Niang NBA chances
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....I could be missing something, but I think Gossamer expressed that Niang does have a place in the NBA.
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demoncore1031
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Niang is a tremendous college player, but he would get killed defensively in the NBA. Teams would exploit his lack of athleticism. NBA bigs are much more athletic, bigger, and better scorers. Niangs defense has already been a big liability at times in college. There are many great college players that don't make the NBA.
....I could be missing something, but I think Gossamer expressed that Niang does have a place in the NBA.
The first paragraph was bad and it had nothing to do with sentence structure. A lot of people thought Larry Bird was special. It wasn't a Red Auerbach thing.
I agree with you on all fronts. I think if you were to talk to any NBA GM or scout that likes Niang (and according to Hines's reporting there are) they see him as a project. The player Niang is right now is not the player that exceed in the NBA, but that doesn't mean he could not get there. There is no doubt that Niang can be do well offensively, but yes, the questions is defensively. People make comparisons of Niang to Boris Diaw, but also forget Diaw was one of the best athletes of that year's draft.
The question is Niang can improve his lateral quickness. You don't need to jump to play high level defense. If he improves his lateral quickness and if the right team were to take this gamble, Niang might have a nice career in the NBA.
My favorite quality of yours is that if someone doesn't agree with you, they are clueless. The fact of the matter is, opinions are like ********...much like you...and everyone has one.
Only because you're the Great Oz and sitting behind a curtain of knowledge, I humbly beseech you to enlighten us how you feel a guy like Georges doesn't have a place in the NBA. I've not opined that he'll be some HOF player...but at his size, with his passing and his moves, he'll get a shot. You don't make moves like he did/does and not get to play. Defense can be learned much easier than offense.
First bolded point is ridiculous...it's simply that his athleticism doesn't manifest like you see every day. Second point is accurate...but intelligence and aptitude could help Georges make up for any areas he lacks in. He's not Larry but I think Georges is a better overall athlete than Larry was.
Again, opinions.
This, defensive liability, plus the 3pt line moves back and that line is guarded more and there are just fewer attempts from 3 in the NBA, unlike in college. His scoring will be challenged.
IMO, Europe or D-league, which is nothing to sneeze at.
Good thing we don't have any rebounding issues, right? I think I would listen to you more than anyone else.
I think Georges could stick around the NBA at least as well as Paul Shirley, if Georges wanted that life style.
Telling someone that thinks everything is an issue that something is not an issue is the real issue. If only we could have kept Hield off the glass last night right? We might have another game tonight.
