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In addition to Harden and Lillard, the underrated Siakam is also a depth charge that will change the NBA landscape. This man is Pascal Siakam. A two-time All-Star, Siakam is Toronto's only true nucleus. In 2019, he led the team to a championship as the second head coach. If only entering the final year of his contract and not yet negotiating with the team, his career is impressive enough. After renewing his contract, the Raptors put him on the trade shelf. Such a powerful star, but in the trading market, there is little reaction and almost no sensation. This is very unexpected and surprising.
None of the teams accepted Siakami's "grease", perhaps because they doubted the true quality of "grease".
Yes, Siakam has been a bone of controversy for years. Even Raptors fans often have two ideas. Fans who recognize Siakam consider him a superstar on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the strongest and most irreplaceable man on the Raptors. Fans who don't know Siakam will cite his very bad game and prove that Siakam is not strong at all with his very bad shooting percentage. This begs the question, what level of player is Siakam exactly?
On a purely competitive level, Siakam should be an all-star at this point, higher than an all-star mixer like Randall and Sabonis Jr. can see with the naked eye.
In fact, these characteristics of the alphabet brother apply to Siakami. As an African striker, Siakam has an extraordinary talent. With a height of 2.06m and an arm span of 2.21m, these God-given physical conditions, coupled with excellent rebounding and excellent confrontational strength, naturally make Siakham a competitive advantage in the NBA. Siakam fulfills all the requirements of a talented striker. His signature is to rush desperately to attack the ball. A quick break passes like a black whirlwind. He's also very good at defending. The same position he could not block on his own. For other super forwards, Siakam can indeed swing the ball to fifth place when needed, and can also achieve a good frame effect.
What is remarkable is that although Siakam is "black" and "tough" enough, his technique is indeed so good. Siakami's backwards and low steps are quite good. He can turn forward and backward, coupled with some variations of his test stride and rely on his innate raw strength, which forms Siakami's signature technique. This tip is especially useful when you're facing teams that are undersized internally and are receiving free throws for big and small offenses. In the 2019 final, Siakam screened out the self-proclaimed "Stone Party" Dream Green with his low-post skills. After officially taking over the Raptors' core banner, Siakam continued to rely on the big and small tricks of the low post to support the court and data.
Where is the line between star players and role players? In other words, where is the gap between Anunobi and Siakam? It's in this iconic technique. The latter can rely on stunts to support scoring output and take over the banner of the team's best striker. The latter does not have strong signature skills and can only be used as a blue-collar engineer.
Technically, Siakami integrates attack and defense, defense can hit the ball to five points, and offense can become the number one main striker. Whatever the league's most popular attribute, he's definitely not an All-Star like Randall or Grant. "Bastards" can touch porcelain.
Moreover, in the same high-profile All-Star competition, compared to players such as Jaylen Brown and Ingram, Siakam still has the upper hand in the Finals, with a solid resume of a real single-core leader, Siakam's strength. So why is Siakam's wind reviews mixed? And why, Siakam is not interested in the trade market?
As for the mixed reviews, fans can understand Siakami as a 60% version of the alphabet brother. On nights when Antetokounmpo was in poor form, he caused brain hemorrhages and complained about his poor technique. Siakam faces a similar problem. While Siakam has his signature rebounding technique and low post, his main focus remains on the talent advantage, and his rebounding count has dropped by ten.
Alphabet Brother's talent tends to be discouraged when strength is not dominant, so Siakam, who is not as talented as Alphabet Brother, will encounter even more discouraged situations. As we all know, Alphabet Brother relies on size and strength in the middle, while Siakam needs a power forward to deal with it.
If strength and size are generally inferior, Siakam's low-post technique cannot be used, and other rough techniques are exposed to fans at a glance: his shooting is poor, whether it is a mid-range shot or a three-pointer, basically relying on blindness; He is too tall, his dribbling is naturally restless, and his breakthroughs are easily intercepted; Reading defense is not something Siakam is good at, and he often rushes into opponents' circles and concedes goals, leaving fans angry and speechless.
Most of these flaws don't fit the aesthetics of today's basketball fans. After a very shattered night at Siakami, fans no longer recognized his level and the management of every team was worried about his game. To understand things.
Until 2023, there will still be a large group of fans who do not recognize the level and strength of Alphabet Brother. The aesthetic of modern fans is somewhat alienated. They see the game of basketball as chess, making wise choices at every stage and using technique to beat their opponents. It is a force that adapts to the aesthetic of the audience.
But with the power of the flood, the attack can dominate the ball world, and the defense code can directly hit the opponent's attack like a giant spirit god. How is this not a force? Treating the game as a chess game is more about the process, and this strength derived from talent, because it is more directly related to the ratio of victory and loss on the basket, usually directly determines the victory or defeat of the game. Game.
Siakam is an underrated top player. Any championship-contender team trading him could even shake up the entire league. But the problem with the final shape of the trade is that Siakam has feelings for Toronto and doesn't seem willing to leave, and the Raptors don't want to cheapen Siakam. It is difficult for the three parties to reach a final agreement in each other's waters.
That's why when Siakam first hit the shelves in June, it attracted a lot of buyers, but in the end the store was only in the scandal stage, and eventually it went out of business, and no one cares anymore.
Siakam is underrated because of the mixed reviews, and this has a lot to do with the Raptors platform. Siakami's talent is buried and he needs a more watched team to prove his talent, as this is a rebuilding team that nobody cares about, coupled with head coach Nas's radical raw tactical experiments. Siakam is 29 years old and no longer young. I hope he can find a really good team.
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