Siakam will be assigned to the D-League's Raptors 905 later this week, Chris Haynes of ESPN.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

When he was selected No. 27 overall by the Raptors in the draft last June, it was expected that Siakam's rookie season would be a developmental one, but that changed when projected starting power forward Jared Sullinger fractured his left foot in October and was sidelined until mid-January. Siakam has since spent most of the season sharing time at power forward with Patrick Patterson (knee), but the 23-year-old looks like he'll be pushed out of the rotation following the team's recent acquisition of Serge Ibaka. With Ibaka set to play nearly 30 minutes per game and Patterson, Lucas Nogueira and Sullinger around to pick up the scraps at power forward, there isn't a need for the Raptors to keep Siakam with the big club. As a result, he should be able to benefit from some extensive run with the 905 following the All-Star break.