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It’s not that surprising. He is their best and most accomplished player and he’s coming off a summer in which he was rumoured to be traded a number of times.
To his credit, Siakam has not made any of this about him. He has stoically toed the team line accepting on the surface at least everything new head coach Darko Rajakovic has asked of him. In that game, Siakam attempted just eight shots, which even for this season, is extremely low for him. Asked yesterday about his uncharacteristic quiet night on Saturday against the Sixers, followed by a more Siakam-looking line on Monday, the two-time all-star and two-time all-NBA player suggested his road was no different than anyone else on the team.
“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” he said. “Everything is new and there’s going to be rough times. As long as we don’t go away from each other during those times I think that we can continue to fight and see it through.”
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