Toronto Raptors Already WON the Siakam trade

Toronto Raptors Already WON the Siakam trade

Yeah Pascal cakam Raptors forward gets traded to the Indiana Pacers for Bruce Brown Jordan noara and three first round picks uh as a part of a separate trade the New Orleans New Orleans Pelicans sent Kyra Lewis and a 2024 second round pick to the Pacers uh those picks the two first

Round picks or two of the first round picks going to the Raptors are Indiana’s own and the lesser of Utah Houston the Clippers and OKC um and while the third is the 2026 from Indiana um we already have a clip up but just give you give you a bridge takes

Especially hearing all this news about Pascal saying that this was his uh favorite second favorite trade destination did y’all see that news I did not see that news I’ve seen he did like the touchdown Indiana thing I just just didn’t click on it and hear him yo cornfields they literally just showed

The plane yeah the plane the sky the airport that’s all he show so they’re saying that he’s ex he’s eager for an extension with Indiana um you know people are circling the league about Tyrese Halbert now this could all be PR talks but people are circling Tyrese halberton and the

Indiana Pacers as a destination because of you know their play Style and what they’ve been shown and all that stuff like that so those those are big parts that have come out in the recent time um I guess I’ll start it off I mean Indiana isn’t a free agency destination

And for midmarket teams it is hard to find Stars even the Tyrese which they acquired through a trade so um you know it’s a stab at the wall they found their um their franchise Cornerstone and Tyrese personally I don’t think you can win a championship if he’s your best

Player but that’s another discussion for another day but um like they they found their guy ultimately is what I’m saying and um you know they’re trying to find that number two they got the number two um they got something good going on already I feel like they’re already a

Playoff slpl in team this season and um yeah let’s go all in on the the Tyrese era so I like it for them and then for Toronto I also like it for them as well I think um SE yakum was the last piece from that 2019 championship team

So you know this is truly the start of a new era around Scotty Emanuel quickle RJ Barrett and them boys so got a new coach as well so so it’s a good move for both teams to be honest with you they still got Chris Bret he he was from that

Team v v Chris I think he’s on the trading block too right like for so I wouldn’t be surprised if he was and he is Scott Scot Barnes IQ and RJ Barrett the only safe names only safe names in Toronto right now oh yeah yeah I ain’t

No B that’s a fact isn’t sh on the train block too he should be like I said Scotty bars IQ and RJ Barrett the only safe names right now that’s facts that’s facts um I’ll say I I’ll back up Souls um in terms of this trade I view this as

A winwin um I see this working for both teams especially if these rumors are true of seaka being excited to be there he wants an extension if he plans to be there long term or at least sign uh this is definitely a win for the p

I don’t think it was a flee job by anybody I’ve seen people saying that the Raptors flee the Pacers um no I I don’t see it as a fle uh the Pacers are a small Market no one wants to go play in Indiana so they had to do something they

Had to take a risk I don’t think this is the hugest risk I said this at the time of the trade I don’t think this is the biggest risk because this is a good situation for SE yakum compared to other situations he could have seen himself in

Um for the player that IV’s heard he wants to be this is your best chance to be it on this team um to still win games still be able to compete at a level obviously we all have our opinions on this team not being a championship team

With re at the one I think I agree with that too if tyes hbert is your best player I don’t think you’re gonna win a championship I do think you’re gonna win a play off series or two and have sell tickets but at the end of the day that’s

What they’re trying to do they’re trying to take steps and this is good I’m liking that and for the Raptors hey man you got your three young guys right now you got um you got two picks in this draft including if they have their own 2024 pick or someone else’s 2024 pick God

Forbid they have three or four first round picks this year you have a good shot at really retooling and building out a roster to go forward in the future we’re seeing a lot of these young teams for the most part being able to be competitive be fun be exciting these

Young players are being good immediately at least a lot of them I don’t know compare I don’t want to see here and compare the’ 08 class to the 18 class in the 11 uh 21 class whatever but it just seems like a lot of young guys are coming out and impacting teams so

They’re putting themselves in a situation to build a formidable new Young [ __ ] in a new Toronto uh era yeah I know you guys hate when uh everybody on stage agrees but and maybe Omar disagrees but it’s not going to stop with me yeah this is definitely a

Win-win um certainly a win-win now the I’m probably like a given context it sounds like every body is giving both equal grades or like a to a minus or anything like that I’m I’m a little bit more skeptical from the Pacers point of view only because me personally I’d wait

But it’s not a loss let me be very clear it’s not a loss but I was of the mindset and I still am of the mindset that hey man no harm in just you know waiting seeing what Reese can do stamping be uh Benedict as a two stamping every other

Young guy on your roster see making sure every everyone is who they say say they are and is what we expect them to be now that we’re in the actual winning environment for the first time since Oladipo so and then retooling in the offseason is always like the most

Optimal thing for teams to do so I was just like okay maybe they could do that but considering one if cakam is the fit I don’t I don’t even of the mindset that they overpay because if your guys truly think cakam is the fit for the team and

I see it as an actual outfit it I’m not mad at even a reach or overpay so overall it’s like a lowercase w for the Pacers to me I just personally would have timed it a little bit later but it’s nothing bad by any s stretch and

Yes I know he was free agent before y’all start you know what I mean when I’m saying time to trade later get someone else then but um in regards to the Raptors I hope nobody is arguing they lost the deal um at surface level they got three trade three picks um but

They’ve instantly established the young core in Toronto and then they’re not even done there’s probably more trades to come out of Toronto so they’re they’re on timing they’re finally realizing hey hey it was one ring so they hit the [ __ ] button I like I like I like the move for both teams You

Could argue practice patience I would even make that argument but there’s no way in hell the Pacers aren’t you know beneficiaries of this trade either um shouts out to uh uh what’s his name damn I I kill his name every single time what’s the what’s the Raptor GM

Ms Messi I wanna I want to say Maui but yeah shouts out to Messi and and give him another one and help maybe even one more um the things that I’ve been able to see him do and I’m not gonna drag this things that I’ve been able to see

Him do um you know dating dating even back to like the the the Rosen moves you know what I’m saying yeah he’s been good since he got here he’s he’s he’s been good since he got here like I I don’t he’s he’s been he’s been good

Since he got here 2013 is when he came into the Raptors organization um you know they’ve never been below 500 except 2020 maxed maxed out with the the the Larry D Roan uh um Duo could do saw that Peak moved off of that Peak you know fire the coach of the year

Dwayne Casey you know he can’t get a he can’t get a break bring in Nick nurse throw the leash out there you know for for kawh Leonard and and Danny Green win a chip that doesn’t work out couple years later draft Scotty Barnes you know do all these moves here the the what

He’s gotten for ogan noi and and um uh uh Pascal seak has been amazing he Maxim I feel like he’s maximized pretty much every team that he’s had good batter and different and and to me that honestly goes to the argument of I I Believe Management holds more

Weight than player but that’s another conversation for another day we would need more time I’ve already I’ve already made my sentiments on that last video please go watch it I think the only thing that I have to add to this now is that it’s it’s good that a small Market

Is being noticed as a free agent destination words of Pascal cakam um it’s good to get a win and that’s a win for all the small Market boys you know more recent wins Giannis joic um and now this being noted as a free agent destination so the Timberwolves Timberwolves small Market

Boys small Market boys um so yeah that’s good what I really want to go in this conversation though is because a friend of the show Legend of winning pose this question he says that that it’s just now hitting me that Indiana has done more for halberton in 18 months than

Charlotte and Atlanta has done for Trey and lamelo in their entire careers

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