Gorgui Dieng doesn’t need the spotlight, or the negativity that comes with it.
While it would be easy to look at Dieng’s stats and see a player who has not lived up to the promise he showed earlier in his career, that would be far from the whole picture. Dieng is constantly working to make the best of his opportunities—playing behind a player like Karl-Anthony Towns comes with its share of challenges. At the end of the day, Dieng knows that he can control what he can control and leaves the rest up to his coaches.
“When it comes to minutes it’s not on me to talk about that,” he said at media day.