduced.
Mathurin, a local of Montreal, performed faculty basketball for the Arizona Wildcats. Final season, Mathurin led the Wildcats with 17.7 factors per sport and was named PAC12’s Participant of the Yr.
The 6-foot-7-inch small ahead/capturing guard is Indiana’s highest draft choice since 1988 when the crew took Rik Smits with the No. 2 choose.
Mathurin will probably be anticipated to make an instantaneous impression for the Pacers, who on Friday traded Malcolm Brogdon to the Boston Celtics in alternate for 5 gamers.