NBA Players: Pascal Siakam Profile and Basic Stats Pascal Siakam information including teams, jersey numbers, championships won, awards, stats and everything about the NBA player. As it stands, I'd have supreme confidence in Tatum's ability to make things happen despite the adjustments of opposing teams and their defences. Somewhere, Bruce Bowen is smiling.I get consistency and adaptability with Siakam. Pascal Siakam finished with 26 points on 10-17 FG, 3-6 3P and 3-4 FT on Thursday. Which young Eastern Conference stud would you choose?Both made the All-Star Game for the first time this season and both are looking to lead their respective teams on a deep postseason run when the season restarts in the Orlando bubble.But if you had a choice, which one would you rather have?While you can't go wrong with either, NBA.com's Carlan Gay (They've left the deciding outcome to the rest of the NBA.com Staff.So without further ado, let's get to the proceedings.Siakam fit in perfectly fine when he was coming off the bench for the Raptors in 2017-18. The Raptors received a huge boost from Pascal Siakam who, scored 32 points to lead Toronto past Golden State 118-109 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Pascal Siakam scored a career high 32 points in Game 1 of the NBA Finals vs. the Warriors.

Think again.

I can't quite say the same for Siakam, as incredible as he's been.While the valleys and peaks with Tatum could be a cause for concern, the fact that he is only 22 (!) The parallels between the first three years of their respective careers are hard to ignore but ahead of his first Finals appearance, Siakam has already found a way to establish his own identity as a player. Popovich on Jokic: 'He's a reincarnation of Larry Bird' https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/f1/32/siakam_brfamisblf671ui814aq4ww7x.png?t=1486093043&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/7f/8d/tatum_1ea7idps1dx1a1ic5b22o04746.jpg?t=-2050052368&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/f6/2b/tatum-ftrjpg_1qph4n32gcfd1oz39edftu1ok.jpg?t=706195902&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/3e/fd/zion-williamson_bz6wme2rqu8q16yyhlnzjbbrx.png?t=349455248&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/28/11/vanvleet-070420-ftr-gettyjpg_25y7aswnicjz1ffsel1oos2aj.jpg?t=-1112473741&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/4a/bb/bam-adebayo-080520-ftr-gettyjpg_vsabv3tfrqtm186owg7h6mlo6.jpg?t=-985062317&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/34/86/tj-warren-nbae-gettyimages_krycn7fjsvmu1qgwborqxp4mb.jpg?t=-987417741&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/a3/af/marc-gasol-080520-ftr-gettyjpg_1c3nbcw1eo9vt1w5eo3sry8ezv.jpg?t=-1039190317&w=500https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/NBA_Global_CMS_image_storage/9f/3e/jokic_1eb2j0a0zqs9q157tqsze2iut8.png?t=-1053400413&w=500 Not only is he younger but the best version of him is better than the best version of Siakam. None.One more thing in favor of Siakam. I can see Tatum being the best player on a championship team. With the Raptors and Celtics squaring off in Orlando, NBA.com writers were inspired to debate which breakout star they'd want to lead their franchise: Toronto forward Pascal Siakam or Boston forward Jayson Tatum? Stay up to date with NBA player news, rumors, updates, social feeds, analysis and more at FOX Sports. Night in and night out, you know what you're getting with Pascal.

He was supposed to take the leap, except he didn't. You can keep the peaks and valleys with Tatum.First and foremost, I'm more confident in Tatum's ability to go toe-to-toe with the league's biggest stars.

He fit in perfectly fine as the second option last season next to Siakam has been consistent in each role. Because he's struggled in some important head-to-heads this season, I can't say I have that same level of confidence in Siakam.Tatum has a higher ceiling, there's no question about that. And before you go ahead and blame Tatum struggled to find himself alongside the notoriously ball-dominant Irving. He was playing like a top-five player in the league, but am I supposed to ignore the 43 games before it where he was average by his standards once again? Siakam is a very good player. Sure, Tatum has had his ups and downs, but he's shown this year that he has the potential to be a bonafide superstar. So with regards to those peaks and valleys, how do we know they are even valleys at all? leads me to believe that those wrinkles will be ironed out and it won't be long before those inconsistencies are a thing of the past. This season, his averages of 23.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists on 35.9 percent shooting from 3-point range are that of a guy who's leading a team with the third-best record in the NBA. It’s a struggle, and it requires the ability to dedicate your entire life for a dream. How do we know that Tatum's second-half explosion isn't simply the linear progression in the evolution of a superstar? That's not to say Siakam hasn't had big moments so far in his career - Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Finals being a perfect example of him stepping up to the plate - but Tatum has gotten into more individual battles with the likes of Secondly, I think Tatum has a higher ceiling as a scorer. Both the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics are lucky to have two of the most talented young players in the NBA in Pascal Siakam and Jayson Tatum.. But if the expressed goal is to win an NBA title, then I don't need very good, I need special.