Pascal Siakam, the highest paid African

After a season shortened to 72 games and condensed, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the NBA will return to its classic schedule, from October 19 until June 19, 2022. Several basketball players from the African continent will again be in contention for the long dreamed trophy of this legendary championship. But, the best paid would be the strong Cameroonian winger of the Toronto Raptors, Pascal Siakam. The Indomitable Lion is now reportedly earning $ 33.1 million per year.

The strong Cameroonian winger of the Toronto Raptors, Pascal Siakam (27), who will play his seventh consecutive season in the American basketball championship (NBA), the sixth under the colors of the Toronto Raptors, is currently the African player on better paid. With an estimated annual salary of $ 33.1 million, he sits on the 20^th place in the overall ranking of the highest paid basketball players in this legendary American “ball to the basket” championship.

On the continental level, Pascal Siakam is ahead of his compatriot Joël Hans Embiid. The 27-year-old Cameroonian pivot, who will play his eighth season in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, occupies the 26^th ranked overall, with a salary of $ 32 million. At the third step of the podium in this African ranking, we find Al Farouq Aminu. Playing as a winger and strong winger for the San Antonio Spurs, the 31-year-old Nigeria international, who will make his twelfth season in the NBA, arrives at the 121^th overall ranking spot, with a salary of $ 11 million.

A native of Los Angeles, California, the young American-Nigerian hub Onyeka Okongwu (20), who will have his second year in the NBA with the Atlanta Hawks, is the 4^th Highest paid African, but the 180^th in the general classification, with a fee of approximately $ 7 million. Finally, the young Congolese from Kinshasa Jonathan Kuminga (18), who will discover the NBA this season, with the Golden State Warriors, closes the African top 5, with a salary of $ 6 million.

Top 5 highest paid Africans in the NBA

1^isPascal Siakam (Cameroon-Raptors) $ 33.1 million

2^thJoel Embiid (Cameroon-Philadelphia) $ 32 million

3^thAl Farouq Aminu (Spurs-Nigeria) 12 millions de dollars

4^thOnyeka Okongwu (Hawks-Nigeria) 7 millions de dollars

5^thJonathan Kuminga (Golden State-RD Congo) 6 millions de dollars