Pascal Siakam

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Basketball player
Pascal Siakam
Pascal Siakam 2018.jpg
Player information
Nickname Spicy P
birthday 2nd April 1994 (age 26)
place of birth Douala , Cameroon
size 206 cm
position Power forward
college New Mexico St.
NBA draft 2016 , 27th pick, Toronto Raptors
Club information
society Toronto Raptors
league NBA
Jersey number 43
Clubs as active
Toronto Raptors since 02016CanadaCanada

Pascal Siakam (born April 2, 1994 in Douala ) is a Cameroonian basketball player who has been playing for the Toronto Raptors in the North American professional league NBA since 2016 .

career

Youth and college

Siakam drew it as a teenager in his native Cameroon before, football to play, played at the same time as his three older brothers also basketball. In 2012, Siakam, who, according to his family's wishes, was initially supposed to be a Catholic priest and went to a Catholic school in Bafia , was invited to South Africa to attend the “Basketball Without Borders” talent search event. Scouts from the United States became aware of him and he was awarded a scholarship to God's Academy in Lewisville , Texas.

In 2013 he moved to New Mexico State University (first NCAA division), but initially sat out in the 2013/14 season. In the 2014/15 season, Siakam was the team's top performer, averaging 12.8 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.

His father died in October 2014, and Siakam had to refrain from traveling home to the funeral because his new residence permit for the USA was being processed and he was in danger of not being allowed to return to the United States after leaving.

Siakam triumphed in the 2015/16 game year with averages of 20.3 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocked throws per game, all three statistical values ​​were records in the " Western Athletic Conference ", which he was named Player of the Year has been.

NBA

In the spring of 2016, Siakam decided to leave the university and pursue a professional career. In the NBA draft process in June 2016, the Toronto Raptors secured the rights to the Cameroonian in 27th place in the first selection round. In his NBA debut season 2016/17, Siakam was on the field in 55 games and averaged 4.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per encounter, while he also won the Raptors 905 for the Toronto training team in the NBA G-League Use came, with which he became champion and was awarded as the best player in the final series.

He made his breakthrough in the NBA in the 2018/19 season. With the Raptors, Siakam reached the NBA final for the first time in team history , where he scored 32 points in the first game against the Golden State Warriors and the victory enabled the Raptors to lead the series. He won the title with Toronto and came in the championship season a total of 80 main round games on averages of 16.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists , and in 24 games of the NBA finals on 19 points and 7.1 rebounds each Game. For this achievement he was awarded the NBA Most Improved Player Award .

Achievements and Awards

NBA statistics

Main round

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record
season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Toronto 55 38 15.6 .502 .143 .688 3.4 0.3 0.5 0.8 4.2
2017-18 Toronto 81 5 20.7 .508 .220 .621 4.5 2.0 0.8 0.5 7.3
2018–19 Toronto 80 79 31.9 .549 .369 .785 6.9 3.1 0.9 0.7 16.9
total 216 122 23.5 .531 .309 .743 5.1 2.0 0.7 0.6 10.1

Play-offs

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Toronto 2 0 5.0 .000 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
2017-18 Toronto 10 0 17.9 .610 .750 .650 3.6 0.8 0.1 0.6 6.6
2018–19 Toronto 24 24 37.1 .470 .279 .759 7.1 2.8 1.0 0.7 19.0
total 36 24 30.0 .481 .296 .738 5.8 2.1 0.8 0.6 14.5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/raptors-forward-pascal-siakams-nickname-doesnt-make-much-sense-184226715.html
  2. ↑ Raptors 'Pascal Siakam chroncles his journey to NBA in Players' Tribune - Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Pascal Siakam has come too far to lose. December 5, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Pascal Siakam - 2015-16 - New Mexico State University. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Beau Bagley: Pascal Siakam wins WAC Player of Year Award. March 8, 2016, Retrieved December 10, 2018 (American English).
  6. ↑ Pascal Siakam: Will stay in the 2016 NBA Draft. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Raptors select Pascal Siakam with No. 27 pick. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Pascal Siakam. Retrieved December 10, 2018 (American English).
  9. ↑ Toronto Raptors Assignee Pascal Siakam Named 2017 NBA D-League Finals MVP. Retrieved December 10, 2018 (American English).
  10. ↑ Raptors take NBA Finals opener, beat Warriors 118-109
  11. ↑ Defeated Golden State Warriors! Toronto Raptors win NBA title for the first time. Retrieved June 14, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Pascal Siakam. Retrieved June 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Siakam, Pascal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cameroonian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Douala , Cameroon