What Is Pascal Siakam’s Legacy With The Toronto Raptors?

What Is Pascal Siakam’s Legacy With The Toronto Raptors?

He isn’t the greatest Raptor ever he isn’t the most beloved or the most Transcendent in fact much of his time as a raptor was defined by critics discussing what he’s not he’s not a superstar it’s just a simple but Pascal cakam better than any other player defined what the M Raptor

Came to mean because of exactly what he is drafted late asked to play Early developed through 905 shined on the biggest stage humble beginnings heavy minutes high achievement young man who never even watched an NBA game on TV until he was 16 years old the last contributing piece from the

2019 title team and he wasn’t just a member of The Supporting Cast in game one with multiple Hall of Famers on the floor while being guarded by a former defensive player of the year the best player on the floor was Pascal Pascal sakam with a 32-point game

What a night for this sh sakam has done it all tonight for Toronto but that was far from his ceiling in the Raptor’s uniform he quickly leveled up from g-league championship game MVP to leader and key facilitator of The Lovable bench mob to starter as an Allstar here from the

World champion Toronto Raptors give it up for Pascal seak and went on to add all n recognition to his resume the constant succession was due to the constant work no Raptor in the Messiah jury and Bobby webs regime has made bigger strides got it and the foul seak tonight with 52 at

MSG he went from skinny to sculpted from spin moves and traffic when he ran out of ideas to a polished half court score but the road to success wasn’t without bumps like many during the pandemic he struggled in bubble and in Tampa personally and professionally what’s happened to Pascal seak Pascal

Struggling here he was disciplined for beefing with Nick nurse and some fans turned on him in a vile way when his game dipped obviously the the the racist comments and things like that like things related to my dad like that was just you know like out of

Line which was jarring given he became the face of the team with the fans and with corporate Canada as a high-profile pitchman hey Google show my photos at the parade Looking Good Pete he seemed to fall in love with the country as much as it loved him but sometimes love isn’t enough the team never reached expectations once it was turned over to him even though his play exceeded expectations his Ascension in a way was

A gift and a curse cakam as much as he has improved and his good as he has gotten doesn’t quite yet have the game to be that guy part of the reason he had to go is because he played himself to a level that unlike his former teammates

The market dictated trading him would Garner a valuable return so as the franchise hits Control Alt Delete the question is what’s next Who’s Next Where Do We Go From Here Raptors trying to reset their culture the final puzzle piece from the championship team has been removed a new era of Raptor’s

Basketball has officially begun and the Pascal sakam era of Raptor’s basketball might be best appreciated now that he’s no longer here

Sportsnet’s Donnovan Bennett examines Pascal Siakam’s journey with the Toronto Raptors and what he potentially leaves behind as the Raptors start a new chapter in their franchise without the last remanining member of the 2019 championship winning team.

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