Pascal Siakam Agrees To Four-Year Max Extension With Raptors

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:21 pm

Pascal Siakam has signed a four-year max contract extension with the Toronto Raptors, his agents told Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe of ESPN.

The deal is worth $129.9 million over four years.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski & Zach Lowe/ESPN

donemilio21 · Post #2 » by **donemilio21** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:37 pm

Do Raptors expect Siakam to put 25/10/5 type numbers and become an all nba player?

Hans1984 · Post #3 » by **Hans1984** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:44 pm

Makes no sense. Way too early for that kind of deal.

yoyojw17 · Post #4 » by **yoyojw17** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:41 pm

Don't get me wrong.... i like Siakim a lot..... but he ain't that type of player.... He needs to ship some of that salary to Kawhi to say "thank you". lol

Red_Claw · Post #5 » by **Red_Claw** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:46 pm

He's better than Ben Simmons.

Larger offensive arsenal including 3 pt shot.
Better defensively.
Not as good a passer but will get 4+ assists per game which is still VERY good for PF
Hardest worker on the team and great teammate

Deserves every penny.

Red_Claw · Post #6 » by **Red_Claw** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:48 pm

donemilio21 wrote:Do Raptors expect Siakam to put 25/10/5 type numbers and become an all nba player?

22/9/4 will do this season but i expect him to continue to improve and to one day reach those stats.

closg00 · Post #7 » by **closg00** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:14 pm

I hope for the Org that the contract is incentive-based with lots of hoops to jump-through to get that kind of money, this is way too-early for this kind of contract, but they gotta lock-down this cornerstone piece.

bootsythornton · Post #8 » by **bootsythornton** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:20 pm

Anyone that says he isnt a max player doesn't watch the Raptors. Siakam is easily one of the most unique players in the league. I would say probably the fastest player end to end with the ball in the league. TS is easily one of the highest in the league. Impacts the game in so many ways.

One could argue that drafting Siakam was Toronto's Draymond Green. A franchise altering piece at the end of the first round.

TruthDoesntHurt · Post #9 » by **TruthDoesntHurt** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:37 am

Fantastic player with loads of upside - great move for the Raps

SeanDaRyan · Post #10 » by **SeanDaRyan** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:50 am

Siakam is twice the player then Simmons is...easy contact to give

Vegeta10176 · Post #11 » by **Vegeta10176** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:51 am

Red_Claw wrote:He's better than Ben Simmons.

Larger offensive arsenal including 3 pt shot.
Better defensively.
Not as good a passer but will get 4+ assists per game which is still VERY good for PF
Hardest worker on the team and great teammate

Deserves every penny.

Better than Simmons give me a break..

ryanball · Post #12 » by **ryanball** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:27 am

The birth of a bad contract. This one was so obvious too, but there it is.

bootsythornton · Post #13 » by **bootsythornton** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:35 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:
Red_Claw wrote:He's better than Ben Simmons.

Larger offensive arsenal including 3 pt shot.
Better defensively.
Not as good a passer but will get 4+ assists per game which is still VERY good for PF
Hardest worker on the team and great teammate

Deserves every penny.

Better than Simmons give me a break..

Watch the games.... its not even close. Siakam impacts the game on every level.

Post #14 » by **TheCage4** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 2:52 am

sportsyard wrote:Anyone that says he isnt a max player doesn't watch the Raptors. Siakam is easily one of the most unique players in the league. I would say probably the fastest player end to end with the ball in the league. TS is easily one of the highest in the league. Impacts the game in so many ways.

One could argue that drafting Siakam was Toronto's Draymond Green. A franchise altering piece at the end of the first round.

Probably the fastest end to end with the ball? Clearly you’ve never watched De’Aaron Fox play one minute of basketball.

Otherwise, Siakam is a gamer. Good for him to land that type of contract. He’ll continue to work for it.

Tussin33 · Post #15 » by **Tussin33** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:04 am

they signed Lowry to a similar deal so I'm not shocked. Small markets have to overpay or siakim will end up in LA or NY because the NBA is broken.

Cookin Baskets · Post #16 » by **Cookin Baskets** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:27 am

He's their best player now, so the move makes sense. They want to give him a real shot at becoming a franchise and/or all-star type player. They want the stability after losing Leonard and are taking a risk but he really showed alot of improvement last year and he could very well continue to improve. Smart Calculated Risk by the Raptors.

spree2kawhi · Post #17 » by **spree2kawhi** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:21 am

sportsyard wrote:
Vegeta10176 wrote:
Red_Claw wrote:He's better than Ben Simmons.

Larger offensive arsenal including 3 pt shot.
Better defensively.
Not as good a passer but will get 4+ assists per game which is still VERY good for PF
Hardest worker on the team and great teammate

Deserves every penny.

Better than Simmons give me a break..

Watch the games.... its not even close. Siakam impacts the game on every level.

He's better than Simmons.

jason bourne · Post #18 » by **jason bourne** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:13 pm

donemilio21 wrote:Do Raptors expect Siakam to put 25/10/5 type numbers and become an all nba player?

Is it standard for rookies to get the all-NBA bump in salary? Ben Simmons looks to have snagged the way better deal. 5 yrs/$169,500 with the following:

" 15% Trade Kicker
Has Designated Rookie Extension language, can trigger up to 30% of cap if earns All-NBA team in 2019-20 season
No All-NBA: $170M (25%)
All-NBA 3rd team: $190M (28%)
All-NBA 2nd team: $196.8M (29%)
All-NBA 1st team: $203.6M (30%)"

No trade kicker and no designated rookie extension language for Siakam. Straight 4 yrs/$129,920.

tor1234567 · Post #19 » by **tor1234567** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:56 pm

TheCage4 wrote:
sportsyard wrote:Anyone that says he isnt a max player doesn't watch the Raptors. Siakam is easily one of the most unique players in the league. I would say probably the fastest player end to end with the ball in the league. TS is easily one of the highest in the league. Impacts the game in so many ways.

One could argue that drafting Siakam was Toronto's Draymond Green. A franchise altering piece at the end of the first round.

Probably the fastest end to end with the ball? Clearly you’ve never watched De’Aaron Fox play one minute of basketball.

Otherwise, Siakam is a gamer. Good for him to land that type of contract. He’ll continue to work for it.

He probably meant to say that Siakam could go end-to-end with the ball "using the least amount of steps".

Honestly, the guy just grabs the defensive rebound and like 7 steps later, he's dunking on the opposing net.

It's impossible to draw a charge on the guy or try to beat him to his path because he's like Stretch Armstrong AND the Flash combined.

artsncrafts · Post #20 » by **artsncrafts** » Sun Oct 20, 2019 4:28 pm

I dont think he is worth a max but as a Raptors fan there is no other choice I guess. What is bizarre is that they did this when he is a RFA, I dont really understand why. They could have just signed him next off season or matched any offer.