Roster Previews - Part Seven
Gorgui Dieng
C/PF - 6'11
2016/17 Season Stats:
10.0PPG - 7.9RPG - 1.9APG - 1.2BPG - 1.3TOPG - 50.2FG% - 37.2 3PT% - 81.4FT%
A fan and coach favourite, Gorgui Dieng's role is predicted to change to more of a bench rotation player this coming season, but the Louisville products importance to the Timberwolves remains strong.
Another effective, yet unspectacular season has Dieng firmly asserted as a key piece to this rising Minnesota team.
His numbers stayed very similar to the prior season, he rebounds effectively, plays good (not great) team defense and can swat away his fair share of shots, he is the type of player good teams need to plug the holes between their stars.
His feel for the game has clearly improved since his debut season, averaging less turnovers this season compared with last (1.7 to 1.3) despite playing more minutes (27.1 to 32.4), early in his career Dieng was prone to travelling and general issues with adjusting to the NBA, these seem to have been fixed for the most part.
"G" as he is known around the organization, is expected to come off the bench this season, but expect Dieng to still play around 20-30 minutes a night and continue being an effective, solid role player.
Dieng will make just over 14 million dollars this season, with a 1 million dollar rise for the next 3 years of his 4 year 64 million dollar contract, so Wolves fans will be banking on steady production from the Senegalese native.
Article from Jake Paynting for The Howl In The Tree's
Check out our Facebook!
Another effective, yet unspectacular season has Dieng firmly asserted as a key piece to this rising Minnesota team.
His numbers stayed very similar to the prior season, he rebounds effectively, plays good (not great) team defense and can swat away his fair share of shots, he is the type of player good teams need to plug the holes between their stars.
His feel for the game has clearly improved since his debut season, averaging less turnovers this season compared with last (1.7 to 1.3) despite playing more minutes (27.1 to 32.4), early in his career Dieng was prone to travelling and general issues with adjusting to the NBA, these seem to have been fixed for the most part.
"G" as he is known around the organization, is expected to come off the bench this season, but expect Dieng to still play around 20-30 minutes a night and continue being an effective, solid role player.
Dieng will make just over 14 million dollars this season, with a 1 million dollar rise for the next 3 years of his 4 year 64 million dollar contract, so Wolves fans will be banking on steady production from the Senegalese native.
Article from Jake Paynting for The Howl In The Tree's
Check out our Facebook!
Comments
Post a Comment