The latest on Pascal Siakam, Davion Mitchell and Alex Caruso: Sam Amick’s summer league notes and observations
New York TimesLAS VEGAS — Of course summer league wasn’t the same as the old days. Here’s what’s on my mind as I look back on the last few days… Pascal Siakam doesn’t want to go anywhere — and likely won’t When I told Sacramento media friends ‘Deuce and Mo’ in early August that the Kings had interest in somehow landing Toronto’s Pascal Siakam, it sparked a round of headlines — both aggregated and courtesy of The Sacramento Bee’s Jason Anderson — that failed to answer the only question that really matters here. Nonetheless, the combination of the changing Raptors landscape and that well-chronicled friction with coach Nick Nurse last season had led many to believe Siakam’s days were numbered there. Things can always change, especially when Siakam finally gets out on the floor and both sides get to see if the plan is — or isn’t — something that might actually work. But three years later, with this new Kings front office that’s led by general manager Monte McNair deciding to add point guard Davion Mitchell with the ninth pick out of Baylor one year after adding combo guard Tyrese Haliburton, that dynamic is worth remembering as they attempt to make this work.
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