JOHANNESBURG -- Toronto Raptors' Pascal Siakam is in South Africa to play in his first NBA Africa game, taking place on Saturday between Team Africa and Team World, and the Cameroonian was in a diplomatic mood when discussing the Raptors' newsworthy offseason.
With the focus on the NBA Africa game and the Basketball without Borders camp, Siakam kept it simple on Wednesday when asked about the DeMar DeRozan trade to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Kawhi Leonard, which took the NBA world by surprise.
Siakam told KweséESPN about the impact of the trade on the team: "Every time I talk about it I try to acknowledge the guys, like DeMar, and what they did for Canada.