Plenty was asked of center Gorgui Dieng during his second season in the NBA.
Going into the season, the thought was that Dieng would play 20 minutes per night coming off the bench to fill in for big man Nikola Pekovic. Well, thanks to ongoing ankle issues for Pekovic, Dieng was thrown into the starting lineup and played more games and minutes than anyone expected.
That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for a young team with players in need of development.
Dieng proved himself to be a starting-caliber center in this league. His offensive game progressed.