Toronto Raptors star Pascal Siakam believes that he’ll have a smooth transition playing for new head coach Darko Rajakovic because of his past experiences in different roles.
(via Toronto Raptors):
“I think for me, just taking everything in, observing, and just continue to be me. I think the notion of adapting; as a team we all gotta adapt, we all gotta figure out because he’s a new coach. He’s gonna come in with new stuff and his philosophy; but I think for me, there’s nothing more that I have to adjust than the rest of my teammates at the end of the day. But I also believe that I’ve played in every real position in the NBA. Since the first day I got here; I was running down the floor, Kyle [Lowry] just throwing the ball and I’m catching it and dunking it. From getting to the corner and starting developing ball handling, shooting. So, I’ve seen everything.
“I think what makes me special is that I’m a hooper at the end of the day. When people work out in the summer and they do one-on-one workouts; I want to play basketball, just because I want to be able to understand the game, play off of guys. Not just doing drills and be a robot. I think that’s my strength as a player. So, I’m definitely not worried about that. I know that my abilities on the basketball court will always prevail into anything, any situation that I’m put in.”
