01-09-2024, 10:33 AM
(01-09-2024, 10:01 AM)omahen Wrote: Also, Siakams rebounding has reduced since Toronto actually got a real center in Poeltl. Kind of logical, not an indication that Siakam has become a worse rebounder lately.
I think that says Siakam never was a premium rebounder -- as you point out, his plus rebounding only happened when the Raps were without a real center. And now that they have a real center, he's nothing special at rebounding. There's no universe in which the Mavs roster-building plans feature a lack of a real center.
I go back and forth on the desirability of PS, but he's easy to overrate. We think of him leading TOR to a title, but that wasn't him. That was Kawhi's title, with multiple good (but not great) helpers including PS.