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Like I said earlier before the trade happened. The Raptors are waving the white flag and they are on a journey to rebuilding which I think is a great move from them. They saw nothing was happening for the team and it was time to move on. They already traded great important pieces like OG Anunoby (recent), Kyle Lowry, and Fred VanVleet, it's time to move on and create a new roster that would highlight Scottie Barnes.
Better do it early than act late. Soon they might not find some good trades to best fit their goal and now they are a winner because of the three first-round picks they received. Who knows if one of those players will be the next star of the NBA?
Indiana Pacers on the other hand could start building chemistry with the other players as soon as possible and all he needs is to wait for Haliburton to come and I am sure they will be more of a scary team. The Pacers lack the defense and a big man, but Siakam can do both offense and defense so I think it's a big win for them.

It seems though that they have traded everyone from their championship team when Kahwi lead it? There was talks that they can still make it when Kawhi leaves but it looks like that it was not the case for the Raptors and I do agree that they are now in the rebuilding phase, perhaps the last important pieces to say that the Raptors will have a new look has been traded in Pascal Siakam.

But I was surprised that he goes to Pacers or at least Indiana is very much interested on him. And I do agree that they are the winner in the trade as we will see a immediate impact for them as Pascal is going to be in their starting 5 and help the team since Haliburton is still out. I don't think that they lack a big man inside, they still have Miles Turner. Obi and Pascal though will have to fight it out for the PG position, but there is going to be depth from the Pacers.

Pascal is definitely going to be a very big asset for the Indiana Pacers. In my opinion, he is going to contribute to the team a lot as well. So I think it is easy to say that this was a win for the Indiana Pacers. I think we can also say any doubt that the player is also in his prime time, right? At least that's what I think when I consider his age. Yes I cant deny sometimes the performance from the Indiana pacers has been a little inconsistent in recent times. however I think they have the capability of improving the performance and being a lot more consistent.

I also think that Pascal was because the team was very interested in him, an surely this was a good decision. Now if this was a good decision or not for the team, we will be able to know that later by watching him perform.

IMO this trade made the Pacers a very strong team in the East. I will have to see how the chemistry is between everyone, but if it's good then the Pacers are going to be very tough to beat. Definitely could go very deep in the playoffs with the acquisition.

Yes, they made their team stronger and more versatile with the acquisition of Pascal and didn't lose much of the team itself. Although they take that risk to give the Raptors future picks, but we don't know how good or bad those future picks is to by now we can say that the risk might pay off dividends early if Pascal will blend it with the Pacers, whether starting five or coming from the bench to contribute. And when Haliburton comes back, it will be a different Pacers as at least they now have a great second offensive options. And Pascal can extend the floor as well, he is a good iso player as well and then can put up a decent defense. So the East is going to be a tough conference when it comes to playoff and it's hard to predict who will win and there could be surprise like what the Heat did last season.