Raptors Select Paskal Siakam 27th

[Wo1verine]

It's all random sometimes management is correct sometimes the majority of the fan base is

Um no.

I can name way more times when fans got it wrong, and the team was right than the opposite.

- How about when Raptor fans booed Stoudamire cuz they wanted Ed O'Bannon?
- How about when Knicks fans booed Porzingis?

I could go on and on and on....

That's incorrect statement - All you have to do is read the draft threads. Fans are correct way more than you think.

Masai or any GM for that matter have been wrong lots.

[Brinbe]

so glad to be wrong!

[DreamTeam09]

I really wanted skal, so I was wrong there. Thought skal was gonna be the man, even last year when he came back with a 3. Pascal is amazing. I was wrong

[sofargone]

i wanted skal at 9 although i didn't hate the poetl pick and understood why we picked him. pascal at 27 made me lose it though lmao

[Hulk_Hogan]

Someone in the GB said this:

I love this pick for Toronto. I had Siakam as the most underrated player in the draft.

Steal of the draft IMO. Top-15 talent. Maybe top-10 in this draft. Draymond Green like defense and promising offensive game for someone who's basically had 2 years of serious coaching.

Someone hire that poster as a scout brother

[Lateral Quicks]

After having a bit of time to digest, I think I actually like this pick more than the Poetl pick at #9. I expect Poetl to be trade fodder in a year or two.

Whoa. You guys should listen to me more.

[GordanFreeman]

Someone in the GB said this:

I love this pick for Toronto. I had Siakam as the most underrated player in the draft.

Steal of the draft IMO. Top-15 talent. Maybe top-10 in this draft. Draymond Green like defense and promising offensive game for someone who's basically had 2 years of serious coaching.

Masai's burner account?

[GordanFreeman]

I love this pick for you guys. Top-10 talent in this draft, IMO. Great motor, great athlete, untapped potential offensively. He was uber dominant even if played against low level comp. But he'd raise his game against the best teams in the schedule, fwiw.

Can defend 3 or 4 positions in the NBA, I think. He's like Mbah-a-Moute before the injuries but with a softer touch, better hands, and more explosive.

I think he has Ibaka potential.

Hmmm, who are you?

[GordanFreeman]

One of many things I respect Masai for is that he doesn't send his employees to RealGM on draft night to try to control the reaction. When BC was GM, every year on draft night these phantom posters (with new accounts or old accounts with 20 posts) would appear to talk up and often insult the fans who were skeptical about the pick. It wasn't a random thing. Fans should be allowed to overreact. It's what we do.LOL.

This November 2017 post outed Colangelo like 6 months before he was actually outed.

I got goosebumps bruv. Eerie!

[GordanFreeman]

Read on Twitter

Bruh did you ask for penance from Lord ujiri?

[Don_Draper]

Wow! This thread exposed so many experts here lmao

[Slim_Charles]

Someone in the GB said this:

I love this pick for Toronto. I had Siakam as the most underrated player in the draft.

Steal of the draft IMO. Top-15 talent. Maybe top-10 in this draft. Draymond Green like defense and promising offensive game for someone who's basically had 2 years of serious coaching.

Whoever said this, was spot on!

[Darkseid]

Siakam will be the 3rd best player on a Finals team at some point.

Wow another guy spot on!

[RonaldArtest]

Stunned it's not Skal or Davis.

bump

Yeah I was disappointed we didn't draft one of those two dudes but I didn't know enough about Siakam to knock him as a player. I don't think anyone even remotely projected him to be as good as he's playing.

[Potential]

It's time to end the madness. #FireMasai

Lol obviously I was being sarcastic but I honestly never cared about judging who we draft because i always think about all those steals that happened with later picks who weren't hyped up or even known about and then they turn out to be great in the NBA and now look at Siakam

[NinjaBro]

Basically from what I read is Bismack Biyombo without the athleticism

[alienchild]

Basically from what I read is Bismack Biyombo without the athleticism

In fairness, he was close. What he probably meant to say is "Basically from what I read is athletic without the Biyomboism"

[refshateRaps]

Masai has shown he's not afraid to gamble.

Bruno
Pascal
DD trade

Some will fail others will be homeruns. I love it. Only way to have a chance is to have the balls. He has em...

[Vlade Divac]

Davis
Skal

BOTH ON THE BOARD!!

Passing twice on high-upside plays like Labissiere and Davis is disgusting

When a potential top-10 talent slides, you make the damn pick and worry about the rest later

Even the GODDAMN KINGS had the sense to pick up SKAL with the very next pick (28)...even tho he didn't work out for them either!

And he got 12 and 1s. LOL

[WuTang_CMB]

Masai struck gold , but not by luck, he knew what he was doing. Very impressive.

Siakam is basically a top 3 pick in that draft.

Simmons
Murray
Siakam

I am taking siakam over Ingram and jaylen brown any day of the week. Would prob rate him over Murray as well since Siakam's growth is off the charts and will continue to get better

There is not a better talent evaluator than Masai. God Bless him.