Cheick “Discount Diallo Cheick” is averaging 16/12 per 36 minutes. Per-36 stats are the best kind of stats because it lets you see how a bench player would fare as a starter with no catches or gotchas. What could be more clear-cut than per-36 stats? You play Diallo 36 minutes, you get sixteen points out of him, plus twelve rebounds, he shoots 55% from the floor (the percentage doesn’t change with per-36 stats for some reason), and he doesn’t even foul out! Every team in the league, and I mean every single team, would love to have that kind of player on their roster.
Diallo should be writing a thank-you card (or at least a thank-you text) to DeMarcus Cousins to thank him for getting injured. Cousins was taking up 36 minutes per game and now those minutes are available for everybody else to have fun with. Diallo should also consider writing a secondary thank-you card to Anthony Davis for getting injured, even though AD will probably come back soon since it’s not a serious injury. Anybody who, through the course of their injury, circumstancially gives Diallo extra minutes, should be receiving a thank-you card. It’s just good manners.