Siakam and OG have been in the news for trade talks for years. Now that Siakam is on the last year of his contract, and OG in his 2nd to last year looking for an extension, Masai has put himself in a hole just like he did with Kawhi Leonard, Marc Gasol, Serge Ibaka, Danny Green, Fred VanVleet.
Siakam is averaging less points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks from last year. He’s shooting 19% from 3. He’s having his worse season since 2018.
OG is avereging less Points, rebounds, assists steals, and blocks from last year. He went from having 2.0 steals last year to 1.0 this year. This is also his worst year since 2018
Now they either have to pay Siakam a 200-300 mil contract, or sell him cheap for a 3 month rental. They either have to max or near max OG, or sell him for less value than they could have a year or two ago
Masai has been the worst executive/GM since the raptors championship 5 years ago, and the Raptors are suffering in eastern conference purgatory because of him
We will still take Siakam.
I would def take something like kuminga, wiggins, and one of those post curry picks
Not that its a full-on blocker. But until this years pick conveys they can’t trade future firsts.
They owe it to us, and as long as its not top 4 we get the pick. (Winning the lottery)
So we would have to be a part of the trade to get it unprotected, BUT since we want them to be worse to get a good pick we’d probably need some good compensation to help them make a big trade.
I would imagine the typical “here’s a second remove the protections” might not be enough.