Gorgui Dieng interview
A few quick words with Gorgui Dieng of the Minnesota Timberwolves:
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Q. Thinking back to when you were a kid, picking up a basketball for the first time, do you remember that, when this sport kind of hit you and that was your thing?
GORGUI DIENG: I think I started playing at 16. I played basketball late.
Q. How did it happen? How did you start?
GORGUI DIENG: My sister and my brother, they were playing basketball. And I watched basketball court in the soccer field was like (Inaudible) they said that’s a good sport. Because, you know, they don’t want I didn’t know. One day I guess I started paying attention more to the game and it started getting fun.
Q. And growing up like that, starting late, did you ever think that the NBA was actually a possibility for you?
GORGUI DIENG: Yes. When I went to basketball camp, I got a chance to meet Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh. We were pretty much they were a little bit taller than me. And they were like, wow, I can be just that excuse me, I believe in it and I made it.
Q. How happy are you now waking up maybe in a different hotel out of home, wherever you are, realizing you’re an NBA player, making money playing basketball?
GORGUI DIENG: I think it’s just luck. I’m maybe not the best player coming from Senegal, but I’m just lucky to be that guy.
