Present in Chicago as Wizards representative in the “lottery”, Bilal Coulibaly was the guest of “ Run It Back“, the FanDuel show, in which we find Shams Charania, Lou Williams, Chandler Parsons and Michelle Beadle. Renowned for his defense, the Frenchman was questioned about a recent comment, where he believed that Pascal Siakam was “ the most overrated player“. It was in a question/answer session on RMC’s social networksbut it reached the ears of the Americans…
Somewhat embarrassed that his comment leaked to the United States, the Frenchman accepts it, even if he somewhat distorts the truth. “I stand by what I said” smiles Coulibaly. “I didn't say he was overrated, but I was asked who was the easiest superstar to defend. I answered Pascal. I watched the videos and I knew what he was going to do, when he went left or turned right… That's why I said he was the easiest superstar to defend.”
Edwards, Ingram and Durant above the rest
Michelle Beadle then asks him if there are other players of the same type, who he perhaps thought were more difficult to defend. But this time the Frenchman avoids the trap of giving names.
As for knowing who the toughest superstars are, his opinion does not change, and he puts Brandon Ingram and Anthony Edwards above the rest for his rookie season, but also Kevin Durant. On our microphone, he explained that the Pelicans winger had baptized him in the NBA, and that he had experienced his “Welcome to The NBA” moment.
“Actually, I didn't have one until we played New Orleans a few days ago and…. Brandon Ingram it was overdone! He put in all his shots (editor’s note: 40 points at 14 out of 23 on shots). Even when I was defending really well, I had my hand in the air, I was doing everything perfectly, he's so big and he uses his body so well that there was nothing to do. He put everything in and after a while I said to myself: 'There's no way what am I doing wrong'. So yes, Brandon Ingram… that was my 'Welcome to the NBA'.
