Chuck: Pascal Siakam to the Pacers is a Great Trade | Inside the NBA

Chuck: Pascal Siakam to the Pacers is a Great Trade | Inside the NBA

Let’s talk about the SE yakum trade what’ you make of it I liked it for him but a player of his caliber you know he he’s what I consider a great other a Horus Grant Robert or I would I would have liked to see him go to Philadelphia

Philadelphia is is probably one one piece away and you know as well as Joel and beid is playing to have a guy like that next to him almost guaranteed Championship however Indiana yes however going to Indiana young team capable if the chips flow the right way you know U

Trey H bird you know play the way he playing in the guy Play Tyrese I keep saying if they continue to play the way they playing they have a chance you know but they but they’re one of those young things have to go right like they steal

A game or somebody gets hurt they have the capability but this guy right here again he’s he is a great other you know I know they talk about Kawai you know it was it was um he was reason they won in Toronto but you can never forget this

Guy he he is a important other NBA Allstar plays great I’m happy for him but I still think Indiana’s one or two players away but I wish him will 226 and five he averages shoots better than 50% plays both ends of the floor been an All-Star a couple of times been all NBA

Second and third team too so uh exactly what does this do Indiana wise short term um he fits in they play uptempo style they’re going to run the basketball they’re going to you know they need versatile players m multiple guys handle the ball with Halbert uh you know lot of different

Versatility things 225 and six that that’s that’s pretty impressive because Toronto doesn’t play at the pace that Indiana plays so he his numbers prop on the on the assistance and the rebounding will go up um perfect compliment long term I believe he this is last year of

His contract it is and he’s making about 30 million a year now it’s going to Wi a bigger deal coming in because now you’re saying I’m the second piece to year possibilities and the question is is he because when they won the championship we saw that he wasn’t the second best

Player on that team then he was coming into his own it was when when uh kawhai left that he became a focal point so we’ll see if he can be a focal point of a team because halberton gets the gets rid of the ball now you have to have a

Guy who can kind of get offensive things I think he’s an elevated Chris middle like an elevated version of Chris Middleton well he was the second best player when they won a championship you go look at the numbers this ain’t a good trade for the Pacers it’s a great trade okay it’s a

Great trade not even a good trade I love what they’re doing in Indiana they’re like hey you know what let’s go for it you only afraid of the Boston Celtics you’re not afraid of the Bucks we own the Bucks we beat them pretty much every time we played them

This year the Sixers I think they need another piece we only got to beat the Boston Celtics if we got a chance to get an Allstar an Allstar you don’t very seldom get a chance to get all stars on your team and you say to yourself I love you know his numbers

Only going to get better cuz he playing with better players so you see them moving from seven to where I think they could get to two or three because listen the Bucks the Bucks are not playing well you know act like to say they’re 28 and

13 but they’re not playing well you know they gave up 140 points the other night Dame hit the shot you can’t give up 140 points and win in the NBA I love what the Pacers are doing my Sixers I think they need another player I really do but I love

This trade I know they’re going to miss Bruce Brown I’m a big Bruce Brown fan I actually think Bruce Brown gonna get traded again to a contender because he’s such a terrific player but I love what the Pacers did I think this is a great trade for them because listen when I

Look at this when I’m looking at the standing I says the Celtics are the team to beat but we don’t fear anybody we already if I’m the Pacers we already own Milwaukee the Sixers in the regular season yeah that but that’s that but Ernie there’s it’s a bad matchup because

The patri excuse me the Bucks can’t guard anybody they can’t guard anybody and Indi we’ll see if Indiana defensively improves with a guy like with his Le because you talking about teams that don’t guard anybody I understand that but Kenny talks about it all the time they don’t guard anybody

But they’re saying hey you know what let’s just outscore people they got better yeah offensively I don’t they may be better defensively but they got better and like I say the only team you fear in the East is the Celtics because they were already number one offensively

Um now what are the Chicago Bulls going to do uh before the trade deadline because you keep hearing Zack LaVine here some Demar de rozan possibly well one of the reasons I admire m jery one thing I hate about the NBA is why am I paying bad players for us to be

Mediocre they got some good players they’re not relevant why am I paying these guys msiri Pro to me with Sam presty like no we got to get rid of these guys you got to start to rebuild at some point you can’t say well I want this this this this they’re not going to

Give you that because those players aren’t worth their trade pick so if I’m if I’m the Bulls I’m like Hey we’re open for business let’s start the rebuild well okay go ahead sh I I just I just hope they trade Zack LaVine to a contender uh you know he had he had a

Stretch there he was looking really good especially when Alonzo ball was there but no Lonzo ball and you know it has to be hard for a player when you hear your name trading room was like I was traded five time but I didn’t know I just got

Traded during the midd night but you hear all year I’m getting traded I’m getting traded I’m getting traded he should probably just go in there and say hey I’m not going to play until you trade me since you want to trade me but you know they’re rebuilding they’re you

Know resetting but you know the type of player he is I think if you trade him to a contender he can definitely help because when he was on his game you know we talked about him a lot they started 5 and 14 they’ve gone 14-9 since they are

Number nine in the East right now Kenny what you make of the Bulls well there’s a big difference between the Bulls and Toronto Raptors though the Toronto Raptors said we’re going to build a round Scotty Barnes if you’re trading Zack LaVine or you’re trading the mo who

Are you building around so that there’s a big difference from what Messiah had done said you know what Pascal cakam has the ball too much for Scotty bonds to develop into the player that we want him to be you know van fleet has the ball too much for for Scotty bonds to develop

Who are we developing into that player that we’re going to build around so when we make a trade we have to get the guy we’re building around them and typically those guys aren’t available the power uh Bank caros of the world the Scotty bonds of the world they’re not available

Because they’re already being build around so that’s going to be a tough call for Chicago because they don’t have a piece to build a round unless not a tough call it’s not a tough just burn down the house and start over well you mean serious over you know like they’re

Not relevant they’re not seriously they’re not I like I I never understand like you know what I’m not gonna be in the play in game I need draft picks I love what MSI did listen give me some young guys I don’t like paying guys 30 40 $50 million year for us to be

Mediocre

Inside the NBA crew Shaq, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith react to the Raptors-Pacers trade that sends Pascal Siakam to Toronto and break down what the Chicago Bulls should do at the trade deadline.

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