MINNESOTA (2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup) - Senegal will have a very exciting team at next year's FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.
Looking back at this summer's AfroBasket in Cote d'Ivoire, the Senegalese had high-fliers who like to play the game above the rim.
When it was all said and done in Abidjan, and Senegal's players had bronze medals hanging from their necks, Maleye Ndoye led the squad in scoring with an average of 10 points per game and Hamady Ndiaye had a team-best 15 blocked shots.
Imagine how formidable Senegal's frontline would be if Gorgui Dieng, a member of the NCAA Championship-winning Louisville Cardinals earlier this year, joined their squad for the World Cup.
The 2.10m shot-swatting machine wasn't available this summer as he concentrated on getting ready for his rookie campaign in the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
So far, Dieng's raised plenty of eyebrows in Minneapolis.
In just his second pre-season outing, a 98-89 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, Dieng had game-highs in rebounds (nine) and blocks (four) to go with his six points.
T-Wolves boss Rick Adelman, who has coached a lot of players from overseas during his long career, said: "It's been a transition, but he's been playing well.
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