SALT LAKE CITY — When news of Bojan Bogdanovic’s season-ending wrist surgery came out in May, a short list of Utah Jazz players who would be able to fill in for the Croatian sharpshooter emerged, with Georges Niang at the top of the list.
While it’s expected that Joe Ingles will be reinserted into the Jazz’s starting lineup and that a portion of Bogdanovic’s minutes will be handled by committee, there’s no denying that Niang has the size and skillset that make him the most likely stand-in for a lot of what Bogdanovic did for the Jazz.