Should the Kings Have Made the Move For Pascal Siakam?

Should the Kings Have Made the Move For Pascal Siakam?

Um Pascal cakam it came down yesterday via the athletic via sham Shan of the athletic that the Pacers and the Raptors are I not closing in on but have discussed a deal involving Bruce Brown salary filler and three first round picks going from Indiana to Toronto in

Exchange for Pascal sakam who is due to be an unrestricted free agent this off season we’ve already heard reporting that Pascal sakam isn’t going to sign anywhere he’s not excuse me let me rewind he’s not going to commit to signing anywhere he could land with the Los Angeles Lakers or the Boston

Celtics or the New York Knicks or whatever team he is not going to commit to signing longterm to that team he’s going to test free agency it’s it’s breaking right now he is they are finalizing a trade to uh send Pascal cakam uh Bruce Brown Jordan noara and three

First round picks to Toronto as we speak so it’s it’s just Bruce Brown noira and three picks yes that salary Works um I don’t know how the salary Works uh I haven’t looked but that’s that’s as of right now that’s WJ and Shams uh Dueling Banjos uh actually WJ beat Shams by 13

Seconds wow congratulations to uh to w on on that one so uh real quick that for now is our breaking news Downer so Pascal SE yakum is headed to the Toronto Raptors I think we fall a little bit on different sides here yeah I love this for the

Pacers well I I think it’s a good trade for the Pacers for sure but if if you can get the deal done if you can bring him back sure uh Indiana is sitting 2 2024 first rounders and a 2026 to the rappers Raptors um so again something

The Kings couldn’t could not offer at all they had an extra 2024 and it’s kind of a funky pick it’s the worst of like three different teams picks I looked at it last night and then their own pick um yeah no no I don’t mind this trade for

Them but it’s just a high-risk no doubt situation because you’re giving up two first round picks this year and then in 2026 I don’t love this year’s draft but it’s still an NBA draft and there could be players there’s always players in every draft but uh yeah I mean like good

Players I mean you know but this is one of those trades where you’re putting it all out there I really like Bruce Brown as well no doubt and for me like talk about you lose you lose OG an anobi and you’re replace him with two players but

Now this is sort of an OG an anobi type player who’s not nearly as good yeah kind of offbrand yeah yeah but but still a really solid solid player so so I Pascal sakam is a is a good Defender and that has been Indiana’s problem all year

They are the they are number one in the league in offensive rating at 122.1mi 2.1 net rating which is 11th in the league despite leading the league an offensive rating and the reason I love this for for the Pacers is like you said it is high- risk

And the odds that he signs with Indiana long term probably not great just from a city standpoint but again you don’t know until he hits free agency you see what other offers are out there Indiana can sign him to the most money and I think that will certainly play a role I

Haven’t looked I don’t know how many teams are going to have cap space to go sign him to a huge deal there’s a handful of teams but again it’s got to be the right team who’s willing to put that money into a 30-year-old guy I mean

The reports is morning is it Toronto had informed Pascal cakam that regardless they would not be offering him the super max which is it something again I think that the Kings probably said as well yeah like we would love to have you but we’re not giving you the max right not

Guaranteeing that yeah the max I mean five years at 250 that’s a lot it’s tying up a lot in one player especially in year five when you’re paying him like close to 60 million bucks a year yeah that’s a lot of money and so I don’t

Blame the Kings for Bowing out of this MH because the risk reward for them just wasn’t there totally now I’d also point out that the Pacers are in a much different position when it comes to salary they they’ve got you know Miles Turner under contract for a good amount

Of CH a good chunk of change Tyrese halberton his his extension I believe kicks in next year so he’ll make like 28 million bucks yeah but they don’t have that other guy who’s making an extreme amount of money yeah and what I told you Kyle is I look at this for them it’s

Their sabonis deal it is it’s it’s the deal that they’re making to go get a player like sabonis that can be the second best player on their team next to Tyrese halberton yeah and for that it makes sense for them with the Kings it’s just so hard to do that with when you’re

Talking about another 40 5060 million do salary yeah because three years from now four years from now you’re totally cooked you’re the Warriors who are paying 186 million bucks in luxury tax and and seak I don’t think was going to be the piece that put them over the hump

To win a title this year no which is which is what maybe makes that worth it but yeah you can’t take that risk for this year thinking that it’s gonna make you a title uh Contender at all I mean that’s really tough you you had a stat

That I thought was was really incredible from the ringer yeah yeah Zack cram of the ringer wrote this piece today it’s it’s uh he’s going through and he’s talking about the Deonte Murray specifically was who he was talking about but he laid this out only four championship teams this Century have

Added a player via inseason trade who went on to average at least 20 minutes per playoff game it was the Bucks in 2021 with PJ Tucker the Raptors with Mark Gasol in 2019 the Spurs with nazer Muhammad in 2005 and the Pistons with Rasheed Wallace in 2004 it’s the only

Four times that a team is made an inseason trade won a title and had the player they acquired play 20 minutes a game in the playoffs it just doesn’t happen that often so I I think that I don’t I don’t think the Kings looked at that specifically but I think if you’re

The kings that highlights why you’re not going to go jeopardize your future potentially for a player who you’ve said it before and I I I agree with you if I’m betting over under half an All-Star game for Pascal SE yakum the rest of his career I’m taking the under yeah oh no

I’m taking the under on that 50 million bucks for a guy who’s not gonna be an All-Star well that and Kyle what I’ve told you too I would rather Kyle kosma who is a much who isn’t as good a player but it’s not that far off he’s not that

He’s not a horrible player and he’s not but he’s the same type sort of like in the same ballpark sure and especially for the next five years yeah at like as far as salary at like a 60% discount on what you’re gonna have to pay for him

Yeah it’s Kyle kma plus the players you get to either sign or keep because of his Sal versus Pascal seak minus the players that you’ll have to not sign or lose because of his salary yeah it’s in year three of that deal Kyle kusma is down to $19.5 million crazy affordable

And seak is up to $53 million and you’re like oh wait what have we done yeah that $24 million can go to a lot of different assets yeah I mean but if you’re Indiana I love this like push it push your chips in you are going toe to Toe with

Milwaukee every time you play him you’ve gone toe-to-toe with Boston if you think Pascal SE yakum is going to get your defense at the middle of the league and keep you at a 122 offensive rating make a run why not no I get it I’m I’m I’m

Here for it I’d even say like the one downfall for them man the the East is a lot more difficult to get to the top than the West yeah no doubt that’s true like I mean the Kings might be a major piece away from competing with the Denver

Nuggets the Pacers are not one piece away from contending with the bucks or the Celtics or the 76ers they’re just not I think they’re like three in one against bucks this year yeah I mean anyways I love it I here for teams being aggressive and trying to win championships that’s right so anyways

Pascal sakam is going to the Pacers that was literally during the break it broke I didn’t see that it broke as you were talking it was like 32 seconds ago I’m looking like uh it just happened what was what was so funny is I teased going

To the break like Pascal seak on the Move we’ll tell you where next and at the break I’m going that was stupid he’s not actually on the Move then he’s on like literally as he moves I spoke it into existence I have a million dollars in my bank account

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