Pascal Siakam has an intimate understanding of what it takes to win an NBA championship. He knows what is required. He’s lived it.
Anthony Davis might be able to guess at what it takes, but he doesn’t know and won’t until he has that experience.
That’s not to say that Siakam is the better player or that Davis will never get a ring. But when you watched Siakam and the Raptors record an improbable victory over Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night, one of the takeaways was clearly how Toronto has been transformed by its championship run in the spring.