The Pacers have officially waived 6’8″ forward Georges Niang, according to Adrian Wojnarowksi of ESPN (via Twitter).
The Iowa State product and 50th overall pick in last year’s draft appeared in 23 games with Indiana last season and averaged just 0.9 PPG and 0.7 RPG.
The 24-year-old’s $1.3MM salary for 2017/18 season would have become guaranteed tomorrow if the Pacers kept him on the roster, as ESPN’s Bobby Marks mentioned. Instead, the Pacers will incur a $100,000 cap hit and their room will increase to $5.7MM. Additionally, Marks added that Indiana now has 13 guaranteed contracts for 2017/18, including second round pick Ike Anigbogu.
wat exactly are the pacers doing… looks like they don’t Kno… screwing up ah franchise!!!!!
kinda shocking as much as Bird hyped him up after drafting him,and not given much playing time time to prove anything
Bird is no longer there
He’s going to rejoin Hoiberg by signing w the Bulls.
Good call. Hoiberg loves him. The offense ran through Niang @ Iowa State. Pacers coach did not know how to use him.
He went to my high school. So did Noel
Like what they’re doing. Changes they need. Maybe 1 more as well. Now get physical type rebounder like a Willie Reed and a Shabazz Muhammad to fill in SF and good to go.