Cleveland's Georges Niang
The Woj Pod
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4.6 • 722 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, welcome into another edition of the WogePod. |
| 0:06.2 | Here with George Nang, the Super Sub with the Cleveland Cavaliers, second place in the Eastern Conference right now. |
| 0:13.6 | And George is making his way through Eastern Conference contenders, landed a three-year, $26 million deal this offseason with the Cavs |
| 0:25.1 | and has played as they expected he would, an integral role off the bench. |
| 0:30.5 | He played enforcer the other day. |
| 0:32.1 | Well, maybe last week with Kobe White, right? |
| 0:35.2 | There's some of that's part of the job, George, right? Role player, get into some shit with some guys, right? There's some of that's, that's part of the job, George, right? |
| 0:37.6 | Role player, get into some shit with some guys, right? |
| 0:42.1 | Yeah, I guess that also is part of the reason why they, |
| 0:45.6 | they bring you in to be a solid role player. |
| 0:48.5 | I never really thought of myself as that, |
| 0:50.6 | but I'll take that accolade if I can. |
| 0:55.4 | You know, George, it's interesting. |
| 0:57.2 | And your, listen, your path to the NBA is more common. |
| 1:02.7 | Listen, there's more guys you look around your locker room who've had your path than our |
| 1:07.1 | Donovan Mitchell or Joel Embed or, and it's, you know, second round pick, G-League, waived, |
| 1:17.4 | G-League with, G-League deal with, you know, that's in Indiana, then a G-League deal in Utah. |
| 1:22.9 | And you're trying to claw your way. |
| 1:24.7 | You're trying to find, can I figure out how I can fit into this league and how I can stay? |
| 1:33.5 | When you think about, George, what it has meant for you, what you have learned about being a role player in the NBA that you didn't really know. |
| 1:42.2 | You can't know until you start doing it. |
| 1:44.4 | And it's more than being a 40% three-point shooter like you and being able to |
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