Pascal Siakam Megathread - All Siakam-centric topics will be merged into this one

[RaptorPride]

I love this board. OP asks for opinions from non Raptor fans and of course it's immediately followed up by Raptor fans calling him a future superstar and a better Draymond Green. People just can't help themselves. The guys a nice rotational piece/first or second guy off the bench on a contending team. Def a good pickup for where he was drafted, was an older red shirted freshman coming out of college and will be 25 this season so it will be interesting to see how he developes. Not sure who I would have rather have kept between him and Poeltl as I think he will really thrive under Pops also.

Yea I wanted to hear what non-raptor fans thought of him

[Steelo Green]

All I know is he's better than Draymond and a lot of people are gonna say the same this season especially when he improves his 3 pt shot

How is he better than Draymond? Please try to enlighten me so I can destroy your attempt.

Sorry but you were destroyed by buying into the troll toll.

[Potential]

All I know is he's better than Draymond and a lot of people are gonna say the same this season especially when he improves his 3 pt shot

How is he better than Draymond? Please try to enlighten me so I can destroy your attempt.

Draymond is the best defender of all time imo. But Siakam is better especially defensively

[Mylie10]

All I know is he's better than Draymond and a lot of people are gonna say the same this season especially when he improves his 3 pt shot

How is he better than Draymond? Please try to enlighten me so I can destroy your attempt.

Draymond is the best defender of all time imo. But Siakam is better especially defensively

Lol....a'ight

[LBJKB24MJ23]

I love this board. OP asks for opinions from non Raptor fans and of course it's immediately followed up by Raptor fans calling him a future superstar and a better Draymond Green. People just can't help themselves. The guys a nice rotational piece/first or second guy off the bench on a contending team. Def a good pickup for where he was drafted, was an older red shirted freshman coming out of college and will be 25 this season so it will be interesting to see how he developes. Not sure who I would have rather have kept between him and Poeltl as I think he will really thrive under Pops also.

1 **** guy and a known homer... Don't generalize. Makes you look stupid

[theonlyclutch]

Be grateful yall didn't have to trade him to get Kawhi, he seems like the exact sort of player that would flourish in the Spurs.

[GimmeDat]

He's a really great defender, that's been covered. I felt like was the sort of guy that would come in NBA ready and fill a niche but would be limited and wouldn't really blossom beyond his initial skill-set. Seeing some of these videos makes me wonder whether there is indeed some upside to his game that is still developing offensively. With all that said, we can often see guys flash various skills in non-NBA settings but never be elite enough at them for it to translate to NBA play. So I'll believe the offensively development when I see it during the season. But at least he has an athletic base to work off. A very valuable piece for Toronto.

[GordanFreeman]

All I know is he's better than Draymond and a lot of people are gonna say the same this season especially when he improves his 3 pt shot

Bruh...

[The_Hater]

The small ball lineup potential is scary (maybe some issues crashing the boards?) - Lowry, Green, Kawhi, OG, Siakam.

That's probably the lineup I'm most looking forward to see from any team this year.

Yea rebounding is gonna be a problem with that lineup

If the team is good enough defensively though you can live with the rebounding issues. IIRC GS isn’t that good of a rebounding team with their small ball lineup, it’s just they destroy you in so many other ways you can live with it

Just look around the league, all the top teams are sacrificing rebounding for defense, speed and spacing these days. If rebounding was still a priority Kenny Faried wouldn’t be a 3rd stringer that nobody wants these days. Gotta get a stop before you can get a rebound.

[Shwaguy]

Is the guy who said he'll be better than Draymond still a troll?

Edit: I googled RealGM Siakam to find a more recent thread of his, it's always interesting looking at threads about MIP candidates before they were actually MIP candidates.

[bisme37]

Hey does anyone know where I can find any threads about Pascal Siakam? I've been wanting to discuss him but he really seems to fly under the radar.

[Shwaguy]

No need to be a passive aggressive prick I just googled Siakam RealGM and it was the first thread that hit :shrug:

[kenwood3333]

Good role player who does a little bit of everything but nothing particularly well. Reminds me of Al Horford.

[Tracymcgoaty]

One of the great players these last 10 years.

I remember his shot against jazz over Ehlo in the 98 finals.

Goat

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

I like his game a lot, he's a 3 pointer away from being a special defensive player.

He's also a sub-10 second 100m dash away from being an Olympic curler.

[Clay Davis]

He's really the classic Raptors player. Unheralded non lottery pick that turned himself into a surprisingly good player, and someone who completely vanishes in the playoffs.

Hahahahaha

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[Wargreymon]

My thoughts are we need more Pascal Siakam threads on the GB.

[Perseus1966]

Best player of Raptors

[IAMZOOTED2]

I like his game a lot, he's a 3 pointer away from being a special defensive player.

He is a special defensive player right now.


Anyways, I'm a big fan. Coming out of college, I always thought of him as a potential "new-age" Taj Gibson.

Wow. New-age Taj Gibson? I like it. Taj, when he was balling, could get buckets. Siakum is a much better creator/ passer tho. Also Taj is built pretty diesel, whereas Pascal needs to add a few lbs. Both can defend like mofos, too

[Raps in 4]

I love this board. OP asks for opinions from non Raptor fans and of course it's immediately followed up by Raptor fans calling him a future superstar and a better Draymond Green. People just can't help themselves. The guys a nice rotational piece/first or second guy off the bench on a contending team. Def a good pickup for where he was drafted, was an older red shirted freshman coming out of college and will be 25 this season so it will be interesting to see how he developes. Not sure who I would have rather have kept between him and Poeltl as I think he will really thrive under Pops also.

Worst player projection of the year?