Getting the buddies back together again — rebooting the Raptors bromance Jak and Skills — will certainly be a topic for discussion. But the move to reunite Pascal Siakam and Jakob Poeltl truly is all about basketball.
How they will help each on the court, what kind of impact they’ll have on the final quarter of the NBA regular season and how Raptors coach Nick Nurse deals with having a legitimate centre to deploy (for the first time in about four years) will determine whether this week’s trade is a success at any level.