Inside the NBA reacts to Pascal Siakam Trade to Pacers

Inside the NBA reacts to Pascal Siakam Trade to Pacers

ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT. THE BULLS AND RAPTORS. AND WE GOT THE GRIZZLIES AND THE TIMBERWOLVES. AS WE WELCOME YOU TO ATLANTA’S STUDIO J. IT IS TNT NBA TIP OFF PRESENTED BY CARMAX. ERNIE JOHNSON SHAQUILLE O’NEAL STUDYING THE STANDINGS KENNY THE JET SMITH IS BACK. IS THAT YOUR CHARLES IMPERSONATION. BY THE GUY.

SO CHUCK IS HERE. KENNY GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. >> GOOD TO BE BACK. BUT THE FUNNY THING IS, NO ONE KNOWS. THAT’S HOW YOU LOOK BEFORE THE SHOW, BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT HE WEARS HIS GLASSES AND THEY’RE ALL. HE TAKES THEM RIGHT OFF BEFORE THE SHOW STARTS. YEAH, THEY’RE ALL CATTYWAMPUS.

>> I AM GLAD TO BE BACK. >> GLASSES, CHUCK. >> I’M SHOW AMERICA YOUR GLASSES. >> HOW ARE YOU? AND HOW YOU WEAR THEM? >> LIKE, EXACTLY. >> EXACTLY. >> FOR NO APPARENT REASON. >> EXACTLY. >> BUT THAT IS THAT IS. SO YOU’RE FEELING BETTER? >> I’M FEELING WE MISSED

YOU. I’M LIKE, I’M LIKE 90 DAY. >> YEAH. >> I WAS SOUNDING LIKE KERMIT THE FROG. YEAH >> SO WE’RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. >> WE KNOW, WE KNOW. >> THE PREVIOUS WEEK YOU WERE FIGHTING IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU SAW YOUR PROMO, TOO. >> WHAT? >> YEAH. MFIONDU PROMO. BUT

THAT’S ANOTHER STORY. THAT’S ALL RIGHT. I SAW YOU TRYING TO READ WHAT I READ. >> DUDE, IT TOOK 14 TAKES, ALL RIGHT? >> BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE MESSING WITH ME. NO IT DOESN’T MATTER. CAN’T READ. SO IT TAKE YOU 14 CAN’T READ, MAN. JUST I KNOW HOW TO READ. YOU HAVE TO SOUND

IT OUT. YOU GOT TO SOUND IT OUT. AMERICA. FUNDAMENTAL IT WAS PAINFUL. >> AND THEN HE AND HE PICKED THE WRONG TEAM TO WIN THE GAME TOO, SO. OH, MY GOD, YOU WERE. YOU WERE ALL OVER IT. CARMAX WON ON ONE. LET’S GET THIS THING STARTED. SO PASCAL SIAKAM GETS TRADED BY

THE TORONTO RAPTORS. AND IN RETURN TORONTO GETTING BRUCE BROWN JORDAN NWORA KYRIE LEWIS AND THREE FIRST ROUND PICKS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT TRADE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT FIVE YEARS REMOVED FROM THEIR KAWHI LEONARD LED NBA CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2019, THE RAPTORS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON LAUREN JBARA WILL BE WORKING THE

SIDELINES TONIGHT IN TORONTO . AND WE CHECK IN WITH HER NOW. LAUREN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TONIGHT. HEY EJ IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU GUYS. >> SHAQ CHUCK, BEFORE I GET STARTED I JUST HAVE TO SAY THE GLASSES LIKE THAT REALLY GOOD. LOOK YOU SHOULD FINISH

THE SHOW LIKE THAT. BUT HERE IN TORONTO IT’S THE END OF ONE ERA AND THE START OF A BRAND NEW ONE. ONLY ONE PLAYER REMAINS ON THIS ROSTER FROM THE 2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, AND THAT IS CHRIS BOUCHER. AFTER SENDING PASCAL SIAKAM TO THE INDIANA PACERS IN A MARQUEE TRADE YESTERDAY. YOU

LOOK AT EVERYBODY THAT’S GONE FROM THAT 2019 OG ANUNOBY TRADED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO THE NEW YORK KNICKS. OBVIOUSLY KAWHI LEONARD, KYLE LOWRY HE WAS JUST HERE LAST NIGHT NORMAN POWELL PASCAL SIAKAM FRED VANVLEET NOW PRESIDENT OF THE TEAM. MASAI UJIRI HAD SOME REALLY EMOTIONAL WORDS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT PASCAL

SIAKAM MEANT TO THIS TEAM, THIS CITY AND THIS ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY DURING THAT 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP RUN IN THE SIXTH TO AFRICAN GUYS THAT WON A CHAMPIONSHIP SHARE THAT WITH HIM. >> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT PASCAL CAME TO BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. AND HE ONLY CAME TO BASKETBALL THAT

BORDERS TO SEE HIS SISTER WHO LIVED IN SOUTH AFRICA, ALL NBA, ALL, ALL STAR, ALL EVERYTHING CHAMPIONSHIP. RIP THAT GUY’S SUCCESS IS MY SUCCESS NO MATTER WHERE HE IS. >> ANOTHER NOTABLE THING THAT HE SAID IS THIS IS NOT A REBUILD. THIS IS A RESET. AND YOU’RE RESETTING AROUND

A GUY LIKE SCOTTIE BARNES, 22 YEARS OLD, PLAYING TO AN ALL STAR CALIBER THIS SEASON. YOU ALSO HAVE ADDITIONS LIKE RJ BARRETT, WHO CAME FROM NEW YORK, BUT HE’S BACK HERE. BACK HOME, PLAYING IN HIS HOMETOWN IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS, HIS FAMILY, HE SAID. IT’S BEEN A REALLY EASY ADJUSTMENT

COMING HERE. IMMANUEL QUICKLEY AS WELL. HIS NUMBERS HAVE BEEN UP SINCE HE’S BEEN HERE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, ALBEIT A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE, BUT ALSO GOOD NEWS. JORDAN NWORA AND BRUCE BROWN BOTH TRADED IN THAT IN THAT PASCAL SIAKAM TRADE, BOTH AVAILABLE OFFICIALLY TO PLAY TONIGHT. WE ASKED DARKO HOW HE’S

GOING TO USE THEM. HE SAID YOU GUYS WE GOT TO KEEP SOME SECRETS. WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL TIPOFF TO SEE THAT. SO WE’LL BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THIS TEAM LOOKS LIKE TONIGHT. BUT DEFINITELY SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING HERE IN THE 6. ADJ SENDING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH LAUREN. AND HEY TO YOUR MOM AND DAD WATCHING IN FLORIDA TONIGHT. OH, SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW HER FAMILY’S CHEAP. >> YOU THINK THEY GOT CABLE? >> OH, MY MOM, MY DAD IS A CHEAP SHOT, MAN. >> NO, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON GUARANTEES. HER FAMILY’S

CHEAP. THEY DON’T HAVE CABLE. THE JABARA’S DO NOT HAVE CABLE. >> THEY ARE WATCHING. I’M SURE. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SIAKAM TRADE. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF IT? >> I LIKED IT FOR HIM. BUT A PLAYER OF HIS CALIBER YOU KNOW HE’S WHAT I CONSIDER A GREAT OTHER A HORACE GRANT

OR A ROBERT ORR. I WOULD I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE HIM GO TO PHILADELPHIA. TO PHILADELPHIA IS PROBABLY ONE ONE PIECE AWAY AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS JOEL EMBIID IS PLAYING TO HAVE A GUY LIKE THAT NEXT TO HIM IS ALMOST GUARANTEED A CHAMPIONSHIP. >> HOWEVER IT’S INDIANA.

>> YES. HOWEVER GOING TO INDIANA, A YOUNG TEAM CAPABLE IF THE CHIPS FLOW THE RIGHT WAY. YOU KNOW TREY HALIBURTON YOU KNOW PLAY THE WAY HE’S PLAYING AND THE GUYS PLAYED TYRESE I KEEP SAYING I SAID TRAE IF THEY CONTINUE TO PLAY THE WAY THEY’RE PLAYING, THEY HAVE A CHANCE, YOU KNOW. BUT

THEY’RE BUT THEY’RE ONE OF THOSE YOUNG PLAYING THINGS HAVE TO GO RIGHT. LIKE THEY STEAL A GAME OR SOMEBODY ON ANOTHER TEAM 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 KAWHI. YOU KNOW IT WAS A HE

WAS THE REASON THEY WON IN TORONTO. BUT YOU CAN NEVER FORGET THIS GUY. HE IS HE IS AN IMPORTANT OTHER NBA ALL STAR PLAYS GREAT I’M HAPPY FOR HIM. BUT I STILL THINK INDIANA IS 1 OR 2 PLAYERS AWAY. BUT I WISH HIM WELL. >> 22, SIX 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 EXACTLY WHAT DOES THIS DO INDIANA WISE SHORT TERME. >> UM, HE FITS IN. THEY PLAY UP TEMPO STYLE. THEY’RE GOING TO RUN THE BASKETBALL.

THEY’RE GOING TO YOU KNOW THEY NEED VERSATILE PLAYERS. MULTIPLE GUYS HANDLE THE BALL WITH HALIBURTON. AND UH YOU KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT VERSATILITY THINGS 22 FIVE AND SIX. THAT IS THAT’S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. YEAH BECAUSE TORONTO DOESN’T PLAY AT THE PACE THAT INDIANA PLAYS. SO HIS NUMBERS POP ON

THE ON THE ASSISTANCE IN THE REBOUNDING WILL GO UP. UM PERFECT COMPLIMENT. LONG TERME I BELIEVE THIS IS LAST YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT. IT IS. AND HE’S MAKING ABOUT 30 MILLION A YEAR. NOW HE’S GOING TO WANT A BIGGER DEAL COMING IN. BECAUSE NOW YOU’RE SAYING I’M THE SECOND

PIECE TO YOUR ABILITIES. AND THE QUESTION IS, IS HE? BECAUSE WHEN THEY WON A CHAMPIONSHIP, WE SAW THAT HE WASN’T THE SECOND BEST PLAYER ON THAT TEAM. THEN HE WAS COMING INTO HIS OWN. THERE WAS WHEN KAWHI LEFT THAT HE BECAME A FOCAL POINT. SO WE’LL SEE IF HE

CAN BE A FOCAL POINT OF A TEAM BECAUSE HALIBURTON 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 KHRIS MIDDLETON, LIKE AN ELEVATED VERSION OF KHRIS MIDDLETON. >> WELL, HE WAS A SECOND

BEST PLAYER WHEN THEY WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THIS IS A VANCIL. 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’RE 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 ALL STAR. AN ALL STAR, YOU KNOW, VERY SELDOM GET A CHANCE TO GET ALL STARS ON YOUR TEAM. AND YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, I LOVE YOU KNOW, HIS NUMBERS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER BECAUSE HE’S PLAYING WITH BETTER PLAYERS. >> SO YOU SEE THEM MOVING

FROM SEVEN TO WHERE I THINK THEY COULD GET TO 2 OR 3 BECAUSE LISTEN, THE BUCKS, THE BUCKS ARE NOT PLAYING WELL. >> YOU KNOW SHAQ LIKE TO SAY THEY’RE 20 TO 13 BUT THEY’RE NOT PLAYING WELL. SO 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

IS GOING TO 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 STANDINGS, I SAYS THE CELTICS ARE THE TEAM TO

BEAT. BUT WE DON’T FEAR ANYBODY. WE ALREADY. IF I’M THE PATIENT, WE ALREADY OWN MILWAUKEE. THE SIXERS IN THE REGULAR SEASON. >> YEAH. >> BUT THAT’S THAT. BUT ERNIE THERE’S IT’S A BAD MATCHUP BECAUSE THE PACERS EXCUSE ME THE BUCKS CAN’T GUARD ANYBODY. THEY CAN’T GUARD ANYBODY. >> AND INDIA WE’LL SEE IF

INDIANA DEFENSE IMPROVES WITH A GUY. LIKE THAT WITH HIS LEGS. BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT TEAMS THAT DON’T GUARD ANYBODY I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> BUT CAN IT 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 ONL

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