Forward thrust into a surprisingly significant role after injury to starter Jared Sullinger.
What’s the old saying?
It takes a village to raise an NBA player?
Maybe that’s not it exactly but it does sum up how the Toronto Raptors are helping Pascal Siakam grow up quickly and under the gun in his rookie season.
The 22-year-old native of Cameroon has been thrust into a surprisingly significant role with Toronto thanks to an injury to starting power forward Jared Sullinger and the Raptors cannot afford to have him fail.