Hi everyone, first-time poster here. I’ve been a fan of the Sacramento Kings for over 20 years, and in Kings fandom circles, there’s a lot of talk about OG and Siakam as potential trade targets. (Though, truth be told, I don’t know if Masai Ujiri would accept any offer that the Kings FO could realistically make).

What I want to know is, what’s happening with Pascal Siakam’s outside shot? I know he’s been a bit up-and-down for his career, with some legitimately good outside shooting years - but in the early going this year, he’s at 24.5% as of this post. Does his shot look visibly worse than before? Is there something funky going on with the Raptors offense? Something else?

The reason I ask is that in Sacramento, our two cornerstone players are DeAaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. Early season numbers currently notwithstanding, however, neither of these guys is a consistent threat from three-point range - so it’s generally been accepted that for the sake of spacing, we need to surround them with three other starters who are all consistent three-point shooters. Otherwise, opposing defenses can just pack the paint against us.

This seemed like a good place to ask about this, since I haven’t seen a lot of Raptors basketball lately. And this isn’t to knock Siakam’s overall game - if he were on the Kings, he’d easily be one of our top two players, maybe 3rd best on a bad night. This is purely a question of fit. (If I had to choose, I’d think of OG Anunoby as a more natural fit for our team - someone who could give us much needed perimeter defense while also being a lethal outside threat, even if I think Siakam is overall more talented).