• Changing RCF's index page, please click on "Forums" to access the forums.

Bang Bang Georges Niang

Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Which is important for a professional basketball player this day & age…

Can’t just have any mechanic out there trying to hoop like it’s 1959…
 
All the slander for this guy and he just keeps coming out and filling a role, helping get wins. Just because he doesn't fit some mythical stereotype of what an NBA player should be. The guy is a baller, a scrapper. Goes toe to toe with Zion and holds his own. Junks things up in a way they sometimes need to be junked up.

The most devalued and under appreciated player on the squad this year.
 
He’s skinny right now — give it a game or 2 and we’ll be fat shaming this ugly sonofabitch soon enough…
 
Sure... Niang did good on Zion?.. Lol... You guys are nuts. Zion is basically the only guy that looked worth a damn yesterday on the Pelicans. If anyone other than Ingrim made shots this game would have looked a lot different. Niang held him to 62% instead of what 75%?

Anyways, George did have a nice game. Zion is just the most frustrating player in the game because he has a "bad game" when he has 33 points and 9 rebounds, because we all know he is good enough to average like 40 and 15 and should be the most dominant player in basketball, yet...
 
guitarguy said:
Sure... Niang did good on Zion?.. Lol... You guys are nuts. Zion is basically the only guy that looked worth a damn yesterday on the Pelicans. If anyone other than Ingrim made shots this game would have looked a lot different. Niang held him to 62% instead of what 75%?

Anyways, George did have a nice game. Zion is just the most frustrating player in the game because he has a "bad game" when he has 33 points and 9 rebounds, because we all know he is good enough to average like 40 and 15 and should be the most dominant player in basketball, yet...
Click to expand...

I was at the game and Georges actually did play good defense on Zion. He made him work, didn't require double-teams, and kept Zion from being a facilitator/playmaker. The Cavaliers made Zion beat them, and Georges allowed everyone else to stay home. Like Lebron, Luka, Joel, etc, when an elite scorer is allowed to involve their teammates, its usually a long night for the defense. When its a night of 1-on-1, it typically goes our way. Zion couldn't collapse the defense when Georges was in. Zion scored on tough shots at the rim, but the Pelicans scored under 90pts (Naji scored 7pts in the last couple minutes of garbage time) with that philosophy and execution.
 
adam81king said:
I was at the game and Georges actually did play good defense on Zion. He made him work, didn't require double-teams, and kept Zion from being a facilitator/playmaker. The Cavaliers made Zion beat them, and Georges allowed everyone else to stay home. Like Lebron, Luka, Joel, etc, when an elite scorer is allowed to involve their teammates, its usually a long night for the defense. When its a night of 1-on-1, it typically goes our way. Zion couldn't collapse the defense when Georges was in. Zion scored on tough shots at the rim, but the Pelicans scored under 90pts (Naji scored 7pts in the last couple minutes of garbage time) with that philosophy and execution.
Click to expand...
I'm just saying, Zion was still Zion he just has a whole other level that perhaps he didn't meet but the rest of his team.sucked last.
 
guitarguy said:
I'm just saying, Zion was still Zion he just has a whole other level that perhaps he didn't meet but the rest of his team.sucked last.
Click to expand...
Zion didn't meet that "whole other level" because of how Niang played him. He bodied him up, banged with him, swatted the ball when Zion held it low, just bothered him all around. Niang took Zion on head on allowing our other defenders to play tighter perimeter defense and disrupt passing lanes. There were a few situations where we collapsed and helped but without Niang doing what he did at the point of attack Zion would have had a field day. Zion was certainly trying, and Niang frustrated him like he does most guys he guards.

Niang may not be a svelte athlete but he is big enough, strong enough, solid enough, to bang with bigger players and bother them, take them out of their game. Even if it's just by a little.

For what he's paid IMO Niang is a worthwhile guy to have around for a number of reasons. He adds toughness to this roster, something we don't have any surplus of.
 
guitarguy said:
I'm just saying, Zion was still Zion he just has a whole other level that perhaps he didn't meet but the rest of his team.sucked last.
Click to expand...

What @buzzdog said.

Elite scorers and dynamic players are  rarely shut down in an NBA game. Especially when those players are intentionally featured by their teams, and only defended by 1 guy. Niang is why the rest of the Pelicans sucked. Niang is wide and strong enough to have contended Zion at the rim often. He didn't need help. That resulted in lots of tipped passes, steals, tightly contested shots, etc.
 
I think you're all being too generous, but I'll let it go. Zion, by all standards, had a good game, nearly great game. If anyone else on his team could do anything last night, we'd all be talking about how Zion abused Niang. But alas... Zion still got his stuff pretty damn easy. Mitchell, Garland, LeVert, Okoro, etc... had their hands everywhere and were getting in spaces that made it harder to get stuff to Zion. Zion only had 2 turnovers, and one of those for sure was Mitchell's hands.

Anyways, not trying to rain on what was a good game by Niang standards. But I definitely don't think he did a good job on Zion.

Jones and Allen literally too Valenciunus out of the game for instance. Anyways, carry on.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Lee
You must log in or register to reply here.

Rubber Rim Job Podcast Video

Episode 3-15: "Cavs Survive and Advance"

Rubber Rim Job Podcast Spotify

Episode 3:15: Cavs Survive and Advance
Top