Raptors trading 2-time All-Star, 2019 NBA Champion Pascal Siakam to Pacers: reports

The Toronto Raptors are reportedly in the final stages of a trade that would see the team offload two-time all-star forward Pascal Siakam, one of the last remaining ties to the team's 2019 NBA championship.

Indiana will reportedly trade three first-round picks to Toronto — two in 2024 and one in 2026 — as well as forwards Bruce Brown Jr., 27, and Jordan Nwora, 25, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The pair of 2024 first-round picks will be Indiana's and the worst out of Utah, Houston, Los Angeles (Clippers) or Oklahoma City. The 2026 first-round pick will be Indiana's own.

Wojnarowski added that the New Orleans Pelicans would also be moving 22-year-old guard Kira Lewis to the Raptors and sending a 2024 second-round pick to Indiana as a third team in the trade.

The Athletic reported Tuesday night the Pacers and Raptors were nearing a deal a deal for Siakam, who is in the final year of a four-year, $136.9 million US deal. He will make $37.8 million this season.

"I'm excited that Pascal is getting a first-class opportunity with the Pacers, being paired with Tyrese (Haliburton) and Myles (Turner) and being coached by a great coach in Rick Carlisle. His future their looks bright there," Siakam's agent Todd Ramasar told Andscape, a sports and pop culture website owned by ESPN.

In addition to helping the Raptors to the franchise's first championship and being selected a 2020 and 2023 all-star, Siakam earned the league's Most Improved Player award in 2019, as well as All-NBA Second Team honours in 2020 and All-NBA Third Team in 2022.

The blockbuster is yet another major move for a Raptors team undergoing changes amid a difficult couple of seasons.

Toronto sent longtime wing OG Anunoby, forward Precious Achiuwa and guard