Basketball Intelligence for 1/18/24
Dejan Milojević, Siakam trade grades, mock drafts, and more
Dejan Milojević
Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević dead at 46 — “Decky” embodied what is great about the game
Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News
Milojević was no-nonsense regarding basketball — he didn’t come all the way from Serbia to mess around — but you rarely caught him without a smile. He loved the game, yes, but he loved people, too. Behind the scenes, Warriors coach Steve Kerr’s mantra of joy above all was perfectly embodied by Milojević. He never sought attention — he was anything but a politician — but his passion for his job was infectious and unmissable. He was a hell of a player, but his true calling was as a teacher.
“Dejan was one of the most positive and beautiful human beings I have ever known, someone who brought joy and light to every single day with his passion and energy,” Kerr said in a statement released by the Warriors Wednesday.
Remembering Dejan Milojević, who brought Warriors love, soul and good cheer
Monte Poole, NBC Sports
Pascal Siakam Trade
Toronto Raptors/Indiana Pacers trade grades: a rare win-win?
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Tyrese Haliburton’s ideal teammate
David Thorpe, TrueHoop
Pascal Siakam trade grades: Pacers add another star with calculated risk, Raptors look toward future
Sam Quinn, CBS Sports
Pascal Siakam was the moon
Louis Zatzman, Raptors Republic
Pascal Siakam was the moon for the Toronto Raptors. He rose every other night, usually at 7:30 pm EST (7:39, more like), and drifted across the sky for two or three hours, bathing us all in the soft glow of his gorgeous game. But the moon is never the same shape two nights in a row. And Siakam could be depended upon for his growth, perhaps more than anything else. He changed from month to month, year to year, despite being a fixture the entire time.
Pacers acquiring All-Star forward Pascal Siakam raises the team's floor and ceiling
Scott Agness, Fieldhouse Files
Why the Pacers’ trade for Pascal Siakam makes so much sense
Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports
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