Pascal Siakam on Fred VanVleet’s departure, relationship with Darko Rajakovic
0:00 – Fred VanVleet leaving
2:00 – On selfishness, new team culture: “I feel like I play the game right way…feels like I always have two guys on me.”
5:00 – Contract season
6:50 – Developing a relationship with Darko
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39 Comments
He deserves so much better but good on him for not letting that coward Masai throw him under the bus.
The fact anyone would think Pascal is selfish is absolutely HORRIBLE! He earned his way into the league and his current spot a star through hard work and UNSELFISHNESS!
You are one of those lost lost people it's a teen first
The team played selfish. He's not saying Pascal is selfish. Nick nurses style was selfish.
We need to get him a good player to play with he deserves that
Holy…. they leaned how to use mics when asking questions, congrats, first big win of the season!
The entire team played selfish and Pascal was no different. Fred really took the cake though (literally). It all boils down to 1 thing. Winning = Money. Not winning means you have to be selfish and pad stats to get a bag.
Fred was selfish and nurse just let him be. Siakam has always been a team player
Pascal is always for the team.
6:50 – 8:11 This is shade on Darko and him/franchise favouring Scottie over him. Shade on Scottie too iykyk
Trade this guy. He sounds so defensive about everything. "I don't care what the system is" WHAT!? And he said he's not selfish…
Masai: "Everyones selfish" Pascal: "Im not selfish"
Pascal letting the. Know he is the best player on the team
This guy is selfish. Get rid of him so Barnes and Precious can breakout. No Super max for you.
The issue is not pascal. The issue is a lack of direction and form. Masai has built this wreck of a team from a pile of good parts by pretending he knows what hes doing.
The "bet on yourself" mentality is inherently selfish. Fred got his bag because that's what he's all about–himself and his so-called "generational wealth." We now move on.
Something seems off with Pascal – and its interesting that if he's the best player YET not one of other players interviewed cited Pascal as the natural leader of the team after Fred's absence. I think that says a lot about the team dynamic. I also think that there is something going on under the surface btwn a young Scottie and Pascal – but that's just my guess.
Lol, Nick Nurse had Freddy and Pascal playing more minutes than any other players and both taking the majority of the shots. That’s definitely selfish play. If they made their shots at the end of games, maybe peeps wouldn’t notice the selfish play. Too many times did I yell, pass the ball.
The reporter who asked the selfish question should travel to H-Town and ask it. Might get the correct answer. lol.
Not selfish but last year you supported FVV and Nurse, you passed to him more than anyone else like a quarterback, pass to the corners, drag players in and pass. Last year Raptors basketball was disgusting.
Siakam is a nice player but not appreciated in t.o
Lakers or Denver could use him after he leaves this team for nothing. 😂
Pascal is passive aggressive in this…hmmmm….something is off
What a gloomy depressing media day 😂 we need to hit reset dude seems mentally checked out now
When I heard the word selfish pascal never came to my mind, you know who did Fred and only Fred
Fred will not be hard to replace. Everyone else will thrive now that Mr “hog the ball to yourself” Fred is gone. Watch Scottie thrive this year, Gary to. They are the two that will benefit the most from Mr selfish being gone. Pascal is not selfish at all, he plays a team game. He had to do a lot of heavy iso plays because he needed to bail the team out. Fred took some rediculous shots early in the clock. I’m so happy he’s gone. Fred and nick nurse were the two biggest negatives on this entire organization last year. And good on Masai cutting bait and moving on.
Fred took horrible shots. We all saw it. Love the guy and his story but it was time to move on.
Best Raptor All Time!
Bye bye pascal
Maybe i’m reading too much into it, but based on his responses i don’t see him returning next year.
Lots of trap questions by reporters as always trying to stir up drama. Good job by Pascal to steer around their bs.
Based on his full press, it appears that Siakam is still worried more about “self” and not so much “team”. When you have 300M on the line, I bet he will revert back to last season antics.
I think this dude is cooked in Toronto.
Slow Raptors fams have to understand he’s going for that supermax hes going to stat pad
The selfishness things is not just on the court, it is also off of it, contract, etc
Did anyone catch how that media member tried to link Mashai calling the team selfish to Pascal very slick. By saying" he spoke to you specifically" talk about gaslighting…wow
Pascal was a tour de force. That’s how you handle a press conference.
Selfish all the way. This guy never listens to making adjustments. Masai called him out
His answers clearly says he refused to listen. Kyle told him use the criticism for how he played against Boston and he said he doesn’t need to listen. This is the same guy who had a blow out with nurse. He has to go
Pascals gone after this interview lol hes done
Huh??? Not selfish???
Hmmm ok Mr ISO 😂😂
We'll see how this works. You better pass the ball to OG this year