Pacers get All-Star Siakam for Brown and future picks! Big trade shakes up the NBA! Toronto traded their star player, Pascal Siakam, to the Indiana Pacers. Indiana sent back Bruce Brown and a bunch of future draft picks (think fancy tickets to pick new players). New Orleans also joined in, sending a backup player and another draft pick. Why did this happen? Toronto: Siakam could leave as a free agent soon, so they got some valuable future picks now instead of risking losing him for nothing. Indiana: They really want to make the playoffs this year, and Siakam is a great player who can help them. Bruce Brown is good, but Siakam is even better. What does this mean? Indiana is serious about winning now. Toronto is rebuilding for the future. The NBA is always exciting, and this trade just made it even more interesting! Hope this is easier to understand!.