Pascal Siakam went back and forth with a reporter after Siakam said he believed the Knicks played harder than the Pacers in Game 5.
Gregg Doyel, same idiot banned from fever games for being a creep towards Caitlin Clark. Literally the worst writer of all time.
I be might worse writer him than
no he’s still worse
This sequence is a pretty good sumnmary of east coast basketball “rivalries”.
sumnmary
Indeed it is lmao
I will be rooting for the Pacers in the finals because of your post.
No you are a modern day poet, your Nobel prize will be in the mail
I is a bester writer
Generational execution on this.
Lmaoo
There all is aching.
Why write many word when few word do trick
How is he still working?
The city newspaper he works for has 351 google reviews with an average rating of 1.4 stars. He appears to not be the only problem.
Yeah like a lot of newspapers, it was for a long time a robust locally owned paper. It was purchased by a big publishing conglomerate some years ago that drastically cut staff and resources and eventually sold it to private equity which has sold it in pieces, including the actual printing machinery. The paper probably has like 5% of its original staff and they are probably all on the chopping block. I imagine it’ll shut down completely in the not too distant future.
It’s sad, even with the skeleton staff, the Star broke that Larry Nassar/gymnastics sexual abuse scandal a while back with a fantastic investigative series.
Sorry to blather on, I have a couple friends who got laid off or took a buyout. Really talented journalists but chose that profession at the wrong time.
No idea why they’ve kept Doyel, though, he’s a total clown.
They’ve kept Doyel because when private equity buys journalistic outlets, they become clickbait slop, and moments like this interview (which I’m sure will be followed by a terrible article about it) get clicks.
Crazy how this is quite literally just the season 5 plot of “The Wire” that was filmed 20 years ago.
Just stripping an entire profession bare of any talent and integrity for decades straight.
Union
Pascal: “what’s your name bro?”
…”oh…”
If you watch the video it’s a really creepy interaction.. Funny thing I remember though is Dave Portnoy tweeting criticism, and accidently calling him “sexiest pervert” instead of sexist.
How the hell is he still covering.
PS answer him with a simple answer yet dude cant understand sh*t.. lol fr he’s an idiot
Also in the series against the Cavs, he got called out by Tyrese Haliburton. Doyel wrote a column about Hali missing a press conference, and Hali basically said Doyel only goes to games looking for drama and isn’t there every day like the other writers.
Light Novel writers exist.
I feel like light novels suck balls because of translation issues.
nah, if you read them untranslated, they’re still not very good lol
This exchange was great, and then the video ending right after somebody says “Greg Doyle, Indy Star” was just chef’s kiss because that guy is such a huge assclown lol.
do love that almost every team in every sport has that one dipshit that gets the “Literally the worst writer of all time” label. ever want a good laugh head to the panther subreddit and ask who david newton is see how many comments are the same as with your dude.
Gregg Doyel is so fucking stupid lmao I hate that he works at the Star
Bro should be banned for life after that shit with Caitlin Clark
ohhhh it’s the Caitlin creep
Explain
She would make a heart hand gesture to her family during games.
In her rookie press conference, his very first question was “I want you to do this” and makes the heart gesture at her. She responds “I do that at my family after every game…” so Doyel over heavy breathing goes:
Start doing it to me, and we’ll be getting along just fine 😏
The sleaze is audible over the clip. I can’t believe it’s the same guy here lmao
That’s cartoonishly hideous. This actually happened?
Unfortunately I remember there was a video if you can handle the cringe
I wouldn’t say there was heavy breathing per say.. but he was def gooning out
Thats was fucking terrible and disgusting
It’s a million times worse than the text explanation. Good lord.
Yeah it was extremely cringey but I guess not bad enough to get him fired
gooning at the press conference is an absolutely abysmal look
Holy shit this cannot be real?
This feels like a token sitcom creep
That’s embarrassing. He’s 55 years old, a professional reporter, and thinks flirting with a 22 year old female athlete, reducing her to her looks, is appropriate. That was so cringe. She’s an accomplished athlete and role model, and nobody of any age should be saying “heart me” to her except maybe some dazzled 5 year old kid/fan.
And man his still pics look creepy too.
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2014/10/19/meet-gregg-doyel-your-new-indystar-sports-columnist/17455467/
He’s always been a shit head.
We really have arrived at an era where south park levels of degeneracy are being acted out in real life
literally saying creepster shit to Caitlin in a work capacity
Well…that’s worse than I was anticipating
Wait, that dude is still employed?
ITS THE SAME GUY?!
THE GREAT BAMBINO
this guy is an Ls machine
Throw away account here, I work in the TA dept. for Gannett (who owns the Indystar). Union positions are pretty much locked in as lifers unless they commit a murder or quit on their own
Whatd he do
creeped on Caitlin
Is that who it is? I couldn’t hear the name. He’s the one who was suspended for Caitlin Clark nonsense, no?
yes, and he’s been a dickhead for 10+ years in Indy
I don’t understand how the Indiana fan base does not cancel this guy. he’s so toxic to your most beloved players it should be a no brainer lol
We all hate him, what are we supposed to do, exactly?
Refuse to consume things from the people that employ him until they fire him and/or message them everyday telling them to fire this dumbass
No one in Indy consumes IndyStar sports shit anyways. They lock it all behind an absurd paywall. So the only real exposure he gets is in stupid ass situations like this one.
It’s not that important, lol, I don’t read the guy and never will. Im not going to start a crusade over it
Unfortunately I don’t work in HR for the Indystar. If I did, I would fire him. No one in Indy likes him.
We want him gone. Unfortunately, the Star is owned by Gannett, who’s based in NYC. They don’t give two fucks about our shitty paper.
As soon as the reporters name was said it made all the sense lol
Yeah, that “oh” from Siakam was a ‘oh, it’s this asshole. That makes sense.’
I love how most teams have that one reporter whose voice fans will recognize lmao 😂 like you always know when it’s Tim McMahon piping up at a Dallas presser and you kinda roll your eyes
I remember that one dude when Russ was on the Thunder who would always get into little fights with him, that shit was hilarious
Yeah Gregg Doyel was trying to engage in an ego battle with Siakam and bait him, and Pascal was just straightforwardly answering the very stupid question.
Teams often put up superhuman efforts in elimination games, at home, and recognizing your team got outworked by such a team despite your trying hard is just acknowledgment of the truth. Nothing to shame him for. “How could you not work harder?”
It’s a skill sport and a team sport, so there is not just a dial you can crank up to work “limitlessly harder” by hyping up, so you play better. You try as hard as you can.
“You good bro” LMAO that was awesome
That’s the Torontonian in him lol
100% wanted to say “whose mans is this?” but his media training kicked in
Followed by “Come get your mans”
I was going to say, his Toronto accent came out quick
If the business is troo…
He should have called the reporter a gerber
Is you good bro a Canadian thing?
We use it a lot in Toronto. Unsure if its Canadian, unsure if for example Vancouver people use it. But we use a lot of “you good fam?” in Toronto
makes sense, we’ve used it in Texas my whole life, too so was curious if that’s where it came from
That’s an Indy reporter too
Calling Greg Doyle a reporter is inaccurate. He’s the absolute clownshow who got suspended for being creepy af with caitlin clark. He shouldnt even have media access.
“Who’s this guy?”
“Gregg Doyel”
“Oh…”. Siakam and everyone watching who followed his creepy ass story last year.
Siakam shook his head like “ah, no surprise.”
How is this guy still employed? Is he a self published guy or does he work for local news? Dude should have his credentials revoked
he works for the indystar, clown
THAT guy? His career should have ended after that press conference.
Even worse, Gregg Doyel spells his name like a dipshit too.
Maryland basketball fan - last year he had a little tempter tantrum because he didn’t like the maryland student section shouting “airball” at purdue players
Of course it’s that guy.
Hope the pacers put him out then
He’s a hot take merchant and an extremely weird dude
Lol I think somebody off camera told Pascal that he’s a Indy reporter and that’s why Pascal said “Oh” like that
Haliburton called him out pretty directly a few games ago when he pointed out Doyel hasn’t been covering them all season, another guy has (Dustin Dopirak, who is generally well liked). Doyel is showing up now that they’re a big national story.
So Siakam doesn’t see it as an Indy media member, he sees it as the guy who lives in Indy but still doesn’t cover them but is now showing up. His first thought, if he even recognizes Doyel, is probably “not this fucking guy”
What a dumbass reporter, these players aren’t robots.
I had to watch the video 3 times just to hear what that dumbass said, did this idiot really ask how it’s possible for the Knicks to play harder than the Pacers?
This is reminding me of the famous “How does Yale out rebound Baylor?” to Taurean Prince
Needs to be standard that people post clips of a moment instead of reminiscing into an echo chamber.
https://youtube.com/shorts/pO2JEtxYZU0?si=vuzXfT4TzmXFkosH
Thank you. I never saw that clip and it’s fucking great.
“And that’s considered a rebound”
It’s my favorite clip ever. Still love Taurean just for that clip
Yale was one of the best rebounding teams that year too which made the question even more odd
I forgot about that. All time college postgame response.
Yes. I think he was trying to ask why the Pacers didn’t match that level of play. It’s not really that crazy of a question if he just added context when being asked. They could have asked if it was due to the tram being tired or if Pascal thought that it was because the Knicks were in desperation mode being at home in a game 5. But instead his question just came out as a dribble of repeating well they played harder why didn’t you play harder. As Siakam said, it’s sports and that can just happen some times.
I liked the clip of aga when Minnesota blew them out. Sitting in the bench he broke down all the different things that could have gone different but all went in Minnesotas favor and they ended up in a blow out. That’s a leader and a team that’s OK with looking at the scenario as a whole and moving forward because they know their identity.
there was a ufc title fight where the guy got knocked out and in the post fight press conference a reporter asked him why he didn’t dodge the punch. some of these guys are clueless
“why are you letting him punch you? Are you stupid?” lol
You good… you good bro
Followed by …. whose this guy, what’s ur name bro had me in stitches gaha
The “oh” after he got his answer sent me.
When a player looks dumbfounded, smiles, and then asks you “you good, bro?” It’s probably time to shut the fuck up lmao
0 awareness
Nah this is when reporters try and save face and bend 5 ways to try make their stupid question make sense( hint: it never does).
His question was like the equivalent of the meme “why don’t you just win? are you stupid?”
My favorite is still. Did they win or did you guys lose this game.
I know it’s meant to be a catch 22 question but still it’s so vague it sound like the reporter wanted to do none of the effort in the question and let the athlete to all the effort in the explanation.
“How is that possible?”
So many sports ‘fans’ have this absurdly romantized idea of the game. It’s these types that Skip Bayless appeals to. Fuck talking about x’s and o’s or skill, who wants it more?
Reminds me of the Taurean Prince interviewer who asked the same question.
I might be misinterpreting what you’re saying, but isn’t Siakam himself appealing to the Skip Bayless types by saying the Knicks played harder?
yea i thought the title got mixed up and came in here ready to shit on the reporter for suggesting that the pacers lost because they didnt play hard enough, similar to how cuban reacted to skip bayless when skip suggested that about the heat in the 2011 finals
only to find that pascal was the one who said it lmao
I think it’s fair to say that one team may play with more energy and desperation, especially if they have their backs to the wall.
Cuban destroys Skip
https://youtu.be/xRaO1mN5EEM?si=aDPB9Tb9Db5akKi3
The famous example. I remember watching this and changing my perspective on sports writing.
Normally when a title says “X DESTROYS Y” it’s an exaggeration
But Cuban straight cooked him
“You have the perception that people care what you say” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
That’s a great clip. Thanks. Cuban really embarrasses Skip there. He makes so many solid points with examples and Skip just gives him “nun-uh” back. He really hits the nail on the head of why the hot take sports writers are so annoying and explains it perfectly.
Reminds me of the clip where Mark Cuban shuts down Skip for saying that same stupid shit.
yeah like would he ask the knicks the same question if they lost? maybe news to shitty sports analysts but both teams can’t “want it more”
The funny thing is, some many of these close series game-game outcomes can be predicted by circumstances of each game. Under dog wins game 1 because one team needs it more. Indy, in MSG for a game 5 of an elimination should have been underdogs. The field is titled emotionally towards the Knicks. And I’ll bet the pacers +15 in game 6 in Indy.
Weird stuff from the reporter. Props to Pascal for keeping it real.
It takes a special kind of stupid to piss siakam off
He’s extremely chill. I only remember him going at it with a reporter like this once in his 7 1⁄2 years with the Raptors, and it was over a similarly framed question, asking how the team didn’t think about the in-season tournament point differential rules at the end of a game (this was the first year of the tournament).
I truly hate when reporters ask ridiclous questions in that tone and then act surprised when the player responds like Pascal did. What an asshole.
I get what the reporter is asking, basically, how can you let yourself get out hustled in a crucial game? But there isn’t really an answer for it. As PS said, that’s just how sports work.
I mean, one team will out hustle the other. Getting out hustled does not mean your hustle was not adequate.
The question isn’t score your team’s effort and the other team’s effort. If so, Siakam could have said ours was 9,992 and theirs was 9,996.
Who’s Back? Gregg Doyel
Can someone do a transcript? Can’t hear shit.
Transcript:
“Pascal can you, can you make sense of it for those of us who don’t play this game at this level? Like you know it was a mistake and you’re saying they played harder than you guys, you didn’t fight them hard enough… how is that possible?” - Greg
“What do you mean?” - Pascal
“How is it possible to not fight hard enough in a game five?”
“Psh, what are you talking about? They played harder than us, it’s okay we played hard, but they played harder. What’s your point I don’t get it?”
“My point is you are saying you guys got out fought - “
“ - that happens in the game though, that’s basketball”
“In game 5 of the playoffs? Just saying…”
“You good? You good bro? You’re looking for something I know, but damn. No no, but I’m telling you though, I told you, what else do you want me to tell you?”
“I want you to tell me how, that’s all I’m asking”
“Well what about, why don’t you tell me?
“?????”
“So go ahead.. who, who is this guy? Who is this guy? What’s your name bro?”
(Off camera) “it’s Greg Doyle, with the Indy star”
“Oh”
His “oh” is so good, since he obviously knows about his past.
<slowly excuses himself from the conversation>
You’re doing God’s work, man! Unlike Doyle, who is doing the Devil’s…
also for people who literally can’t hear
You didn’t listen hard enough. Listen harder.
can you, can you make sense of it for those of us who don’t listen at this level? Like you know it was a mistake and you’re saying they listened harder than you guys, you didn’t listen to them hard enough… how is that possible?” - Greg
What are you talking about? They listened harder than us. We listened hard, but they listened harder. What’s your point?
My point is, you are saying, you guys got out listened.
god I hope this becomes a new copypasta lol
Why am I not surprised that it was Gregg Doyel? He’s always been a complete hack who doesn’t deserve media credentials.
“I wish athletes would give more honest answers.”
Athete says with regret that they were outplayed.
“This is my chance to attack the athlete!”
I don’t get why reporters do this dumb shit man. It’s bad enough players don’t actually wanna talk after a loss, but pressing with dumb ass questions is dumb asf. Leave Siakam alone man, he’s all ball. Seriously probably one of my fav players currently in the NBA
That’s bad ju ju to have a hometown reporter going after one of his stars
Indy doesn’t claim this guy, most of us have no clue how he is still employed after the Caitlyn Clark weirdness
He should be exiled fs. If a Thunder reporter came after JDub or Chet like that they would be gone. It’s ok to ask the question but he should’ve backed off when Siakam is obviously getting defensive
Doyel’s whole shtick is to get whatever soundbite he wants, by any means necessary. He inserts himself into the story or he pulls shit like this where he gets waaaay to defensive about his bullshit ass questions. No one in Indy likes this guy
Get the reporter out of there man!
Go fuck yourself…
and thanks, this Doyle guy really sucks
That’s the kind of question you get from someone who’s never played a minute of competitive sports. It’s human nature, sometimes one team plays like they want it more. It’s part of what makes close out games (especially on the road) tough. The Knicks haven’t played with that kind of defensive intensity all series.
Exactly.
One team was playing for survival in front of their home fans and didn’t want to be embarrassed.
Very weird behavior
Same guy that used his press conference time to basically tell Caitlin Clark and the world that he was putting her in his spank bank.
Tbf Siakam was one of the harder working players this game even if he didn’t have a good one. That’s probably why he took offense to it.
The reporter was blowing his comment out of proportion, too. Siakam made a remark that is pretty self-explanatory. No need for the reporter to try to make it into something more than it was.
Name a journalist who still has his career with as many career-ending choices as this guy. What leverage does this guy have that anyone in Indiana thinks he a net positive in any way?
The Star is a dying paper and him doing this kind of dumb shit, again, gets engagement. That’s his “value.”
I would not want to be that reporter
He’ll be okay. He’s still has a job after creeping on Caitlin Clark so I’m sure his employers won’t care about this. Apparently he’s banned from fever games but still gets to cover the Pacers. I could get fired for forwarding an email to the wrong client but these media organizations and corporations in general protect such incompetence in an inexplicable way.
Oh Im sure he’ll be fine. I meant more like personally, I would not want to be in that situation - I would probably pass away. A player talking to me like that at my job lol, I’d absolutely melt. But clearly I’m not built like him.
Gross to hear abt his history w/Caitlin Clark, ew
Pascal’s Toronto mans accent coming out a bit 😂
If I’m remembering right he had a back and forth with Tyrese earlier in the playoffs. Trying to piss off the Pacers stars since he can’t go be a perv at Fever games anymore
that’d be the last response he’d get from me. from then on I’d hit him with “next question”
The people in this thread weirdly trying to make this a “siakam is on drugs” thing:
You good? You good, bro?
Greg Doyle is a fucking hack! The Indy Star paper makes good liner for a hamster cage.
“They played harder than you guys, how is that possible” lmao idk man they’re at home facing elimination? Maybe? Siakim is right to be annoyed that’s a stupid question
The only reason to ask that question is to bait Siakim into blaming Rick Carlisle for the loss and Siakim is a vet he’s not going to take your bait
Siakam is such a pro and a baller. Fuck that reporter
“What’s your name? Oh”
😂😂😂
Lived in Indy for years. Gregg Doyel fucking sucks.
As Knicks fan I’m glad he shut that dumb ass reporter down
Oh so that’s the middle-aged guy who in 2024 was comfortable enough to be flirty in camera in front of dozens of people to a 22-year-old LOL
“my POINT IS”☝️🤓
I do wonder sometimes how one team just comes out with so much desperation than the other - but then I remember these guys aren’t robots and human nature kicks in. We just need to keep up the desperation.
Greg Doyl is an embarrassment to professional journalism.
I hate the Pacers, but I can’t hate Siakam. Dude’s legit.
Agreed. He’s a hell of a basketball player and plays the game the right way.
He got banned from the Indiana Fever games, they should do the same for the playoffs and finals in the Nba
Did they win the game or did you guys lose the game.
How is possible for you to lose a game if you said they won it more? Please explain.
I’m just glad this leads more people to be aware that Gregg Doyel is the disgusting creep who grabbed the microphone and sexually harassed Caitlin Clark at a press conference in front of the world last season.
Bro why is this dude acting like a scolding middle school coach trying to embarrass a child on the team or something
Lmao how does this dude have a job when he’s such an idiot
“What’s your name, bro? Oh..”
Love you pascal!
demanding a player to have all the answers on why they lost 10mins after the game is ridiculous. if they knew the answer they would’ve used it and won. outside of effort, it’s pretty much gotta watch the footage and be better next time.
man you can really tell when reporters haven’t played the sport
Calling him unprofessional at this point would be a huge understatement. The guy is a douchebag.
Fuuuuuck Greg Doyle. The only person that claims him as being a Hoosier is Dan Dakich…and they both can fuck all the way off. Siakam should’ve gone in on him harder.
Not Gregg Doyel still trying to stay relevant after getting banned from Fever games.. I hated this dude when he used to come on Kentucky Sports Radio years ago
Not even from Indiana and I’ve heard of this schmuck reporter. What a buffoon.
The Caitlyn Clark creeper at it again
I’m a Knicks fan here, but man gotta say. This dude is cool AF and such a terrific basketball player. Ton of respect for Siakam.
Reporters acting like they somebody’s dad out here.
Props to Siakam for handling that so well
Siakam was a +1 and everyone else was a -20 🤣🤣
“Who IS this guy?”
Yooooo😂😂😂
Why does Gregg Doyel still have a job?
Dude probably wants a sound bite to make it sound like there’s chemistry issues
Meanwhile the Pacers won’t give Scott Agness a press pass
Pascal handled this great, made it a pretty funny clip lmao You good bro?
I gotta say I kinda get what the reporter was trying to get from Pascal. Why did the knicks play harder than you? Everyone could see they did, but why? Did you guys take it a bit easy thinking it was gonna come, did you lose focus during the game, what?
Of course there is probably no answer apart from in an elimination game at home you would expect the Knicks to have a bit more motivation and they executed while Pacers didn’t, but still right now what Pascsl is saying is that the Knicks tried harder than him and of course that’s gonna merit a deep dive.
It reminds me of that Westbrook question “did Utah win or did you guys lose”. While it’s always a combination of both, a heavy favourite losing to one of the worst teams in the league. How did that happen? Was it because you guys played really bad, or were Utah just really good tonight. (Can’t remember if it was against Utah but you know the clip I’m talking about)
“how did you have a day where you didn’t give your all” like this shit happens bro what the fuck bro trying to act like he’s not human
moron
Doyel is a known asshat
Fair question. Most of those complaining are just using an ad hominem.