“Having more freedom to bring the ball up and have the ball in my hands, just trusting me with the ball, that was one of the big things. My rookie year, I didn't have that. Just having that trust in me, just working and them seeing that I'm getting better at it, that I'm capable, that was kind of like a changing point for me.”

Cameroonian professional basketball player

Pascal Siakam is a Cameroonian professional basketball player, known for his career in the NBA. He was born in 1994 and plays for the Indiana Pacers. He won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and has been selected to four NBA All-Star teams and two All-NBA teams. Before turning professional, he played college basketball for the New Mexico State Aggies, where he was named Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2016. Toronto drafted him 27th overall in 2016, and he is also known by the nickname “Spicy P.”