Siakam and OG have been in the news for trade talks for years. Now that Siakam is on the last year of his contract, and OG in his 2nd to last year looking for an extension soon, Masai has put himself in a hole just like he did with Kawhi Leonard, Marc Gasol, Serge Ibaka, Danny Green, Fred VanVleet.
Siakam is averaging less points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks from last year. He’s shooting 19% from 3. He’s having his worse season since 2018.
OG is averaging less points, rebounds, assists steals, and blocks from last year. He went from having 2.0 steals last year to 1.0 this year. This is also his worst year since 2018
Now they either have to pay Siakam a 200-300 mil contract, or sell him cheap to another team for a 3 month rental. They either have to max or near max OG, or sell him for less value than they could have a year or two ago
Masai has been the worst executive/GM since the raptors championship 5 years ago, and the Raptors are suffering in eastern conference purgatory because of him
Masai has fumbled the Raptors into mediocrity. Losing Vanvleet for nothing was bad. Poeltl trade was bad. Arguably should’ve traded Siakam at his peak, but that’s tough to gauge as we don’t know what offers were made.
Everything else said by OP is false/wrong. OG is not having a down year. Other players lost were core members of championship team and were rightly kept rather than sold for cheap while the Raptors were still competitive.
Big decisions ahead for Masai. OG will likely be extended as he’s young and fits well with Barnes. We’ll see if Masai can make moves to support the next core. It’s not too late to reset for future.