The prospects for any NBA player who, in their third season, has managed to avoid major injury yet has not seen their minutes per game rise higher than 12.3 would usually appear pretty bleak. Cheick Diallo hits that minutes qualifier and his future has, in fact, been tough to predict thus far, but we finally have an answer as to why:
All the smoke he has been bringing has clouded our view!
For much of the third-year forward’s career, Diallo has been relegated to a role that often sees him called upon only when injuries befall others or games are out of reach (or are close to getting so).