One week and four days after becoming an NBA Champion, Pascal Siakam received another piece of hardware. On Monday night in Los Angeles, at the 2019 NBA Awards ceremony, the rest of the NBA world learned what fans of the Toronto Raptors have known all season: Pascal Siakam is the NBA’s 2019 Most Improved Player.
After a season of delighting fans in Toronto, the 25-year-old forward introduced himself to casual NBA fans with a 32-point performance in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. He put an exclamation mark on that introduction with a 26-point, 10-rebound performance in Toronto’s championship-clinching Game 6 win.