"The opportunity to play for Sekou Doumbouya will be in G-League"

After the draft Sekou Doumbouya, the Detroit Pistons soon announced that he was a prospect for the long term with whom they will be patient. At the beginning of training camp Dwane Casey confirmed this and explained that unless there is a great training camp and a superb pre-season, it would not be part of the rotation at the start of the season. We quickly realized that the French had not convinced Casey to include him in the rotation, on the bench during pre-season games. His adaptation was not simple, according to his coach

"It's a new language, a new country. These things are different. The speed and power of the NBA players, especially the speed, that was what caused him the most trouble to adjust. Casey

As a result, the next step for Sekou is the G-League.

"I still think he needs to play. His opportunity to play will be at Grand Rapids Drive. He needs to have NBA gaming experience. Tempo, speed, power. Even in G-League guys will be different from those of the French championship. Any experience he can accumulate at age 18 is better for him than sitting on the bench behind Markieff (Morris), Thon (Maker), Luke (Kennard), Tony Snell, and all the other guys. It's going to be a better experience. He will go back and forth for a while, but he needs to play. I think this will be a good opportunity for him. Casey

See how many games will Sekou play, but you have to know that 260 km separate Detroit from Grand Rapids.

"I do not know how many games he will play, but we'll have a plan to send him there and bring him back here. It's a two-hour drive, so it will make a lot of round trips by car. Once the games start, there are fewer training sessions. Having quality training, scrimmages quality, it will be complicated with the Pistons. He will end up playing against the coaches. It's not the same experience. Casey

Casey also insisted that for the moment Sekou would only be used in 3.

"It looked like a newborn baby. We want to continue playing at position 3, learn this position first, and then shift it to position 4. It will progress. He is going to live in the NBA, the physical intensity and the speed of the game. He will have a lot of playing time in G-League. His future looks good. Casey

A situation that Sekou would have probably liked different, he who has not hidden our micro being frustrated by his lack of play time in the pre-season.

Sekou Doumbouya: "Of course I am frustrated"

Via Pistons.com