Raptors forward Pascal Siakam earned the league’s Most Improved Player award. The announcement was made at the annual NBA awards show on Monday.
Nets guard D’Angelo Russell and Kings guard De’Aaron Fox were the other finalists.
Siakam emerged as a major component for Toronto in his third season, as he averaged 16.9 PPG, 6.9 RPG and 3.1 APG for the champions. He posted averages of 7.3/4.5/2.0 in the same categories while mainly coming off the bench in 2017/18. He also became a 3-point threat, connecting on 36.9% of his long-range tries compared to 22% in his second NBA season.
Siakam was also Hoops Rumors’ choice for the award.
Well deserved.
From New Mexico State….good job by scouts.