Just me but Siakim at $33m a year for 4y/25% of salary cap, at this point in the preseason, seems like a massive overpay for one decent regular season and better playoffs. I know he'd become a free agent next summer if thet didn't sign him in the next couple days, but it would be a restricted one and Raps could match any offer. Worth the risk to see how the player and the team, navigate this season.
I know money and salary structure in the NBA is wildly out of control, but I just don't see enough to say that this guy is to be a pillar/leader of the Raptors or any other NBA franchise just yet. Seems like a reach, and simply spending because they have the money to spend and hope that spending it keeps the good vibes of last year rolling by locking up one of the surprise players and hoping they he plays his way up into the value of the deal.
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