Masai Ujiri explained his reasoning for not engaging in contract extension discussions with Pascal Siakam, saying that the Toronto Raptors played selfishly last season.

"We do believe in Pascal. We do believe that a lot of our players didn't play the right way last year, and we want to see them play the right way.

"I said that we were selfish. I'm not running away from that. We were selfish and we did not play the right way. So, let us see it when we play the right way," said Ujiri.

Siakam, who is set to be a free agent after this season, defended himself by saying he's always played the game "the right way."

"I think that I've always played the game the right way, I don't have any ounce of selfishness in me, and I just want to continue to do that, and I feel like I've always done that ... I don't think I've ever been a selfish player," said Siakam. 

Siakam was the subject of trade rumors this summer, including a potential deal with the Hawks.