20-year-old big Eli N’Diaye started in 13 games for Real Madrid last season, providing some much-needed defensive versatility at the center position for Los Blancos. Could he be moved into an even larger role by head coach Chus Mateo this season?
While most of Europe’s biggest basketball clubs have abandoned development opportunities with their senior teams, Real Madrid manages to boast a prospect or two and make sure they get a chance to shine almost every season. Sometimes, that prospect is someone like Nikola Mirotic or Luka Doncic and that makes it easy to give them a chance. Last season though, Real Madrid’s top prospect on their senior roster was Eli N’Diaye.
N’Diaye’s best stretch of the season came in the EuroLeague championship game. He earned the start and opponents Panathinaikos decided to leave him open as they focused on shutting down Tavares and Facundo Campazzo’s pick-and-roll game. N’Diaye responded with a 3-for-3 start from the field including two 3-pointers, scoring Madrid’s first eight points of the game.
That puts five senior players in front of N’Diaye on the depth chart. It’s not dissimilar to last season and even then, Mateo still found opportunities for N’Diaye so expect the same this season. Something NBA scouts will be hoping for is if Madrid’s reloaded frontcourt could lead to opportunities for N’Diaye on the wing.
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