Pascal Siakam Turning Into Playoff Force Pacers Hoped For When They Made Trade
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle told forward Pascal Siakam — a normally quieter man who doesn’t command attention — that he would have to lead his younger teammates in the playoffs, as written in an excellent piece from Dustin Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star. For Siakam, it appears it was a challenge, but one that he’s accepted. Siakam was acquired from the Toronto Raptors in a midseason trade. “It’s different because I’m usually not a talkative person,” Siakam said, via Dopirak. “And it’s something that, maybe in the past, in different situations it was always, ‘We hope you talk a...
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