Will they? Won’t they? If they do, when will it be? If they don’t, what the hell is the plan? This preamble of inane questions was referring to, what felt like the inevitable deal of sending beloved Raptor Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers — a move that was completed earlier this afternoon. With no Siakam, Toronto finds themselves even more shorthanded up front than they were before the deal. The remaining Raptors will now have to scrap it out with the ever-annoying Miami Heat and their merry band of culture adapters.
A deal of this magnitude, surrounding a player this ingrained in Pascal Siakam will impact tonight’s game against the Heat.