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Bobby Marks: Mathews was on a 2 year contract This season was a partial and next year a team option. Indiana will take on a $297,355 cap hit. Wiseman was signed to a 10-Day hardship exception on 12/20. The 10-Day is terminated (no waiver process) early and Wiseman retains the full amount.
Indiana Pacers: We have signed center Micah Potter. In subsequent moves, we have waived guard Garrison Mathews and released center James Wiseman.
Garrison Mathews walked out of Gainbridge Fieldhouse after the Indiana Pacers’ win over the Bulls on Nov. 29, unsure if he would even be back in the building the next day. His 10-day hardship contract was expiring, and after a stretch in which he had scored just nine total points and hit only two of his 13 3-point attempts, he didn’t know if he had shown enough to earn a second look. “I was a little surprised, to be honest with you, because I did not play well the first 10 days,” Mathews said. “But eventually my shot will fall, and as long as I can hold my own on defense and try to get stops — that’s the thing that keeps me off the floor — eventually my shot will catch up.”
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The Pacers ultimately decided to give him that opportunity. When Indiana announced a second hardship exception on Monday, it was used to bring Mathews back for another 10 days. Hours later, he rewarded them with his best performance of the season, scoring 15 points on perfect shooting from beyond the arc while attacking downhill and earning trips to the free-throw line.
“This is what we felt was coming,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “The work he did the previous 10–12 days to get conditioning, to get rhythm, for all that to bear fruit, we thought bringing him back was the right thing. He did a lot of good things tonight.” Carlisle believed Mathews’ skill set — even in a shooting slump — always gave him a chance to contribute. “He’s an NBA player with an NBA skill,” Carlisle said. “He has gravity. The stats will take care of themselves.”
Michael Scotto: The Indiana Pacers plan to sign Garrison Mathews to a second 10-day hardship contract, league sources told @hoopshype . Mathews has averaged 6.4 points and shot 38% from 3-point range in his career with the Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, and Indiana Pacers.
Michael Scotto: The Indiana Pacers plan to sign Garrison Mathews with a hardship exception, league sources told @hoopshype . Matthews has averaged 6.5 points and shot 38.2% from 3-point range in his career with the Washington Wizards, Houston Rockets, and Atlanta Hawks.
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Ian Begley: Knicks will waive Garrison Mathews ahead of Saturday’s 5pm deadline, league sources told SNY. Matthews had strong preseason with NY, will draw interest around league from teams looking for shooting. NYK was impressed by Mathews play, but club’s financially restricted by 2nd apron
As for the Knicks, Brogdon’s retirement puts the franchise in an interesting position with opening-night rosters needing to be finalized this weekend. Per league sources, the Knicks were strongly considering creating another roster spot via trade in order to keep two of Brogdon, Landry Shamet and Garrison Mathews.
Fred Katz: Knicks were in a spot where they needed to make a move to keep Brogdon and one of Shamet or Mathews. Now, they can make a move to keep both Shamet and Mathews or they could hold onto their young guys, dump no one and still retain one of the two.
