It is a small sample size but there is no denying that Pascal Siakam is fouling too early and too often. And as good as he has been in six games this season, it’s like the Raptors’ offensive star is fighting uphill every night.
The foul totals are alarming — Siakam has been disqualified from two of Toronto’s first six games (both Raptors losses) and he has had at least five personals in four of the six — but the timing of the infractions is as big an issue. He basically took himself out of the first half of Saturday’s game in Milwaukee with two personals in the first 6:06.