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[Charania] Developing: The Raptors and Pacers are in active talks on a trade centered on two-time All-Star Pascal Siakam for package that includes three first-round picks, league sources say.

  • January 17, 2024


[Charania] Developing: The Raptors and Pacers are in active talks on a trade centered on two-time All-Star Pascal Siakam for package that includes three first-round picks, league sources say.

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  6. 3 first rounders for an expiring? lol take that and the shitty contacts that come with it and run

  9. Pacers giving up picks?

    edit: matching the salary is interesting. Hopped in the trade machine for a hot minute and tried a whole combination of shit

    Siakam is making 38mil this year.

    Pacers have 8 mil in cap room.

    I only came up with two realistic options

    Pacers get
    Siakam (38 mil)
    Temple (5mil)

    Raptors get
    Buddy Hield (22mil)
    Bruce brown (22 mil)
    picks

    You can also do Siakam+koloko for Hield+Jalen Smith + (one of Toppin, Mathurin, Walker or Nesmith) and picks

    that works but I dont see them wanting to trade Toppin, Benny, Walker or Nesmith. I could maybe see toppin he is an expiring this year.

    Adding a Poetl, Boucher, Thad Young makes it really difficult to match salaries.

    Either someone gets fleeced, waived or theres a third team involved

    edit: saw some things about Bruce Brown rather than Hield being traded but I am honestly surprised by that.

  12. Wow is it really happening?

    Btw I think Siakam been bluffing whole time and will sign with highest bidder which is team he goes too

    Also his agent top 2 clients are Siakam and Andrew nembhard

    They know his agent

  13. Pacers are definitely prepared to offer him a max. Makes sense, they need a second star next to Haliburton.

    3 1sts would be brutal if he decides not to re-sign though.

  14. in my experience this is the kind of report that comes out 30 minutes before a ‘trade agreed’ tweets lol

  16. One of those picks is probably gonna end up being the Thunder FRP this year which could be like 28th overall

  17. 3 firsts means no young players, so Indiana is willing to use their draft capital to keep their existing young players. Interesting

  18. Is Bruce Brown not good with them? Also 3 first round picks is crazy. I expect there will be protections. They also must be confident he will re-sign there.

  22. I don’t understand all the people saying this is dumb for Indiana.

    They don’t do this if they’re not reasonably sure he would re-sign.

    I like this for them.

  24. aside from Lowry , siakam was my favourite player, i literally bought all his merch, got my jersey signed, got a picture with him, replicated all his basketball moves on the court

    so coming from a really big siakam fan this hurts

    Ima have to become a pacers fan if they trade for him

    Love the raptors and will continue watching their games but FUCK

  25. People freaking about picks is crazy. They’re undoubtedly the most overatted asset in sports

  26. Hang on… you mean Raptors are NOT interested in the THJ – Powell – Holmes and a pick package?

  27. can someone explain to me why three first round picks is good? i dont really understand the picks to much. is it a better deal than a young player?

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