Pascal Siakam On His Unlikely NBA Story, Becoming A Champion, Raptors Stories & More | JJ Redick 

I enjoy the non-American athlete interviews tbh. No disrespect, but it's just something different. The road to the NBA just seems a bit tougher, which usually makes for great interview material. Keep going JJ!

Ah ah Pascal’s story is soooo interesting. It’s crazy to think how he got so good so quick man. Really a special talent he just needs to fix his mindset and stay aggressive every game. He has all the potential.

Bro when he said he missed he's dad's call the day before he passed, i tear up. I lost my father 4 years ago when i was 17 and i didn't got to say a final goodbye to him. Guys pls show love to someone when is here cuz u never know when it will be the final time u talked to him.

As someone who listens to this pod outside the US I love to hear the Non-American Basketball Players. My favorite is still Steven Adams episode to this day. The NBA was never the goal but became the goal. Steven Adams wanted a full scholarship in college expecting to spend 4 yrs, with no expectation got drafted and the rest was history. Pascal played soccer. Just coincidence that he got dragged along to local camps and NBA camps. Late 1st round draft pick. NBA champion.

Loved seeing Pascal’s face light up talking about the Bench Mob. So much fun watching them! Also loved his shout out to Nick Nurse and the freedom he was given to expand his game.

Would love to see more Raptors players/ former Raptors' players on the podcast! Awesome stuff

This is one of the major reasons I believe in Pascal. He has such character and comes from such humble beginnings. I think he’s got what it takes to be the guy. He’s just still growing into how great he can be. He’s only been playing around 10 years.

Love him or hate him as a player he's a amazing person

Pascal is a Boss!! Went from G-League Finals MVP...to NBA most improved and 2nd leading scorer on a title team ...to starting in the All Star game and All NBA 2nd team! In 3 years. If you can't respect that, then you don't understand NBA talent and what it would take to get to those levels of achievement. Congrats Pascal! Keep doing what you're doing brotha!

He picked up a basketball at 16 and now a champion amazing

This episode was a BANGER 🔥 Shouts out Pascal man

Get Scottie or Mobley out there, I loved Cade's interview and want more rookie talks!

Interview Scottie 😊

Shoutout to JJ for such a clean transition from Pascal's story about his father to getting him back into a happy mindset. Absolutely amazing to watch

So glad you guys got Siakam. Love thr international guest. Serge Ibaka in the future? He's hilarious

Lmaoooo I'm literally from El Paso and hearing Pascal Siakam having to go from New Mexico to El Paso to party is so funny and true asf!

Pascal is such a down to Earth, cool dude. Great interview.

Great player, great human being. I'm a big fan of Paskal. This podcast does a great job at bringing the human side of players. They touch on so much more than just the game itself. You get to truly meet the player. JJ and Tommy are great at this and this show should be on every true fan's list for in depth coverage on players beyond the stats.

Humble. Motivated. Hard working. And best of all he's just a good dude. Always loved Pascal and always will, he deserves the best! His story is truly inspring

Siakam is the very definition of being a self-made baller. Odds breaker.... Great guest. Looking into the camera: "Not on record of course..." LOL. If you can't root for this guy, you may not have a heart.

Gotta love his perspective he has a natural happiness behind him

Pascal’s journey is truly remarkable. I’ve much respect for JJ Reddick. He clearly does his research and asks very perceptive questions. I liked how he handled the sensitivity of Pascal’s father’s death, as I gather they were extremely close. Kudos.

As a raps fan I'm super excited to see pascal on his story is so interesting. Love seeing raptors get recognition beyond Canada

I'll be listening to JJ for years to come but I'm going to miss this time period when he is fresh out of the league and can talk to players about other current players and experiences

Get Scottie Barnes on the show!

Pascal awesome asf, hope he can bring back Toronto to the playoffs and become an allstar again

Enjoy this interview and nice to see Pascal relax. JJ I am enjoying your post nba career as a sports reporter. My daughter and I started back watching First take when you are on. Good interview thanks

Props to the Raptors for drafting the only player from the 2016 Draft to make it to both the All-star and All-NBA teams, aside from Ben Simmons 1. The other all-stars from this class include Sabonis 11, Brown 3, and Ingram 2. Notably, Hield 6 and Rookie of the Year Winner Brogdan 36 have yet to make a single All-star appearance. Comparing their entire careers, Brogdan has arguably had the brightest statistical years as he is on pace to repeat last year's 21/5/5 averages in Indiana. Ben Simmons (14.7%), remarkably, is not the worst 3-point shooter in his class with at least 10 attempts. That title belongs to Zubac (10%) and Qi (10.5%). The greatest 3-point shooter from this draft class, of course, is Hield with 40.3% with 1241 made, which is good for 70th All-time.

Funny thing about that 2016 All-Star weekend in Toronto, it was actually a very mild winter altogether... aside from that specific weekend LOL

Man I love Pascals personality, the heart of the team!!

This is so good. Best interview ever!

It’s so cool hearing how players got to where they are today. I’m sure it’s very inspiring to a lot of young ones who might think they have no shot of being in the league. As Pascal’s teammate would say, bet on yourself! 🙏

Great interview. This is the only long form Pascal interview out there. As a Raptors fan this is very much appreciated.

As a Sixers fan, I want him even more after this interview

I love this dudes personality man awesome interview!

Man I love pascal his work put in is so inspiring I hope that all raptors learn from him and his rise

What an awesome interview. Pascal is such a entertaining story teller. Thank you for having Pascal on the podcast.

Kawhi should've never left Toronto man. Felt like they could've won one more the following year.

Rip to his father 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Love seeing him on the show and excited to see him back from his injury!

JJ Reddick got the best podcast show

Pascal was sensational during the raptors finals run and now that he mentioned he played soccer exclusively growing up it makes sense cause he dribbled a basketball on the fastbreak and finishes so well in transition the same way you would run up a soccer field pitch on a fastbreak

"Of course it's God's Academy" hahahaha JJ always throwin shots

JJ, you should’ve done this with an audience! Ppl would’ve loved it!

Incredible story. Thanks for having Pascal on the pod. Love him and love his game.

That was a really nice episode, Pascals energy was great. I'd like to see Giannis at some point and I think Antony Edwards and Cole Anthony would be really fun

Greatly enjoyed this interview! Thanks for having Pascal!

Siakam is the kind of guy you imediately like! And that smile is countagious!

This was a great listen. I’m an athletic trainer and my buddies and I talk about when athletes should specialize in their craft especially with the craziness of youth sports right now. Awesome to hear his story and how accomplished he was in short time.

Congrats to Spicy P for all he has done. Raptors royalty!

Look at Pascal man, so inspirational Btw shout out El Chuco 🤙🏾🔥

Never gonna get Kawhi on here so.... i would love for not only kyle, but the sleeper, Marc Gasol. You gotta get Marc.

I love this guy what an inspiration

Kawhi probably left 2-3 more rings on the table to go home.. damn

This a great podcast. Shout out to JJ for doing this. Just excellent.

You want to talk about what ifs, what if the pandemic doesn't happen. That Raptors team could have been in the Finals in 2020 and would have matched up extremely well against the Lakers.

Such a great episode. Pascals story is inspiring, and he’s so humble through it all.

Man as a fellow guy who lost his dad at a young age (17) I feel for siakam bro heads up king

As a Toronto fan, I have no trouble admitting that the game 7 shot was lucky as hell and that there were a lot of other things that went our way during the championship run, but I don't think anyone can deny that shot as being one of the most epic game winners in sports history

Yea you should get Joel and hear his take on the kawhi shot, as a sixer fan it would be interesting to hear his take on it

Great episode. Face to face interviews are so much better!

Pascal and Embiid would be unstoppable on FIBA and Olympics. Hope Cameroon can qualify.

Loved this interview great work guys

I’m currently watching the 76ers take on the Hawks and John Collins is so electrifying. I never really see him on media other than his crazy highlights. I think it would be awesome to have him on.

I love Pascal, but I don’t think he understands what “not on the record” means 😂 great interview!

He seems like a really good dude! Cool story for sure

Such a great interview!

what an incredible interview

Best episode yet

Respect this man 1000 times more

for those who don't know, jacob poetle and pascal are like brothers. whenever you hear pascal talk about dudes, fred is like his basketball daddy, poetle is like his brother

Awesome interview. Love this dude

I sat front row at one of those Tampa games against the Spurs. Cool experience but with the COVID restrictions and lack of fan base it was definitely not the usual exciting game atmosphere. Tickets were so cheap

Pascal has only been playing competitive b-ball for 9 years....thats crazy.

Pascal is a good dude.

Shoutout to Chris Copeland! I remember seeing him at all those old Rico Hines runs lol

WE THE CHAMPS !!!🏆🏀🍁 '19 CHAMPS FOREVER Great times celebrating, after watching the teams every step during the derozan era. I remember getting Masai and Kyle and knowing they were pieces that could help get us there around 12/13 hoping Raptors would win a ship by 2020. My friend remembers me telling people back then we'd come up and people hating. Lol SHIP CAME TRUE

Great interview.... Really enjoyed it

When is OG coming on?

great interview

JJ is elite at this

Great episode! :) He’s a great interview!

let's gooooo We The North!

Would be amazing to see Joel embiid on the podcast. Also as a Celtics fan would love to see jaylen brown or Marcus smart or even terry rozier

how fucked up is college basketball that it prevents a teenager from being with his father as he's dying?! damn. Pascal, you are an incredible person.

siakam is that guy in school that everyone is friends with but no one is best friends with… in a good way

Such a cool dude, cool story, cool podcast and cool team!!!🐐✊🐊🦅🇨🇦👑

hope to see scottie on the pod some day!

Love Pascal ❤️

It's funny that he and mo Wagner sound so similar while being from such different places

Not a basketball player, but UFC heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou is also from Cameroon, and has as crazy a story as Pascal does. It would be neat to hear JJ' interview him, I think.

cmon JJ yall got them comfy seats and Pascal sittin on a WWE folding chair😭😂

Great podcast guys

He's actually back to his 2019 form. Something always felt off about him, but now he's fully healthy after surgery.

Yeahhhh Pascal def talk Toronto

Imagine if african kid had chances to get introduced to basketball very earlier and have coaches, AAu and all the support and training Americans kids benefits from...man dont tell me because I know we would be dominating the league

Thank you for raptors content.

Aye let’s go given Nmsu some love go aggies. Got to watch siakam play at Chicago state court side great memory

If you guys want more details about Cameroon, just ask ! a guy from Doula

I hope someone tells JJ that the Kawhi GW is an optical illusion of when he has possession. If you start counting steps after the game clock actually starts it's not a travel. I had to watch that joint like 10 times in super slow motion to be able to tell but it's close lmao, can't see the refs calling that in such a pivotal moment