Georges Niang is always going to be himself— even if it gets him into a little bit of trouble.
So when Niang first arrived in Utah on a two-way contract, he made a very Georges Niang first impression on head coach Quin Snyder.
“What’s up, brother?” Niang said when Snyder welcomed him to his first practice.
“He gave me this weird look and I was like, ‘Oh, man,’” Niang recalls now. I think I was trying to be super relaxed and laid back. But you want to come off that way to your teammates as a first impression, not your coach.