Inside the Trade with Pascal Siakam’s Agent Todd Ramasar | Raptors Show Clips

Inside the Trade with Pascal Siakam’s Agent Todd Ramasar | Raptors Show Clips

MARC STEIN. VERY FEW INSTANCES THAT WE WOULD DROP MARC STEIN. IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE JOINING US ON THE LINE THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF LIFE SPORTS AGENCIES, PASCAL SIAKAM’S AGENT. OBVIOUSLY PASCAL HAS JUST BEEN MOVED. CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS IN WHICH MASAI, BOBBY,

THE RAPTORS’ FRONT OFFICE KEPT YOU GUYS INFORMED OF PASCAL BEING IN THESE DISCUSSIONS? BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND PASCAL SIAKAM. GUYS, YEAH, GREAT TO JOIN YOU GUYS. OBVIOUSLY IT’S BEEN A BUSY MORNING — OR AFTERNOON HERE ON THE WEST COAST.

AS FAR AS THE DEAL IS WESTCONCE, I GIVE MASAI AND BOBBY CREDIT FOR COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THAT LED TO PASCAL BEING MOVED TO THE PACERS. >> Blake: I KNOW, TODD, THERE’S A LOT OF REPORTING, ACCURATE OR OTHERWISE ABOUT, HEY, THIS TEAM TALKED TO THIS CAMP.

THERE’S THIS LEVEL OF OPENNESS TO FUTURE THINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. PUTTING THAT ASIDE, YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THIS THIHIS BEING INDIANA AND PASCAL’S LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT TO JOIN THAT PACERS’ PROGRAM? >> WELL, I CAN SPEAK FOR ME. I KNOW IT’S A BIT BITTERSWEET

BECAUSE THE TIME WITH THE RAPTORS, YOU KNOW, PASCAL WAS DRAFTED THERE. HE’S WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. HE’S HAD SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS BUILT THERE. IT’S NOT JUST ALL EXCITEMENT AND ELATION JUST GOING FROM THE RAPTORS’ ORGANIZATION TO THE PACERS. BUT IN TERMS OF THAT BEING

WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE’RE AT NOW AT THIS POINT AND PASCAL BEING IN A PACERS’ UNIFORM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A YOUNG BUDDING SUPERSTAR IN TYRESE. THEY HAVE MYLES TURNER THAT’S BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME AND A HALL OF FAME COACH IN ADDITION

TO SOME OF THEIR OTHER YOUNG TALENT THERE. IT’S A FIRST CLASS ORGANIZATION IN TERMS OF FRONT OFFICE OWNERSHIP. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT [ Audio Difficulties ] . REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR STYLE OF PLAY AND POTENTIALLY WHAT’S BEEN MISSING FOR A TEAM

THAT’S HAVING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE AND THE LEAGUE AS A WHOLE, PASCAL SITS OR COMPLEMENTS THEIR ROSTER I THINK AS BEST AS ANY PLAYER THAT THEY COULD ADD TO THEIR ROSTER RIGHT NOW. >> Will: NO DOUBT. YOU HAD THE FLOOR SPACING FIVE.

YOU CAN PROTECT THE RIM IN MYLES TURNER. REALLY NICE DISTRIBUTOR AND REALLY NICE STYLE OF PLAY UNDER CARLYLE. YOU CAN SEE PASCAL THRIVING IN INDIANA. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ONCE HE JOINS THE TEAM. I CERTAINLY SEE FOR MY OPINION A LONG-TERM FIT THERE. FROM THE TORONTO PERSPECTIVE

WITH PASCAL, THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH REPORTING AROUND PASCAL WANTING TO CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIP HERE IN TORONTO, WANTING TO SIGN EXTENSIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU IN THIS OPPORTUNITY WERE THERE EXTENSION TALKS THAT YOU GUYS

WERE ABLE TO HAVE WITH BOBBY, MASAI AND THE TIME LINE OF THOSE TALKS. MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY THE DETAILS UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THOSE AS WELL OF PASCAL POTENTIALLY EXTENDING WITH TORONTO IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. >> YEAH. THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS THAT

WERE HAD WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND FRONT OFFICE. OBVIOUSLY WE’RE HERE NOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A PARTING OF WAYS. SO I WOULD PROBABLY JUST — I THINK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AND I DON’T — YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE NATURE OF THIS NBA, YOU KNOW?

AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ROSTER FOR THE COACHING STAFF. AND I DON’T SAY THAT DISPARAGINGLY. THERE’S IT’S A LOT OF CHANGE. THERE’S A LOT OF YOUNG PIECES. DARKO WAS GREAT. PASCAL WAS BEING THE VETERAN ON

THAT TEAM AND ONE OF THE LAST PIECES WITH BOUCHER FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER OG’S TRADE. IT WAS JUST A TURNING OF THE NEXT CHAPTER ON BOTOTH SIDES. >> Will: SO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PASCAL NOW IN INDIANA ON THAT SIDE, YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE

FIT AS WELL. HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION OR WHAT’S THE PROCESS BEEN LIKE? OBVIOUSLY IT’S ONLY BEEN ABOUT AN HOUR SINCE THE DEAL HAS BEEN MADE. WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES NOW AS THE AGENT TO HELP HIM COPE WITH THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE’S GONE

THROUGH A TRADE IN HIS CAREER. >> YEAH. BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, PASCAL MAY HAVE IN T TERMS OF TIMING OF, YOU KNOW, FLIGHTS AND THE PACERS ARE ON THE ROAD; RIGHT? PASCAL STILL HAS TO TAKE HIS

PHYSICAL FOR THE TRADE TO OFFICIALLY GO THROUGH. THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED ON BOTH SIDES. BUT IT’S REALLY JUST BEING PROACTIVE. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE GONE THROUGH A TRADE WITH A CLIENT. SO IT’S TAKING THAT EXPERIENCE AND REALLY SHARING IT WITH THE

CLIENT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF EASE THEIR TRANSITION TO SOMETHING NEW. A LOT OF TIMES TRADES HAPPEN IN THE OFF-SEASON, AND IT’S A LOT MORE SEAMLESS OF A TRANSITION FROM ONE TEAM TO THE NEXT. WHEN YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A

SEASON AND THE EXPECTATION IS TO JOIN THAT TEAM, LEARN A NEW OFFENCE, LEARNING NEW PERSONNEL, LEARN A NEW CITY, FIND HOUSING AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP, IT’S JUST HELPING THE CLIENT THROUGH THAT TRANSITION AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

THEIR FOCUS FOR PASCAL IS GOING TO BE ON THE COURT AND HELPING HIS NEW TEAM WIN. >> Wilill: OF COURSE, OF COURSE. THERE’S GOING TO BE FAMILIARITY FOR YOU GUYS TOO. YOU HAVE ANDREW NEMBHARD WHO’S BEEN WITH THE PACERS. >> YEAH.

>> Will: IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE BOTH OF YOUR CLIENTS IN THE SAME CITY AS WELL. SHIFTING BACK TO PASCAL AND JUST TORONTO, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING. EVERYTHING IS HAPPENINGNG ON TH FLY HERE. I WANTED TO ASK YOU FROM OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTING PASCAL

AND KNOWING HIM FOR A LONG TIME, DO YOU THINK THIS NEWS CAUGHT HIM BY SURPRISE AND JUST IN GENERAL HIS AFFECTION FOR THE CITY OF TORONTO HAVING SPENT SO MUCH TIME HERE? >> YEAH. IT’S ALWAYS — WILL, IT’S ALWAYS A SURPRISE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS OBVIOUSLY

THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF NEWS, A LOT OF CONVERSATION, A LOT OF SPECULATION. THE TRADE ITSELF IS NOT A SURPRISE BUT ALWAYS THE TIMING AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IS A SURPRISE BECAUSE IT’S REAL. ONCE IT HAPPENS, IT BECOMES REAL AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING IN THE

NEWS CYCLE. LIKE I DESCRIBED IT EARLIER, IT IS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE IT’S DEPARTING AN ORGANIZATION WHERE THERE’S SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES AND THERE’S A CHAMPIONSHIP. IT’S NOT JUST DEPARTING AN ORGANIZATION. YOU’RE DEPARTING A CITY. YOU’RE DEPARTING A COUNTRY THAT YOU HAVE GROWN TO LOVE.

WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST 8 YEARS OR 8 SEASONS. IT’S A NEW CHAPTER. AGAIN, I DON’T WANT TO SPEAK FOR PASCAL. KNOWING HIM, KNOWING THE CONVERSATIONS, AND EVEN I CAN TELL YOU EVEN PERSONALLY GOING THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE ALL THOSE YEARS, LIKE I SAID, IT’S A BIT BITTERSWEET.

THERE’S A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO. I HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD IN PASCAL, HIS WORK ETHIC, HIS PROFESSIONALISM BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY TO STILL SHOW UP AND REPRESENT THE RAPTORS’ ORGANIZATION WITH ALL THIS NEWS SWIRLING AND BEING A

PROFESSIONAL AND SHOWING UP FOR YOUR TEAMMATES, YOUR COACHES, THE FANS AND EVERYONE ELSE. THAT’S WHAT’S EXCITING AT LEAST MOVING FORWARD FOR HIM THAT I SEE. >> Will: RIGHT. YOU MENTIONED IT’S NOT EASY. EVEN JUST US ON THE SHOW SOMETIMES EVERY SINGLE DAY, THERE’S A NEW RUMOUR.

WE TALK ABOUT IT. PEOPLE REACH A POINT OF FATIGUE ABOUT WHEN IS THIS THING GOING TO HAPPEN. IT HAS TO BE MORE FRUSTRATING FOR THE PLAYER. YOU HAVE TO STAY PROFESSIONAL. YOU HAVE TO STILL GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORT. I STILL FEEL LIKE HE DID THAT TO

THE VERY END OF HIS TIME IN TORONTO. TWO THINGS TO WRAP UP. WE ARE GOING TO MISS PASCAL. DO YOU HAVE ANY MEMORY OF PASCAL AND HIS FIRST WORKOUT IN TORONTO OR HOW HE GOT TO TORONTO IN THE FIRST PLACE T THAT YOU WOULD LI TO SHARE?

>> Blake: BUFFALO WORKOUT, SECRETS INTERNATIONALLY ONLY BUFFALO WORKOUT IS WHAT I REMEMBER? >> THAT WORKOUT, I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN SHED MUCH LIGHT. WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT I KNOW IS REAL. PASCAL WAS LICKING HIS CHOPS GOING INTO THAT WORKOUT. I THINK WHEN PEOPLE SEE PASCAL

OR GET TO KNOW HIM, HE’S SO PERSONABLE AND LIKABLE. THERE’S THIS COMPETITIVE SPIRIT ABOUT HIM, THIS FIRE, THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, THAT JUST COMES OUT OF HIM. IT’S WHAT LED THE RAPTORS TO TAKE HIM THERE IN THE FIRST ROUND.

HE WAS RELATIVELY AN UNKNOWN PLAYER, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF NEW MEXICO STATE. YEAH. THAT’S HOW IT CAME TO BE, WILL, IN TERMS OF THAT. PLAYERS THAT GO THROUGH WORKOUTS LIKE THAT AND THE FEEDBACK YOU GET FROM THE ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY WITH MASAI AND

PATRICK AND SOME OF THE OTHER RAPTORS’ FRONT OFFICE BEING AWARE OF PASCAL FROM BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS, TO SEE HIS GROWTH AND TO SEE HIM DO WHAT HE DID IN THAT WORKOUT, I THINK FOR THEM, IT WAS AN EASY DECISION WHO THEY HAD TO GO WITH.

>> Will: YEAH. >> AND THENN THE REST IS HISTOR AFTER THAT. >> Will: THE REST IS REALLY HISTORY. WE HAVE GOT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT HISTORY. CHAMPIONSHIP RAPTORS IN 2019. PASCAL BEING THE SECOND LEADING SCORER OF THAT WHOLE ENTIRE RUN.

DO YOU HAVE A MEMORY OF THAT CHAMPIONSHIP RUN WITH PASCAL THAT REALLY MADE YOU FEEL — I DON’T KNOW THAT YOU LOOK BACK FONDLY ON. I KNOW YOU HAVE TONS OF PLAYERS. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO REPRESENT LOTS OF PLAYERS AND PASCAL IS

GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT MEMORIES BUT IS THERE ONE THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU ABOUT PASCAL AND THTHAT CHAMPIONSHIP RUN THA YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. >> GUYS, THERE’S SO MANY. I MEAN, THERE’S SO MANY. AND THERE’S SO MANY KIND OF OFF

THE RECORD SO TO SPEAK MEMORIES, ALL POSITIVE, AND GOOD. BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT THAT SEASON THAT WAS EVEN BEBEFORE THE PLAYOFFS STARTED. AND I MEAN LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR OF THAT SEASON, SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME, AND I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO PASCAL

ABOUT, IT’S JUST INTERESTING WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING WHEN YOU’RE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT AND YOU HAVE MOMENTUM BEHIND YOU. WE WERE ACTUALLY IN THE NBA OFFICE. AND ACTUALLY READY FILMED IT. PASCAL HAD A MEETING WITH THE LEAGUE OFFICE ABOUT INITIATIVES AS A YOUNG PLAYER — HELLO,

GUYS, YOU THERE. >> Will: WE’RE HERE. >> SORRY. INITIATIVES FOR AFRICA AND INITIATIVES IN CANADA FROM A PHILANTHROPIC STANDPOINT. WE WRAPPED UP THE MEETING. THE LARRY O’BRIEN IS THERE; RIGHT? I NEVER FORGET PASCAL PICKED IT UP. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP.

I HAVE IT ON FILM. HE’S HOLDING THE TROPHY AND RUBBING IT AND EVERYTHING. LITERALLY A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE RAPTORS WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO THAT’S SOMETHING LEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS AND LEADING INTO THAT. THAT WAS JUST MAGICAL ABOUT THAT SEASON. THE ONE MEMORY OR THE ONE PLAY

BEING THERE IN THE BAY WAS, I THINK, IT WAS GAME 6, WAS PASCAL’S TEARDROP, THE FLOATER OVER DRAYMOND THAT LITERALLY SEALED THE SERIES AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP. I WOULD SAY THAT’S THE BEST MEMORY THAHAT I WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THAT PLAYOFF RUN FOR PASCAL.

>> Will: THAT’S GOT TO BE SO INCREDIBLY REWARDING TOO. I DON’T KNOW WHEN YOU MET PASCAL. PROBABLY AS A TEENAGER. PROBABLY AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS REALLY YOUNG, HAD NO REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE, NO NBA BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE. TO SEE HIM GROW IN A SHORT TIME

TO EVENTUALLY GOAT THAT POINT AND HIT OTHER HIGHS LIKE ALL-STAR AND ALL-NBA, SIGN A CONTRACT, MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, IT’S GOT TO BE THE BEST PART OF DOING THIS JOB. YOU HAVE GOT TO BE A BUSY PERSON. >> Blake: TODD, THE PACACERS AR

HERE ON VALENTINE’S DAY. PASCAL WILL BE BACK. I ASSUME WE’RE GOING TO SEE YOU A LITTLE POST BREAKUP VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL HERE IN TORONTO. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, GUYS, AT LEAST FOR ME, IT’S NOT A BREAKUP. I’M GOING TO MISS VISITING CANADA AS FREQUENTLY AS I HAVE.

IT GIVES ME A GOOD EXCUSE TO COME BACK UP THERE ON VALENTINE’S DAY. I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME ON. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING GREAT TO MY GUY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. >> Will: I WAS GOING TO SAY,

LAST THING, JUST TELL HIM FROM US THAT THE RAPTORS, THE RAPTORS FAN BASE RECOGNIZE, APPRECIATE, AND THANK PASCAL FOR WHAT HE DID FOR THE FRANCHISE. >> Blake: THAT GUY GOT ME A RAPTORS 905 CHAMPIONSHIP RING. SO. >> Will: THAT TOO. >> Blake: THERE YOU GO.

>> I LOVE IT. THANKS,

Todd Ramasar, Pascal Siakam’s agent, joins Will Lou and Blake Murphy to chat about the recent trade between Indiana and Toronto.

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