Pascal Siakam to the Sacramento Kings?!

Pascal Siakam to the Sacramento Kings?!

All right Morgan are you ready for a little I’m ready segment we have not done this year the return of DMC this is where we go over NBA rumors because it’s that time the NBA trade deadlines coming and that means rumors left and right it started with Jake fiser

Saying could the Kings be moving herder Bon Mitchell well that’s the buzz that the Kings would be interested in moving those players they do not want to move Keegan Murray and quite frankly won’t move Keegan Murray according to reports cool so that’s one thing and then this afternoon

I was getting ready to go to Golden One Center when Shams had this Intel on Pascal sakam ramping up trade talks around Pascal cakam and I’m told the Sacramento Kings are emerging as a serious Suitor in seak they’re among the offers and options that Toronto has and this is a gaining interest for

Sacramento to pair and combine a big three of Pascal cakam dear Fox and Damon sabonis if they’re able to pull a deal off but what could be a very integral part of these conversations with cakam is he is on an expiring contract of about $38 million and his willingness

And his desire to resign as a free agent in July whether that’s in Sacramento or another team that he does get moved to that is going to play a big part in this this that could play a major role in this for if that team that’s trying to

Get him is is going to want to check into whether he will resign as a free agent and and if not that could also dissuade some teams so there’s Shams with that report so the Areno is buzzing the reporter is all looking around what’s happening people fans looking at

The fact that Messiah yueri Bobby Webster the front office of the Raptors were in town tonight what is happening so that was posted in the afternoon but by 6:10 there was an update from Shams who report reported the Sacramento Kings are deciding to pull out the Pascal cakam

Talks things can be fluid but King’s Raptor’s talks are now over that’s the very latest um I think we all expect the Kings to be active around the trade deadline and this time of year the rumors come out left and right and you’re left with going what do you

Believe where is this coming from we do this every year every year there’s a lot of agendas this time of year who’s leaking this stuff is it agents you know is an agent giv to Shams I also my other thing I Shams is a grinder he puts a lot of stuff out there

Shams is more willing to put out like rumors that may not mean he may but put talks out where W is more like he’s reporting when it’s a little more advanced Shams is like I’m putting it out there I’m doing some stuff with FanDuel TV that can get and stadium that

Could get some good traction I wish people would understand this reference that I want to go with but you think about like for example if anyone watched The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City uh season finale when Heather gay was trying to prove that Monica was this bad blogger okay this undercover Instagram

Blogger that has been putting out a whole bunch of about them she waited until she got all this information from people that she had on the inside that that was the person and then she confronted Monica where like Shams would be the type that would hear

One rumor like I think it’s Monica and then he’d be like Monica did you do this without all his facts but like it it ended up being true and I’m sure there’s truth to what he puts out and thank you for anyone that actually understand that reference but truly seven people who

Listen to the podcast that’s fine and those seven people please let us know please let us know thank you but that’s truly what I do feel like Shams does and I don’t think that’s a problem because I think it’s kind of fun I love a little

Bit of tea but at the same time like if you are out there taking on this information take it on like hey it’s just a little rumor it’s just a little tea let’s talk about where this is at though in terms of the king’s interest in SE yakum it obviously makes some

Sense you see how he plays he’s a player that when he’s going can score at all three levels not as efficient from three as maybe you would like he’s been doing it better as of late but he’s got size I think he can play with physicality he is

Long rangy can defend a few positions too he’s a pretty talented player the challenge is he’s in the final year of his contract he makes $38 million so if you’re trading for him what are you giving up and you have to match the contracts right so you play with the

Trade check treer checker the trade Checker and you see some of the options and you try to figure out okay what would the Raptors want I think the Raptors are to the point where if they’re moving SE yakum they just want to get something of value back they

Don’t want him to just walk the challenge with that is what do teams want to give up if they’re not getting assurances from Pascal SE yakum that he will resign with them and I think think with these talks maybe pure speculation Sak’s like I’m not agreeing to sign with

Sacramento I don’t even know if I want to go to Sacramento I mean also thinking about from his perspective I think Sacramento is a desirable spot for some players but I could see a world where seak looks in the mirror and he’s like I’ve been an All-Star an all NBA player

I’m at the same level as sabonis and fox I’m going to go there knowing that sabonis has the ball a lot that fox has has the ball a lot no I’d rather go somewhere else where I still get my touches send me to Atlanta where it’s a

Two-man game with Trey or maybe get me to Golden State with step we also don’t know his personality right and the reason why I say that because I go there are some personalities that truly can believe like they they how is how am I trying to say this

They they have a personality where they um really enjoy the game and it’s not it’s not even like oh they love winning and they want to go where winning is it’s they love basketball so they love a certain style that is there and I feel

Like if he were to have a season and there was winning basketball one but also Mike Brown was there and he was being coached by Mike Brown and his style and he’s like oh this could better my game for this time in my career I think that

Is so valuable to certain players that actually respect the hell out of the game and respect that part of the game I agree and and that’s why I’m saying I don’t know if he’s one of those guys or if he’s more like I’m Kyle kozma get me

Paid get me the ball well and I think part of his logic too is if I get traded to I don’t know Sacramento when I hit free agency that team can pay me the most yes I would hate to give up money have to go somewhere else I would rather

Get traded to a team that I know I want to be with I think Pascal would definitely desire to play with the Warriors and play with Steph Curry I think that is something that is appealing to him why wouldn’t you want these talks yeah I mean whether they’re

Paus for now it doesn’t mean it’s over for good this is we are in January right now and maybe there was some stuff exchanged today some talks and they couldn’t reach a consensus on something what you know what we’re done with this for now and maybe this got leaked out by

Someone in the Kings a few hours later like okay we’re going to squash this and say talks or pause who knows what to believe at this point that’s where we’re at with it I think from Sacramento’s perspective too like I don’t know how you feel about this but do you make a

Trade for seum without knowing he’s going to resign are you willing to take that gamble they’ve done this before years ago with Rudy Gay and they were able to get him to resign they’ve been been able to retain players before but if you trade let’s just say you traded

To make salaries work it’s like Barnes herder Davon a pick to get SE yakum knowing that he can make you better and you get to keep Keegan and maybe this year with the West being open who knows what the hell can happen you never know

Yeah but he could walk at the end of the year are you willing to take that risk even though it doesn’t give you a lot of cap space if he walks I I feel like for Pascal seak I’m sure you’re you would be willing to take that rental that risk

And on top of that you would believe obviously you believe that that would turn into winning basketball and winning basketball would please this man and make this man actually want to be a part of this group going forward and want to resign but I mean yeah there’s just no

Guarantees but that’s that’s the type of guy sure I would take the rental on and that’s something that Sacramento I think th you they’re the type of team sometimes that you think about where it’s like hey we may not be able to get a pascaly aam in free agency but if we

Trade for him and to your point show him our infrastructure show them what we’re about the style of play the resources that we have the commitment yeah the building the fans that we can convince him to stay that like we hey we’ll make him believe like that’s kind of what

They bet on and it’s a bet for sure but it’s also one of those things that man you do on paper go if you had four four of your five starters are Fox Keegan cakam and sabonis and then you have monk coming off the bench yeah

I mean I mean it’s yeah it’s I mean that’s what your that’s what your goal is in this league is to find although you believe in Keegan and him becoming that third guy and that’s why even when Shams is talking about like can he be that third guy I’m like yeah I mean

Obviously that’s what seum would be but how great that Keegan’s your fourth you know it’s just like that’s a that’s it’s it’s a very much it feels like a holy type of move move um but you are taking that risk and I I think this Kings team and what they believed in

Last year especially at the trade deadline was their continuity and I think this year they it’s not that they don’t believe in that and Pati still but they also understand that hey to get better you’re going to have to take risk and move but but the moves that need to

Be made still need to be smart and I think so many people are going to be so pissed off if nothing is done I’m sorry but here’s the thing if things behind the scenes if there are teams that would only do something if Keegan Murray is involved if Malik monk isn’t involved

Screw you you can’t make it then you can’t get it done you could still get a deals done around the deals done the deals done will be the under the raadar moves and I’m talking about the under the radar type guys on certain teams that are losing around this League that

Everyone’s going to be like how is that that’s not Pascal team but it’s like okay but it’s the tweak there’s going to be certain players that are going to end up being the tweak I mean you just think about someone like Trey ly that has completely changed this team and nobody

Was even talking about him in that move you know it’s like nobody was even being like what can this guy do I think you and I maybe mentioned like hey he still could have this or do this or then in the off season it was like he worked on

His body not knowing what he could actually contribute when he is a big part of this team so my point is is like even with that stuff I’m not saying you you you you can do whatever the hell you want but I’m also going to be patient

With my thought process to I also think there’s there’s nothing wrong with an under the radar move I think if you upgrade slightly it can make this team significantly better and you’re betting on hey dude I think Keegan long term is going to turn into a player in the N

You’re not screwing with the core so that’s something I mean I’m not trading Keegan Murray like that’s off the table that’s not happening so improving this team is outside of that I mean I think the SE yakum thing is going to be interesting to follow that we’ve heard

Noise you know Mark Stein had some stuff today talking about Atlanta being interested the dejonte Murray things getting weird yeah the Pacers beat them again today second time this year they’ played and the Pacers have scored 150 Plus on them in a game that’s awful it’s

A weird vibe it looks like they want to move on from Deon Murray more focused on you know Trey Young young and and Jaylen Johnson but could they be on him the Pacers have been brought up about Pascal SE yakum which fascinates me I don’t from the Pacers perspective I don’t know

What their Rush is you know I I don’t know why trading for 29y old Pascal seaka and then looking to like extend him what’s that really do for them I think they can be patient allow halberton to continue to develop into what he is turning into which is one of

The best players in the league and build around that I don’t think they have to make their move now and I I don’t know I I think they’d be a playoff team and get that experience and then still be attractive in the future to go get people yeah yeah because if you’re

Trying to get that rental when you’re not even a playoff well I mean I guess they could be they would be but I don’t know I mean I think they get they’ll get they could get to the playoffs without him in the East and I’m just saying is

That the missing is that what you want to invest in I don’t think they have to make that move now even Detroit’s been mentioned like Detroit wants to do something could they in in the mix who the hell knows so the SE yakum thing at least at the moment kind of pushed aside

But I mean I I I would love to see the fit I think there are questions about okay what’s the spacing going to look like because of where SE yakum likes to operate right maybe in some similar spots like sabonis and even fox in the mid-range in times but I also think he

Has the ability to do different things out there and you can use him differently I mean it it just gives you another guy that can go out and get to get as well that’s it that’s not only he can he can do things on both end ends of

The floor and that is not only what Mike Brown would want to add in his rotation that is what anyone around this league would want to add it’s mostly just knowing that he is a rental unless you can convince him to sign resign and the other name to watch that I think

There’s a lot of smoke around this name too is Kyle kozmo for a few reasons yeah one the Kings and Monty McNair literally thought they had to deal done with him when he was for him when he was with the Lakers remember what happened instead Russell Westbrook got traded to

The Lakers and that squashed the king’s deal with the LA Lakers it would have got montress Herold at the time kma at one point sound like kyp maybe in it I don’t know if that was actually accurate but kma thought he was coming to Sacramento like montre heral was on the

Phone trying to ask Ric an old King’s assistant where he should live because they thought they were going to Sacramento so there’s obviously interest in kozma and then this offseason I think there was interest in him he elects to resign with the Washington Wizards and his deal little more appealing one he’s

Under contract for a few more years right and the deal goes down each and every year he’s got the size he’s not as good of a player as Pascal se yakum but he could help the Kings too I just don’t know what Washington’s really trying to

Do and what they would have interest in from the Sacramento Kings I I mean who I have no idea what Washington’s trying to accomplish I don’t even know what they’re trying to accomplish with the pieces that they do have so it’s like I get it if that was the direction

That they went in especially if they could make it done easily you know um and especially because the interest and the Intrigue has been there for quite some time but is Kyle kozma also somebody that you think Mike Brown could coach up the right way that would buy in and not

Want out two years from now I you know what I mean I’m just and I mean that’s a question about some of these names I’m talking about in general Pascal seaka kuzma you know I know Zack LaVine was thrown in there I just don’t think the king’s front office is actually

Interested in LaVine and maybe I’m dead wrong but I just don’t feel like that’s the case you know and KO says K’s empty stats and here’s what I tell you you put him around pieces where he is not the guy not the guy but he’s one of the core

Guys it just it goes to being like okay maybe that could Elevate his game to another level but maybe not yeah and I also I’m not concerned about stats when it comes to Kyle kosma you know I’m I want to know Bayan is he

Going to run the floor is he going to be a lob threat is he going to be cool with some nights if he’s not scoring 20 and and he’s scoring 12 is he going to go out there and compete defensively and show he can be productive without the

Score you know the scoring out there so that’s with any player you’re you’re acquiring is you want the Buy in that’s why you know I’m interested in D rozan Man Caruso maybe Patrick I lot of bulls guys I mean and I agree with all these players but it’s I’m waiting for rumors

You know I’m wait when I say rumors I’m waiting for like Rumblings around those guys before I’m like oh of course of course there’s I can name a 100 guys I want around the league but are there Rumblings around these guys if I were the Kings 2 and in the Raptors talks I

Would be trying to get Dennis shuder okay I I mean you think about bringing him off the bench yeah that would be great kind of fun with him and Monk and he has a little bit of he’s got a little dog in him uhuh I like it and

He’s been on enough teams you I mean I know he’s kind of complicated at times but he’s also been on some good teams I agree I dig him

Deuce and Mo react to the reports of the on-and-off trade talks between the Kings and Raptors regardng Pascal Siakam and the risks involved in making a move for the All-NBA talent.
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