Pascal Siakam was in the middle of a tug of war between two of the NBA’s top stars.
LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, captains for the Feb. 16 all-star game in Chicago, drafted rosters from a pool of the league’s elite on Thursday night. With the first pick, James chose Lakers teammate Anthony Davis. The Bucks’ Antetokounmpo, whose parents are Nigerian, countered by selecting his “African brother” — Cameroon-born Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Ex-Raptor Kawhi Leonard, now a Los Angeles Clipper, went to Team LeBron with the third pick. That’s when Antetokounmpo selected his “second African brother” — Siakam, also of Cameroon descent.