[https://www.tsn.ca/nba/sources-raptors-expected-to-move-or-extend-siakam-ahead-of-trade-deadline-1.2058826](https://www.tsn.ca/nba/sources-raptors-expected-to-move-or-extend-siakam-ahead-of-trade-deadline-1.2058826)
“\[After the 2022-23 season ended\], Ujiri and Toronto’s front office cut off almost all communication with Siakam last summer, leading the seven-year vet to wonder whether he was being punished, according to a source close to the player.”
Also states that he’ll either be resigned or traded before end of season.
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by Veracsflail1
46 Comments
What the fuck? Yeah Iād be gone too.
>>hell be resigned or traded before feb
But, as one source close to the situation cautioned this week, ādonāt be so sure.ā
How can you treat him like this if it’s true.
this isn’t how you treat a homegrown star. can see why Siakam isn’t playing along. sucks for the fans though š„²
Our FO is so annoying with that. They repeatedly keep doing it
Hope thatās not true, cuz that would be fucked up.
I really can’t blame Pascal if he leaves at this point. Can we really blame superstars for not wanting to come here when shit like this comes out?
Damn.
Oof this is so messed up. The NBA is a business but there are ways that certain situations can be handled.
Itās easier said than done because Iām a poster on Reddit but still yikesā¦.
Hope he does what’s best for him, he doesn’t owe the FO a thing. He’s a great player and an even better human being and I will always root for him no matter where he goes.
Too busy āevaluatingā
This is just one side of the story, I aint feeling bad for anyone until I hear the other side.
Why would Siakam extend/resign when he knows he’ll be shipped out of town right after? Makes no sense to me
What happened to the Raptors FO? We were the most professional organization in all of the NBA for years.
Something tells me Ed Rogers is involved in this somehow.
My inkling for the past year or so has been that Siakam plans to tell every single team there’s zero chance of signing with them if he’s traded and then signing elsewhere this offseason just to spite our FO for how he’s been treated. All these recent reports are kind of reinforcing this feeling. I think the only thing that might change that is if he qualifies for and gets offered a supermax with us.
Honestly, I wouldn’t even blame him. He’s been done dirty for absolutely no reason.
>For Siakam, or any player, no matter how scorned, turning down that much guaranteed money is never easy. In the player empowerment era, where free agency is all but extinct, itās not uncommon for stars to re-up with their club, take the pay cheque and figure things out from there. A long-term deal doesnāt mean what it used to. It locks you into a salary, but it certainly doesnāt marry you to the team.
We are not losing him for nothing lol
This FO is starting to become incompetent. They probably should have coordinated with their head coach 3 years ago to get the players that would fit his system.
Also this reinforces my issues with Masai. That season was not the players faults, Iāll maintain til I die that season was a damning indictment on Masai roster construction. If this is true it shows how out of touch Masai is.
You know what I learned from OG trade? Trust Masai. This team so watchable now.
And people are comparing Pascal to Carter saying heās quitting on the team and costing us good trades. Itās the front officeās fault it got to this point.
He was the one who missed those FT last game wasnāt he? Forcing them to fire nurse?
Hey.
Hey.
You there?
You mad at me?
Well it has come to his then.
Siakam is leaving and we wonāt get anything in return. This is a black eye for this front office.
if true thats real shitty
I hope the FO does right by Pascal no matter what happens and that he’s happy.
Man Iām sorry to say thisā¦.
Masai is a fucking bitch for doing that to him.
No wonder he wants us to get lowest return possible lol
Well I hope the FO is communicating because Pascal has to agree to re-sign elsewhere if traded. They also have to convince him to re-sign here next summer. Radio silence from our FO would be unacceptable.
“Punished” okay š he’s getting paid 37mill a year
The fuck? Thatās shit behaviour from Masai if thatās true. Especially considering all that Pascalās had to overcome. Hell, even considering all the shit Masai went thru with DeMar in how he handled that trade. Extremely disappointing if true.
This is embarrassing for the franchise, masai doesn’t know how to handle these situations again and again. I was actually starting to enjoy this team again. Nothing but love and respect for pascal.
Masai saw the final 12 seconds of the play in and that’s all he needed to see. That game was essentially our post season aspiration hanging in the balance and he came up short š¤·šæāāļø
It was time to move into a different direction. Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result
Hope this doesn’t get really messy.
Have to make Siakam the villain before you trade him
I just think that the front office isnāt convinced heās a full max player on this roster going forward.
Thatās all this whole thing is about
āHey pascal, the entire franchise is a flaming bag of shit and youāre pulling some superstar bullshit after a dead end season where you were the #1 option. Do you want a max contract?ā
Who is making this up? Such nonsense.
Let’s be real guys, the FO has made cutthroat moves in the past and has had a cold touch.
When Masai met DeMar for training camp in the summer, asked him to continue his improvements (at the 3) and said he wouldn’t be moved… then got traded for Kawhi. Kyle Lowry ended up not talking to FO/management while the season was going on for like half of it lol…
Lewenberg is also a big fan of Scottie slander. Guy making money off hit pieces, he’s lower tier than Dougie
> āWe do believe in Pascal,ā Ujiri said back in October. āWe believe that a lot of our players didnāt play the right way last year and we want to see them play the right way. I said that we were selfish and Iām not running away from that. We were selfish and we did not play the right way. So let us see it when we play the right way.ā
Still a baffling quote. Siakam has always been a willing passer IMO. And while he struggles in the stretch with TOs and bad shots, that’s not “selfishness”, but more of an indictment of the roster.
When *you* build a roster with shoot first players like GTJ and Precious, what did you expect?
This season, almost all late-late game possessions have gone to Scottie, and now IQ. I don’t see Pascal making a stink publicly. He’s been a pro through and through. However, it’s true we don’t get info behind closed doors.
The article doesn’t have a lot of context as to why the FO cut off communication. But on face value it seems like a weird thing to do to your star player, who helped you win a title.
Punished for what? FO’s shitty roster construction? Dude can’t even spin in there anymore because Poeltl clogging the paint
Letās not forget Darko was clearly instructed to treat him like a role player to start the season
Not professional from Masai and the front office.
Everyone should read the full article before writing what they are writing in this article. A lot of different possibilities and Ujiri is quoted to saying he wants him on the Rapsā¦.this is professional sports and business merging everyone. Take a breath:)
If this is true then thatās really shitty. But wasnāt there talk last summer about Siakam not wanting to extend because he wanted to try and make All-NBA to get the super max?
kinda sick of the FO. canāt wait till we have some fresh faces
If this is true, what an atrocious move by Ujiri/Webster.
The team already has a reputation about how they dealt/lied to Demar. Yes, we did win a title, but we have proof that their handling of that lingers on (Dame not wanting to play in Toronto AT ALL, despite Demar and Ujiri reconciling).
Now another home grown star wants to play the majority of his career (if not entire) in Toronto, and go silent on him in the off-season? Even the team doesnāt intend on keeping him, they could have at least sat him down and discussed the team goals/ situation and work from there silently (as in maybe during the conversation, they would agree that he likely wouldnāt be part of the future here, and could work with the team on a potential deal.)
Kinda funny cause myself and a few other mentioned on how they were handling him this off-season, he could basically say screw you to the FO and go to free agency and pick another team and we got scolded.
Also, fuck off that āitās a businessā defense. They did him dirty. You shouldnāt be mad as Siakam refusing to commit then, cause why would he want his next team to empty their own asset in order to acquire him? He wants to play for a loaded team. Thatās just business.
At least heās playing very hard, unlike Carter way back when, when he was throwing games for the Raptors until he got traded š