[Baraheni] Sometimes in the chaos that is the Raptors defense, it gets lost just how good Pascal Siakam is on that end.

7 Comments

1. Eclectic_Canadian 1 year ago

   A lot of people have blamed Pascal’s worsening defensive metrics the last couple years on him losing a step.

   It seems obvious that he’s still able to play the same level of defence as early in his career when he was getting all-defence team votes, so it’s not an issue of ability. Instead, his defensive metric decline has perfectly overlapped with him taking more responsibility in the offence. He’s been asked to exert a lot of energy on offence as an iso scorer (while also playing heavy minutes) so it makes sense his defensive numbers have decreased accordingly. He simply doesn’t have the energy to go 100% on defence.

   With the new offence I’m sure we’ll get to see a lot more plays like this and a huge jump in his defensive metrics.

2. Fxp1706 1 year ago

   his footwork defending ant was so beautiful! he’s so graceful for being a big.

3. PlumCantaloupe 1 year ago

   OG, Scottie, and Pascal is a tough group to go up against 💯💯💯

4. da_reddit_reader 1 year ago

   Take away his offensive burden and you really get an elite two way player.

5. Rezrov_ 1 year ago

   Ant waving off the screen to ISO Pascal lol.

6. Green-Umpire2297 1 year ago

   Nurse gonna be punching air when darko makes vision 6’9” work

7. Yabutsk 1 year ago

   I took note of this sequence too…Pascal also pokes the ball away from Gobert right after shutting down Ants drives.

   Not only that, right before this was the alley oop to Precious and this defensive turnover starts a break w Pascal threading a nice pass to Precious for an easy lay in.

   So if we’re counting, that’s 4 consecutive great plays by Pascal. Awesome stretch for him here.