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Pascal Siakam

パスカル・シアカム　/　ぱすかる・しあかむ

Basketball player from Cameroon

April 2, 1994 (age 32)　・　Douala, Littoral, Cameroon

Littoral
basketball player

My Take

Pascal Siakam is my favorite kind of NBA player: the perpetual improver. He came to basketball late, left Douala for New Mexico State, slid toward the back of the first round, and then simply refused to stop developing — Most Improved Player in 2019, a championship with Toronto that same spring, and now the steady engine of the Indiana Pacers. That spin move at 208 centimeters still feels vaguely illegal. What I respect most is his portability: every team he joins gets better, and so does he. If effort were a recorded statistic, Siakam would lead the league every single year.

Overview

Pascal Siakam ( see-AH-kəm; born 2 April 1994) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A four-time NBA All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection, he won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Pascal Siakam
Name (Japanese): パスカル・シアカム
Reading: ぱすかる・しあかむ
Born: April 2, 1994 (age 32)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Dog
Origin: Douala, Littoral, Cameroon
Blood type: Private
Height: 208 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: New Mexico State University

Awards & achievements

2019 NBA Most Improved Player Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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