It is a constant learning process for Pascal Siakam, learning as a professional athlete and as a person, a process that is neither linear nor easy or ever complete.
He continues to learn about himself, about others closest to him and about his place with the Raptors and it is not, nor will it ever be, easy.
There will be blips and detours and things that come up and dealing with them is never easy.
“I think I’ve evolved a lot as a person and as a basketball player and I just think it’s going to continue,” the 27-year-old Raptors forward said this week.