Why the Pacers Went ALL-IN For Pascal Siakam

Why the Pacers Went ALL-IN For Pascal Siakam

The Pacers have traded for Pascal cakam horrible news for the Warriors who have very few options left we will explain what they do next but the trade is Pascal SE yakum for Bruce Brown Jordan noara three first round picks and Kyra Lewis also going to the Raptors three

First round picks and players for an expiring contract yes but Reports say Toronto wanted Ben mathine and jarus Walker but Indie said no we’ll give you picks instead and not all picks are created equal so if Indie plans on being good they’re three low picks anyway but

Rumors say SE yakum has told teams he wants to explore free agency it would be a disaster if they gave up all that for just four months of seum but none of that is actually true SE yakum is bluffing to get a 5-year Max contract Indie gets his bird rights here which

Means only they can offer a full 5 years if Pascal goes anywhere else he takes a around a $60 million pay cut so what he’s actually saying is if you trade for me you better offer me that 5year Max or else I’m going elsewhere so I am

Confident the Pacers and SE yakum have a deal in place to offer him that huge contract did you hear his agent I’m excited that Pascal is getting a first class opportunity with the Pacers being paired with Tyrese and Miles his future there looks bright uh yeah but does this

Even make sense I mean Tyrese is 23 years old how is SE yakum on that timeline if they pay Pascal he’s 35 years old at the end of the contract well the Pacers see this different their top five players in minutes right now are Tyrese Bruce Brown Miles Turner

Buddy heeld and matth swap out Bruce for Pascal who’s 29 years old and they’re not a young team their timeline is now at first we expected them to rebuild getting halber rumors said vets like Miles Turner and buddy heeld were on the trade block at the time Turner was upset

About his role and the team hadn’t won a playoff series since 2014 but something weird happened with hie he was a connector that made all the pieces fit together Miles Turner suddenly happy and he signed a contract extension to stay then halberton became an Allstar last

Year and they gave him a Max contract this season they watched their young team beat the Celtics and the Bucks in backto back games so hold up maybe we are ready to push right now maybe Tyrese is a special mature player who doesn’t need a 5year rebuild he is so good you

Aren’t getting like high draft picks anyway hie wins too many games for that so their only options were to get a star-free agent or make a star type trade and uh Indie doesn’t get starfree agents okay they’re not l LA or Miami so in reality a star trade is the only way

They can rebuild around halberg when you look at a team like Detroit it makes sense they got a stud young point guard in Kade Cunningham and look at them now oh tear it down they said get high draft picks yeah that’ll work but they’re in year four of a rebuild and worse than

Ever so there is no right way to do this and the Pacers are going all in with this deal cuz he is a perfect fit SE yakum gives a great pick and roll partner to Tyrese halberton he doesn’t shoot threes well but Miles Turner is one of those centers who can stretch the

Floor also when SE yakum is motivated he is an awesome Defender which is the Pacers biggest issue right now they have the number one offense with the 26th rank D obviously spicy P can’t fix their entire defense but in a playoff series against wings like Jason Tatum or Jimmy

Butler they now have a legit matchup to slow them down but that doesn’t mean this ain’t risky now that they chose this path to go down if it backfires they could lose Halton just look at the Hawks their rebuild is a disaster around Trey young first they went with draft

Picks got DeAndre Hunter and cam reddish in the top 10 whiffed on both then they Panic spent a ton of money on ran Rondo and Danilo galinari then they go the trade route sent three first round picks in a swap for Deon Murray which failed now nobody could blame Tre for demanding

A trade so when a team makes a big swing like this and it fails they could lose everything now before we get to the Warriors what about the Raptors people will say they fleeced the Pacers but three low first round picks isn’t that big of a deal it’s Bruce Brown Jordan AA

And three low picks not bad and the fact that Indie kept Ben mathine out of this deal is a huge win for them we know what Toronto wants they want good young players around Scotty Barnes to compete now it’s why they got RJ Barrett and Emanuel quickley for ogn anobi but this

Time they accepted a bunch of picks and a good vet instead of good young players so I expect them to trade Bruce Brown for a good young player to a contender Bruce is a good Defender solid shot inside the three-point line key to the Nuggets Championship if a team like the

Lakers or Sixers want him they need to flip a good young piece or they could package these indie Pi in a separate deal to upgrade but I don’t think this deal is over but what about the other teams who wanted seaka rumors said it was the Mavericks the Kings and the

Warriors multiple Reports say the dubs refused to include Jonathan Kinga or Moses moody in the deal and make no mistake they could have beat the Pacers offer yes Indie sent three first round pick that’s not even what Toronto actually wanted they took the picks instead of good young players they

Wanted kaminga or Moody but got denied why because SE yakum is 29 years old and wants that fat Max contract Golden State wasn’t willing to offer him the fifth year so they would then risk trading kaminga for nothing right now the dubs are in 12th Place outside a playing spot

They didn’t think sakam was going to change that so what do they do now nothing there is no better trade piece then seak out there right now Reports say the Blazers have no intention of dealing Jeremy Grant so unless it’s Deon Murray I don’t see the Warriors making a

Big move at the trade deadline I think they will play out this horrible season and try to make a move next summer but the sad part they don’t even have their own first round pick in the upcoming draft that goes to the Memphis Grizzlies from a trade to take Andre aala in 2019

I’m not saying the Warriors are screwed but it is hard to see a way out right now I mean fans don’t want to trade clay or Draymond they don’t want to deal pods or kaminga or Moody you can have Wiggins and a pick for like Paul George no you

Need to part with a good piece to get a good piece so right now the sixth place Pacers just upgraded for an Allstar number two to compete with Tyrese Halbert they definitely need other moves to be a real Contender but getting an Allstar plus Defender like sakam was an

Excellent First Step so I ranked the top five most disappointing players in the NBA I can admit I made a mistake I put John Collins in at number five and he was disappointed now he’s looked pretty good the past month for the Jazz so I probably should have put Lonzo ball in

At number five but whatever check out the video because I stand behind my top four

Pascal Siakam has been traded and it took 3 players and 3 picks to get him. The Pacers rarely make a big splash like this so we have to break down their plan for the 29 year old All-Star. This is a reaction to the trade and what it means including for the Golden State Warriors.