{"id":856422,"date":"2026-10-11T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/856422\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:36:17","slug":"alpha-diallo-ready-to-make-his-mark-alongside-jokic-theyll-find-out-who-i-am-very-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/856422\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Diallo ready to make his mark alongside Jokic: \u201cThey\u2019ll find out who I am very quickly\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eurohoops team\/ info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Alpha Diallo is beginning his NBA career at 29, looking to turn his success in Europe into a place in the Denver Nuggets<\/a>\u2019 rotation. After five seasons with Monaco, the reigning EuroLeague Best Defender brings defensive versatility and experience to David Adelman\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n

The move also marks a homecoming for Diallo, who grew up in Colorado and attended Denver West High School. His immediate challenge is to learn Denver\u2019s system and contribute around Nikola Jokic, with cutting, floor spacing and open shots central to his offensive role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my all-around game will show as the season goes on,\u201d Diallo said, per BasketUSA<\/a>. \u201cI can bring a lot of different things. It will depend on what the coaches need me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defense remains his strongest calling card, and he believes the fundamentals that served him in Europe will translate.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to put pressure on the ball, move your feet, stay between your opponent and the basket, and contest shots,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Diallo also sees something familiar in Adelman\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say he\u2019s a little like a European coach. He\u2019s very intense. He pushes players, but he also knows how to encourage them.\u201d<\/p>\n

NBA opponents may still be unfamiliar with him, but Diallo hopes that changes quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m assigned to guard someone, if they don\u2019t know who I am, hopefully they\u2019ll find out very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Eurohoops team\/ info@eurohoops.net Alpha Diallo is beginning his NBA career at 29, looking to turn his success…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,301,187,3943,6,302],"class_list":["post-856422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-nuggets","tag-basketball","tag-denver","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-denvernuggets","tag-nba","tag-nuggets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117423491227997856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}