The Indiana Pacers are up against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals. Making their first finals appearance in 25 years, the Pacers kicked off the series by taking the Thunder down in a comeback victory. Throughout the campaign, Tyrese Haliburton remained in headlines for his incredible clutch plays, leading the side to multiple victories. However, there is one name that might not have emerged as a star player, but ended up leading the side in both regular season campaigns and playoffs, Pascal Siakam. <\/p>
Siakam, who begged the title of the 2025 Eastern Conference MVP, was selected as the overall 27th pick during the 2016 Drafts by the Toronto Raptors. He spent more than seven years with the Raptors, and won a championship with the side in 2019. The three-time NBA All-Star was traded to the Pacers in January 2024, and in less than a year, he played a crucial role in helping them end their 25-year-long drought. <\/p>
Maintaining a career average of 18.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists, Siakam’s first choice was never basketball. In fact, he was on his path to follow Catholicism, but eventually picked interest seeing his siblings earning scholarships with the sport. He went to New Mexico State University and played for the Aggies. In this article, we will go through the details of his family, and what motivated him to pick up the game. <\/p>
Pascal Siakam was born to Tchamo and Victorie Siakam. The youngest of four brothers, Siakam was first enrolled in St. Andrew’s Seminary in Bafia at the age of 11, and was believed to have “hand-picked to embody his family’s Catholicism.” However, at the age of 15, he realized that it was not something he wanted to do and hence, followed the sport. Slowly, he drew interest towards the game by seeing his older brothers, Boris, Christian, and James, earning scholarships with the sport to various NCAA Division I colleges. <\/p>
Pascal Siakam’s father goes by the name of Tchamo Siakam. He worked in a local transit company and also served as the mayor of Makenene. In 2014, he passed away in a car accident, per The Players Tribune. <\/p>
Pascal Siakam’s mother is Victorie Siakam. According to reports, she is self-employed and lives in Spring, Texas. <\/p>
Both Pascal Siakam’s parents, Tchamo and Victorie Siakam, are Cameroonian.<\/p>\n
Pascal Siakam’s brothers had a huge influence on him to start playing basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":62212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2918],"class_list":["post-62206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-pascal-siakam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n