Pascal Siakam’s New Role, Explained

The first play the Raptors ran this season was a pick n’ roll out of horns with Pascal Siakam in the corner. The second play they ran was a pick n’ roll with Siakam one pass away. Both plays resulted in missed threes, and after the second, the ball found Siakam who hit from downtown – the Raptors first basket of the season, and an indicator of things to come.
We’ll get into the film and the structure of the Raptors offense — the more in depth stuff — later, bu