The question pops into Pascal Siakam’s mind daily, but it might have come up more often over the past few days, when the Raptors forward sign a maximum extension, received his NBA championship ring and put up 34 points in a season-opening win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
“What would Dad think of all this?”
Tchamo Siakam, a father of six and a former mayor of Makenene, Cameroon, died five years ago this week from injuries suffered in a car accident, two years before his youngest child fulfilled a dream they shared when he was selected by Toronto with the 27th pick in the NBA draft.