Pascal Siakam TRADED to Pacers

Pascal Siakam TRADED to Pacers

Oh yes Morgan trade season is officially upon us because we got a big one yeah it’s been a while since we had a big trade well we got a massive one in the NBA today the Pascal SE yakum sweep Stakes all over the Indiana Pacers land

Him and I know what some people are thinking yeah but what a risk this could be they’re giving up three picks Bruce Brown’s expiring contract Jordan noa’s contract what are they doing well W is reporting that he is excited about playing with Tyrese hurn excited to be

With the Pacers and is expected to be eager to work out a new contract with the franchise this summer so the Raptors move on from SE yakum let’s start with the Pacers angle to this they’ve been really fun to watch in the East they’re not a finished product

By any means but Tyrese Halbert is one of the best young players in the league and now they got something to go alongside him that’s it well that right there something to go alongside him on the offensive end and then you look at the Pacers non-existent defense that I

Think has shown a few flashes here and there that there could be something there maybe at some point you had Pascal zakum in there and you’re already on the right track sure one person can’t be the answer to all of your defense but at the same time you are still pushing in the

Right direction and I’m I’m excited for that for them but I also do like you said go to the offense vent and you have something else next to Tyrese Halbert and so it’s not going to be all on him trying to take some step back threes or

When teams start to Blitz him more more and more and figuring out his game it’s like he has someone else that can take over Morgan we were at the inseason tournament championship in Vegas Lakers Tak on the Pacers and the Lakers just Blitz Blitz Blitz as you mentioned yes

That’s I it presented some crazy problems for the Pacers you’re looking around going who else is going to step up well now you’ve got another guy that can go get you a bucket and I think From siakam’s perspective he was tied to so many teams right Sacramento being one of

Them you’re wondering why why does he want to go play with the Pacers to me this makes so much sense for him I think Tyrese Halburn is a fun player to play with he plays with joy he’s going to get you the ball you’re going to play fast

And play free number two he doesn’t have to be a number two or number three on a team I think there you’re going he’s probably a 1B and sometimes he might be the guy right and he might even think he’s a 1A here like I am the guy this is

What the market is for me and what people want for me around the league and that’s what I believe I can be no you’re exactly right about that and that’s huge especially when you talk about what WJ put out there about him being excited about playing with Tyrese and um Miles

Turner and being coached by Rick Carlile and going okay this could be a place where it is becomes a new home for Pascal seaka it a lot of things make sense there now the pick situation you’re probably wondering three first for a guy who could walk he technically

Could walk and we have seen players say that they’re staying and then end up dipping Kyrie Irving a big example with Boston right but it sounds like it’s tracking that he’ll stay with the Indiana Pacers uh the details on the picks it’s a 2024 there’s two first

Rounders one from Indiana which the way they’re playing it’s not going to be a super high pick and one is via the worst of Oklahoma City Utah Houston Clippers okay so whatever the worst pick from that group so that’s going to be kind of like in the 20s and then one first

Rounder from Indiana in 2026 but it’s top four protected Okay so I’m not trying to diminish the the the pick situation here but for Indiana it’s like hey we want a guy that can go with tyres Halburn this is a good gamble for them especially if they believe that

They could keep SE yakum here long term and then big picture-wise I think so many people are going to go well what’s this mean they’re not going to beat Boston this year who cares about this year this year is about getting to the playoffs getting that experience to Tyrese halberton some playoff experience

And building from there in addition to that Morgan they didn’t have to give up Ben bin in this deal they have to give up any of their young players in this deal or buddy he’s expiring contract there are still moves that could be made from this Indiana team so I I love this

Move by the Pacers I think it puts them in a really good spot going forward and you know what they’ve given a lot to Tyrese halber from a contract uh is it new contract and all that max deal well now they’re showing we’re going to get

Some pieces around you yeah and and like you said it it it’s it was just the right situation for both sides right MSI really wanted those three first round picks from probably any team in this league uh that he was dealing with and who actually could give that up and be

In that position well the Indiana Pacers were in a really good position and on top of all that when you look at this situation for Pascal and what he was saying about Sacramento like I don’t intend on rigning there so then you know right there that it’s a rental that you

You have to beg to stay where in IND you’re already hearing him going like I could see myself here being the star doing what I need to do make a lot of money uh play with Tyrese Hal Burton be coached by Rick Carlile so I get all of

These different things and uh and Indiana having to give up those three first round picks yeah and going back to Sacramento too it’s like you you get why he maybe wouldn’t want to be here dear domas theonis Keegan Murray and trying to figure out where you fit into that that’s a question mark

Right and then Sacramento are you going to give up multiple first rounders for a guy like you said that could be here for two and a half months and say dip I’m out see you later that would put you in a really tough spot but Indiana man what

A big time move for them especially if zakum stays there from the Raptor’s perspective on this I mean I think they did pretty well you get three first round picks and even if they’re not like oh my God these are top picks in the draft you could

Still package them in trades and it’s we we’re seeing what OKC’s done with for years years and they still haven’t totally capitalized on all that yet in terms of making a big trade but they got Bruce Brown who’s got a team option for next year they’re probably not going to

Pick it up it’s worth 22 million this is not a big deal so now with OG who wasn’t going to stay there they got young assets back and then for sakam who they weren’t going to keep because they weren’t going to give him the supermax

If if he qualified for it they got three first round picks expiring it’s not bad it no it’s definitely not bad I think when you look at both sides you go okay well it sounds like it works for both sides I think if you really take a step

Back because this is what people um that consume the NBA like to do and pick apart is go well hindsight should you have done something with Pascal C Alam last year but maybe you weren’t you you truly weren’t ready for that transition away from pascaly Alam and that

Sometimes that that thought process of oh we can get get the most for this guy no matter where what year it’s going to be no matter what his contract is and everything and you still did get a lot of assets out of this with those three first round picks and Bruce Brown like

You said expiring you it’s and maybe they trade him for something else soon like maybe you can find a team that’s like hey Bruce Brown we could use him on a team that’s trying to make a push here maybe you get an additional asset from

That and I go I also go too because now you look at Scotty Barnes and his future with the Raptors and you go you’re exactly right how do you make his life easier and better as soon as possible with some of these assets with Bruth Bruce Brown so yeah I’m excited to see

Where Toronto goes from this I’m intrigued to see where Indiana goes from this the my one question I guess just thinking about this because this is our instant reaction right I I think we’re going to be looking at the seak de and go was this

The right player at this time to go get like I have no doubt he’s going to help them I’m a big SE yakum fan this is an All-Star level player he get you a bucket does a lot out there even defensively some people oh he’s up and

Down you know what for that Pacers team he’s long athletic with Miles Turner out there I think he’ll do pretty well aged but was this the move he’s 29 you’re going to plan on keeping him is that the right target could they have been more patient with their approach did they

Need to do this now could they have waited a little bit longer to maybe execute a plan like this well this is what I was say from two people that cover a lot of Sacramento Kings basketball and we’re looking at this trade deadline how many times have we

Said money and West get something done now get something done now before everyone is you know used up before um all the big players are gone and I think when you look at this situation even for the Sacramento Kings it was I don’t know about you but me personally I started

Moving away from this once that article came out in the athletic that he was not going to that he does not intend and was not excited to be with Sacramento and did not intend to sign on any further even if you know I thought that maybe this organization could sell him on why

It could be a good place to stay so I look at that situation I go okay I get it all but now I go and look at this trade deadline and you talk about okay was this the right move for Indiana could they have been more patient with

Things I think sometimes you got you gotta what what is what strike when iron hot yeah any where you’re going well the other thing I’m curious about too is does this trade trigger some more activity now because I for whatever reason and I guess I get it deadline

Spur action but we always have to wait until the deadline for these deals to happen and this is a deal that went down a couple of weeks before now right about three weeks before the trade deadline whatever it is does this motivate other teams out there to go you know what we

Got to do something specifically the Kings coming off a couple of bad losses they’re playing kind of 500 basketball recently you can tell they need an injection of something they explored the seak now are they pivoting is it ausma is it Deon Murray is it um Zack LaVine out

There there are some questions or do they take more of like a oh let’s check in on Bruce Brown I’m just throwing a random name out there what do they do but I just wonder if this leads to more activity now as opposed to waiting until

Deadline day and I hope it does and I think the realization too of of realizing what type of tier of player you need with what you have right now within the Sacramento Kings or organization because if you weren’t going to get a guy that already thought

In his head that no matter what he had to be 1 a 1B it’s like then that’s not that’s not going to work going forward in the future you got to make sure you’re Gathering the right pieces that understand what their role is going to

Be when domos is on the floor when Fox is on the floor when Keegan’s on the floor and even when monks on the floor I mean that’s someone else that we’ve seen when the ball is in in his hands the playmaking is happening good things are happening so yeah I’m curious what tier

Of player the Sacramento Kings organization could go from here now that Pascal cakam has gone to Indiana can’t wait of course we will break it down as soon as big deals happen let us know in the comments below how you feel about this trade what do you think about what

The Pacers did how the Raptors did in this deal and what other moves do you anticipate happening drop the comments below and make sure to hit the Thumbs Up And subscribe appreciate you guys de de de and they tell you what they know de and de and the that you know

Deuce and Mo give their instant reaction to the Pacers landing Pascal Siakam from the Raptors in a 3-team deal.
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