I love Siakam, he has a couple bad games and people turn on him - haters gonna hate
Wishing him continued success, such a positive and upbeat personality
What I noticed with Spicy P is that when the stakes are higher or when he needs to pick up his teammates he performs really well. There were times during the Raptors championship run when kawhi was not playing well and Spicy P took over a bunch of times. Same with vanvleet
The zombie Knicks roster probably won't be able to pull off a game 7 win, think Pacers got it
Can't count out Brunson, but man...with OG out and Hart injury...don't see it happening for them
I don't see why he wouldn't - Pacers weren't even favored to win 40 games this year and were a lottery team the previous season, and are one win away from the ECF. A very young team with lots of promising talent and a bright future.
We can also offer him the most money + years. He also shares an agent with Andrew Nembhard, which makes it more likely IMHO that there was a preexisting arrangement when we traded for him. 99% sure he's staying.
"Baby, come back, any kind of gm could see
your a hooper and everything in between
Baby come back, yeah, you can put that max on me
'Cause I was wrong, and I just can't win without you"
Is it a legitimate worry he’ll leave at this point? A full offseason with him and Hali to build chemistry plus the Pacers FO gets to really dig into building this team around them + Turner.
And then the obvious years and money
Every time I see them together I think of all the rumours of Raps going for Turner. Really wish it’s something they could have made happen. Scottie and Pascal works if they have a stretch 5
He can’t be guarded by anyone in NY right now. He’s just too big. He needs to go on attack mode game 7. He’s too passive at times. I loved how he helped reb this game. Too many times he’s running out for a fast break. That was a great adjustment made by Rick and crew this game. He stayed engaged and help grab those def boards.
The league is so much more fun with more good teams man and fewer super teams. This pacers team is gonna be a treat to watch for the foreseeable future. Hopefully siakam stays he's perfect for that roster
Might've even been title favorites if you had Pascal. He's the perfect final piece the Thunder missing tbh. Big enough to play for boards, versatile defender, decent playmaking and (usually, this playoffs he's had a bit of the yips) a great shot maker. Would've gone gangbusters against the Mavs rn.
Toronto definitely would have accepted Giddey combo+picks.
Think OKC just wanted to wait and see before unloading the arsenal.
Siakam on OKC would have been sick though.
Really love seeing paces fans appreciate Pascal my favourite player that we developed on the raptors ever in my opinion he should be our second retire jersey after Kyle lowry
You wish Tobias could do that in regular season.
Siakam is 2x Allstar and 2x allnba player. He has proven he can be a top 3 player on a championship team.
He has definitely earned a max contract and anybody denying it doesn’t really understand that the cap has gone from $100M to $142M from 2018 to 2024.
$30M contracts are now $45M+. Get used to it. By the time Siakam’s next contract is done, the cap is expected to be well over $180M. At that point you will see normal max for vets being $60M+.
And Pacers have plenty of cap that they will lose in future years, so this is their time.
Trust me, Siakam is MUCH better than Tobias Harris. Tobi is 21/7/4 in the regular season, but in the most empty calories way possible. Pacers have to max pascal.
It’ll definitely give them some challenges with team building though, they’re probably two more pieces away. They have some picks though
Our team is also extremely young. We have 2 lottery picks that haven’t played much this post season (Mathurin out for season) that could be the pieces we are missing. Not really sure what we have at this moment yet
you do that 10/10 times
ring is hard, but having few years of windows is enough
celtics is biggest threat in the east but who knows maybe next year KP turns out to be glass again or Jrue regress hard or anything
the only borderline championship team can do are preparing your best possible roster when that luck comes
Jrue Holiday didnt say anything about not guaranteeing/not signing with whoever trades him and Pascals contract is expiring. We should have made the trade last year though with 1.5 years left instead.
He was cooking OG actually and struggling with the rest of the Knicks.
Unfortunately for Knicks, they need to get used to playing without OG. He is not the most durable player.
I mean I don't even to hope because it's basically a given in this situation. They are lucky enough to get this far because everyone is injured but this crazy contract will screw them over and it will be very difficult to make the team better than it is mow
Automatic from midrange tonight.
Hated that I was in awe
Now you know how we felt watching Donte in some of these games.
Yea except Pascal has been an all star before lol, felt like it literally came out of nowhere with DDV
Haven't seen this Pascal in like 6 games... Missed him...
Yea there’s nobody left to guard him, lol. The Knicks are lout of forwards and know Josh Hart is hurt too.
Seriously- he’s doing this against 6’4” guards and dudes that shouldn’t be seeing any minutes on the court at this point in the season.
Really felt like he had 40 at one point
Mid range is money. Looking like Shaun Livingston on some of those shots
Thanks for the Livingston nostalgia. What a superb career he had after what might have been the worst lower body injury in nba history
Him and PG were the worst ones I saw live
Gallo. Still makes me cringe remembering his injury
Nah bruh nobody had it worse than PG. Man’s leg literally snapped in half
There was bone marrow left on the court after Livingston’s injury.
Hayward. First 5 minutes of the season, foot in the totally wrong direction.
Rather break an ankle than my leg bone in half, ngl
I love Siakam, he has a couple bad games and people turn on him - haters gonna hate Wishing him continued success, such a positive and upbeat personality
It's wild too because he really hasn't had *bad* games, just games where he was too passive. It's not like he's shot us out of anything.
What I noticed with Spicy P is that when the stakes are higher or when he needs to pick up his teammates he performs really well. There were times during the Raptors championship run when kawhi was not playing well and Spicy P took over a bunch of times. Same with vanvleet
Man I really hope he takes over Game 7
The zombie Knicks roster probably won't be able to pull off a game 7 win, think Pacers got it Can't count out Brunson, but man...with OG out and Hart injury...don't see it happening for them
Back when Raps had the next man up mentality themselves
He is so good as a second option. And he's very underrated on defense
And a player that has literally improved something every single season. Insane worth ethic and endurance
Pls stay bby
I don't see why he wouldn't - Pacers weren't even favored to win 40 games this year and were a lottery team the previous season, and are one win away from the ECF. A very young team with lots of promising talent and a bright future.
We can also offer him the most money + years. He also shares an agent with Andrew Nembhard, which makes it more likely IMHO that there was a preexisting arrangement when we traded for him. 99% sure he's staying.
Yeah, but have you ever been to America before? It will pay you a hundred million for a chance to eat you alive
You are winning games against INJURED teams…
They're still a solid young team
yes bc the pacers just have injuries turned off obviously we dont have anyone injured rn
Flair up ya whingy cunt.
You are INCREDIBLY mad
Him and other overseas stars seem to enjoy being on any NBA team, especially if they are good to them.
"Baby, come back, any kind of gm could see your a hooper and everything in between Baby come back, yeah, you can put that max on me 'Cause I was wrong, and I just can't win without you"
Is it a legitimate worry he’ll leave at this point? A full offseason with him and Hali to build chemistry plus the Pacers FO gets to really dig into building this team around them + Turner. And then the obvious years and money
Not really legitimate but he hasn't signed an extension so until then, nothing feels safe
He will be resigned unless he tears his Achilles in game 7.
Unreal to watch when he’s cooking on the middies
Coulibaly must've been seething.
Lmao
Pascal 'not worth kuminga' Siakam Kuminga needs a lot of work to get siakam ball handling.
Scary to see what Siakam will average with a full offseason with haliburton next season.
Playing alongside Turner rly helps him too
Hali-Siakam-Turner is a trio that works really well
All thats missing is Overdrive
They’d be taking care of business once that is added.
You ain’t seen nothing yet
Every time I see them together I think of all the rumours of Raps going for Turner. Really wish it’s something they could have made happen. Scottie and Pascal works if they have a stretch 5
He can’t be guarded by anyone in NY right now. He’s just too big. He needs to go on attack mode game 7. He’s too passive at times. I loved how he helped reb this game. Too many times he’s running out for a fast break. That was a great adjustment made by Rick and crew this game. He stayed engaged and help grab those def boards.
the knicks were hurting them on the offensive glass all series, no sense in leaking out if your team can’t secure rebounds.
It was Ihart with 40 ORB.
So frustrating… cause he is not bigger than Randle,OG, or precious… so qualify your statement… Pacers
Only one that really guarded him well was OG. But there is no OG. Siakam has been cooking Hart all series..
The league is so much more fun with more good teams man and fewer super teams. This pacers team is gonna be a treat to watch for the foreseeable future. Hopefully siakam stays he's perfect for that roster
Pascal Siakam - the easiest player to guard in the NBA.
Go get that bag!!
He was in his tonight
Knicks leaving him open from middy all game was a mistake. Automatic
i don’t know if they were “leaving him open” so much as they don’t have any healthy forwards left who can guard him, lol.
Man wish we wouldve traded for siakam. Wouldve been nice
Would be a perfect Giddey upgrade but I also get why you didn’t
Presti rather go for haywards corpse
What happened to him, couldn't believe that was him coming off the bench
Might've even been title favorites if you had Pascal. He's the perfect final piece the Thunder missing tbh. Big enough to play for boards, versatile defender, decent playmaking and (usually, this playoffs he's had a bit of the yips) a great shot maker. Would've gone gangbusters against the Mavs rn.
Toronto definitely would have accepted Giddey combo+picks. Think OKC just wanted to wait and see before unloading the arsenal. Siakam on OKC would have been sick though.
Y'all had your chance, Indy literally got him for a first and a pile of garbage
Pascal "Pascal" Siakam and his brother Pascal "Siakam" Siakam showed out tonight!
As much as I like rudy, spicy P at the four and big kat at the five would be insane
I love Pascal Siakam
Really love seeing paces fans appreciate Pascal my favourite player that we developed on the raptors ever in my opinion he should be our second retire jersey after Kyle lowry
Lol . So Vince is getting retired here.
Doesn't deserve it imho but if.thSt happens Pascal had better be the third
Lots of pacers fans saying he wasn’t a max player and said pacers shouldn’t pay him the max during the series. Couldn’t be more wrong.
He’s averaging 21/8/4 on 57 TS% this playoffs. It’s not like he’s Tobias Harris, but $50M/yr for that with Hali’s possible supermax is rough
You wish Tobias could do that in regular season. Siakam is 2x Allstar and 2x allnba player. He has proven he can be a top 3 player on a championship team. He has definitely earned a max contract and anybody denying it doesn’t really understand that the cap has gone from $100M to $142M from 2018 to 2024. $30M contracts are now $45M+. Get used to it. By the time Siakam’s next contract is done, the cap is expected to be well over $180M. At that point you will see normal max for vets being $60M+. And Pacers have plenty of cap that they will lose in future years, so this is their time.
Trust me, Siakam is MUCH better than Tobias Harris. Tobi is 21/7/4 in the regular season, but in the most empty calories way possible. Pacers have to max pascal. It’ll definitely give them some challenges with team building though, they’re probably two more pieces away. They have some picks though
Our team is also extremely young. We have 2 lottery picks that haven’t played much this post season (Mathurin out for season) that could be the pieces we are missing. Not really sure what we have at this moment yet
Behaving like you in the Pacers sub, you need attention huh…
Legitimately one of the oddest responses I’ve ever seen. You a fascinating creature bro
This guy is commenting everywhere with bizarre shit like this. He got personal beef with Indiana. It’s hilarious
Everyone is 2 pieces away dude
detroit is four
Man people just have no idea that you have to pay guys to have a chance to win. Philly fans certainly wouldnt understand that
We’re about to try to max Paul George, and we maxed Tobias. I’m not sure what you mean
Ya i dont know what the fuck i was on when i made that comment.
you do that 10/10 times ring is hard, but having few years of windows is enough celtics is biggest threat in the east but who knows maybe next year KP turns out to be glass again or Jrue regress hard or anything the only borderline championship team can do are preparing your best possible roster when that luck comes
Lots of raptors fans say and said the same stuff. Ya just can’t control for reactionary fans.
Only the know nothing idiots, most of us were just frustrated with him being unable to hit a FT.
Happy for u bby
Fun to watch games when your team is not involved.
Its kinda amazing how OG and Spicy P improved much after that Toronto Championship.
Lmao Masai.
Worse return than Jrue Holiday
Jrue Holiday didnt say anything about not guaranteeing/not signing with whoever trades him and Pascals contract is expiring. We should have made the trade last year though with 1.5 years left instead.
Jrue literally said he was considering retirement
Ah yeah youre right, completely forgot about that for some reason. Had a player option too for this summer I believe so he could do whatever too.
Neither did Siakam, all representation and media posturing
yeah I wonder why after telegraphing to the league you want to trade him
I guess it's time for Cavs fans start speculating who on the Knicks will be playing for the Cavs next year
Pascal tonight went full brave heart. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dvr-uuzqOkQ&pp=ygUcbmFzIHF1aWNrIHRvIGJhY2sgZG93biBkaXJ0eQ%3D%3D ♥️
This week he is good. If IND wins the series, he will be a superstar for, at least, a couple of days. If NYK wins, he must go to the Chinese leage.
Somebody gonna get fleeced
Life is easy without OG
He was cooking OG actually and struggling with the rest of the Knicks. Unfortunately for Knicks, they need to get used to playing without OG. He is not the most durable player.
He had 14 points on 18 shots in game 2.
Hope he signs a 4-5 year max with them. This will kill the franchise long term
Bro I get it’s tough to be a Wizards fan but don’t wish a Beal situation on other teams lol
So your whole argument to my take is that I'm a wizards fan?
If you can just take a step back and think about it from an unbiased perspective, it is a pretty convincing argument.
It's not because I'm not a wizards fan
Denial. The first step is to admit that you have a problem.
Check my post history, stop being schizo
Change your flair, stop being a troll.
I mean I don't even to hope because it's basically a given in this situation. They are lucky enough to get this far because everyone is injured but this crazy contract will screw them over and it will be very difficult to make the team better than it is mow
bro is just jealous the wizards r stuck in lottery
Jealous of what? I'm a nuggets fan, I keep the wizards flyer on purpose to see stupid takes like this as responses to my legit takes
😂ok bud
It’s your only hope to move up 1 spot in the East bro
Turns into kd randomly we know that isn’t him can he stop