It is about the moment, a celebration of the roads three players have travelled from Cameroon to the NBA. But it is also about the future and the message that is being delivered to kids back home with big dreams.
“I hope 10 years from now a little kid says, I watched that game and I’ve seen three people from Cameroon and I felt like I can be there, too,” Pascal Siakam was saying earlier this week. “For me, that’s more important than anything.”
The veteran Raptors forward was talking about the significance of the current two-game series between Toronto and the Philadelphia 76ers.