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NBA ALL-STAR WEEKENDFebruary 12, 2015Gorgui DiengNEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 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. What time did you beat your brother and sister in a game of basketball? GORGUI DIENG: Yes, I did. Q. At what time? GORGUI DIENG: I think when I was 16. I was taller than them and stronger. I beat all of them with the basketball. 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. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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