Right here’s Indiana Pacers star Pascal Siakam responding to a query about how being the No. 1 possibility throughout 2025-26 will assist him when Tyrese Haliburton returns subsequent season (averaged 24.0 PPG/6.6 RPG/3.8 APG/2.2 TOV/1.1 SPG/0.4 BPG/2.4 PF/48.4% FG/52.7% 2-PT/35.8% 3-PT/69.3% FT/52.9% eFG/33.2 MPG in 62 begins).
(by way of Indiana Pacers):
“I hate that query. I hate the No. 1 query. Each time I hear that, I simply don’t prefer it. That’s not basketball. Basketball’s a crew sport. You gotta have those who work collectively effectively to have the ability to win — I’ve realized that. Irrespective of who’s what, for the crew to win, you want cohesion. You want individuals which might be collectively, play collectively. Clearly, you’re gonna have those who common extra or anyone that does extra, but it surely’s all a couple of crew. I don’t actually have a look at basketball that approach. I don’t assume to have the ability to win on the highest degree, it’s actually targeted on like, ‘Oh, who’s No. 1? Who’s No. 2? Who’s No. 3? Who’s No. 4?’ Like, ‘Who cares?’ I’ve been in sequence’ the place the individual that was thought-about No. 7 helped us win video games. It doesn’t matter. On the highest degree of video games, individuals from the first man to the 14th, no matter, will help you win a sport — and I feel that’s the way in which we’ve bought to have a look at it.
“To form of reply your query, I’ve realized quite a bit. I’ve been in conditions in these video games the place I had the ball on the finish of the sport, attempting to win the sport. I made some powerful photographs, which I really feel like I’ve realized from. And I’m undoubtedly gonna take this expertise to hopefully deliver into subsequent yr and we’re gonna have a number of individuals we will go to. I feel that’s what the great groups normally do. It’s not at all times only one particular person doing every thing. It’s the entire crew doing it collectively. There’s gonna be moments the place anyone’s gonna do it that wasn’t anticipated to do it, and I feel all of the particular groups have that.”
