Everything Pascal Siakam

[KeonClark]

Got to temper the Siakam expectations a bit. He's getting compared to Kawhi and Giannis in this thread. This is his first year as the leading scorer, Kawhi and Giannis weren't the players they are now for several years. It takes time. Siakam's progress has been amazing.

I agree with the goals, just need more patience in the timeline expectations.

This is actually a great situation for him to develop in with some vets around him and a winning environment. Very similar to how Kawhi was brought along in San Antonio.

Exactly. Kawhi became elite in year 6, all world in year 8. Giannis became elite in year 5, all world in year 6. Pascal is in year 4 and better (offensively) than Kawhi was in year 4 and basically right where Giannis was.

Not saying he'll become either one of them, but anybody freaking out over a few quiet games is a little impatient to the process.

[S.R.]

Got to temper the Siakam expectations a bit. He's getting compared to Kawhi and Giannis in this thread. This is his first year as the leading scorer, Kawhi and Giannis weren't the players they are now for several years. It takes time. Siakam's progress has been amazing.

I agree with the goals, just need more patience in the timeline expectations.

This is actually a great situation for him to develop in with some vets around him and a winning environment. Very similar to how Kawhi was brought along in San Antonio.

[LJ2]

I’ve been a huge fan of Kyle Lowry but I have to say that the Nova alum should realize now I mean now that this is already Pascal’s team. The only way Siakam fully develop is to give him the ball and expose him in high pressure situations.

We may not win it all but if this franchise is investing on no.43, Nick Nurse and Kyle Lowry have to buy in and fully trust the Cameroonian for richer and poorer. Let him bring the ball downcourt when it matters most and let him make the right decisions.

I actually really like how they are developing Siakam. He's already proven he can be a 2nd option on a championship team which alone is pretty amazing considering how long he's been playing basketball.

He may never be a leader in the way Lowry is, but he definitely has to add more to his game before he can be a #1 on a contender. I'd love to see him develop a pull up jumper. The best players on offense have that in their bag of tools.

[The Claw Reborn]

I’ve been a huge fan of Kyle Lowry but I have to say that the Nova alum should realize now I mean now that this is already Pascal’s team. The only way Siakam fully develop is to give him the ball and expose him in high pressure situations.

We may not win it all but if this franchise is investing on no.43, Nick Nurse and Kyle Lowry have to buy in and fully trust the Cameroonian for richer and poorer. Let him bring the ball downcourt when it matters most and let him make the right decisions.

[The Great One]

I've been sayin this since day 1. Why are they not running the offence through him? If we still had Kawhi last night or even DeRozan I'm pretty sure the offence would run through them specially in the 4th, no?

Second, Siakam needs to assert himself more specially in CRUNCH TIME. It's like he didn't even want the ball.

[G__Deane]

Sooooo...

Pascal>>>Giannis?

We'll know when they play together in Toronto in 2022

[GOLDBLUM]

POTW and POTM is pretty dumb. They have a formula. They look for the best teams.. so teams with the best records. We have won 7 straight so are a pretty good candidate in the East. Then they look at the "best player" from that team and usually go by box score numbers.

Pascal beat Giannis basically. No other Eastern team was on a long enough winning streak.

Sooooo...

Pascal>>>Giannis?

[slaw]

Weird, I feel like other than last game he wasn't very good

To be fair, our standards are very high....

[planetmars]

POTW and POTM is pretty dumb. They have a formula. They look for the best teams.. so teams with the best records. We have won 7 straight so are a pretty good candidate in the East. Then they look at the "best player" from that team and usually go by box score numbers.

Pascal beat Giannis basically. No other Eastern team was on a long enough winning streak.

[GOLDBLUM]

Weird, I feel like other than last game he wasn't very good

I know right? Crazy.

Pascal was pretty good for a not very good week.

I guess his 35pts yesterday helped to bump up his stats, along with that 15 rebound outing he had a couple games back.

His shooting was pretty egregious the first two of four games but the next two he’s been above 40% from 3. His efficiency has returned.

Dame on the other hand averaging 52.7pts, 9.3A, 7.3reb?!??!? Now that’s an extra spicy week.

Happy for Pascal though... a nice vote of confidence when it’s looked like his confidence had been a little low.

[KeonClark]

Weird, I feel like other than last game he wasn't very good

[planetmars]

[slaw]

Pascal is proof positive that just because a player generally falls within a certain player type it doesn't mean that all players in that player type are created equal simply because they share a few common characteristics. Very few guys who were drafted as energy bigs (many of them with a much better pedigree) have gone on to achieve even a fraction of what Siakam has accomplished in his short career.

It's a story that keeps repeating itself in Raptorland and I don't know that we'll really appreciate how special some of these players really are until it stops happening.

[SkywalkerAC]

All star.

[golden]

An amazing achievement for a guy whose NBA draft comparison was Jordan Mickey and Luc Mbah a Moute.

In a weird way this makes me think what could have been with Bruno, if he just shared some of those intangibles with Siakam.

Bruno had slow foot speed to go along with a slow reaction time due his low BBIQ. People talk about Bruno's physical gifts, which are mainly height and wingspan, but they tend to overlook quickness, agility and explosiveness, which can be more useful for basketball.

Pascal on the other hand, is all about quickness and agility. Those are 2 very different types of freak athletic gifts.