$Signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Hornets in July of 2024.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary
Moussa Diabate was born on January of 2002 in Paris. He started playing basketball at age 12 with Sporting Club Maccabi de Paris. After a few months, he moved to USD Charonne, where his passion for the game grew, and he later competed for Saint Charles de Charenton Saint Maurice. At age 14, he moved to the United States to advance his basketball career. In eighth grade, he joined the middle school program of Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida and learned English. As a freshman in high school, Diabate played for Florida Preparatory Academy in Melbourne, Florida. For his sophomore season, he transferred to DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida. That year Diabate averaged 17.9 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game for DME. After the season, Diabate competed for Nightrydas Elite at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League. For his junior season, he moved to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida and helped IMG reach the City of Palms Classic final. In his senior season, Diabate led IMG to a 21-3 record and averaged 14.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest. He was then selected for both the Jordan Brand Classic and McDonald's All-American Game. As a five-star recruit and a top power forward in the class of 2021, he committed to the University of Michigan over offers from Arizona, Kentucky and others. In his first season as a Wolverine, Diabate had a productive year and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. In late April of 2022, he declared for the NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility. Then in June, Diabate fully committed to the 2022 Draft. The Los Angeles Clippers selected him in the second round with the 43rd pick. Fans can follow the big forward on Twitter via @M0ussaDiabate.
Starting vs. Detroit
CCharlotte Hornets
November 21, 2024
Diabate is in the starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Pistons.
ANALYSIS Miles Bridges (knee) is out for Thursday's contest, meaning Grant Williams will slide to power forward while Diabate will get the nod at center. This will be Diabate's first start of the season. The big man is averaging 4.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in 10 outings in November.
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Stat Review
How does Moussa Diabate compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
True Shooting %
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Effective Field Goal %
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3-Point Attempt Rate
Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
Free Throw Rate
Number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.
Offensive Rebound %
An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
Defensive Rebound %
An estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
Total Rebound %
An estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
Assist %
An estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while they were on the floor.
Steal %
An estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while they were on the floor.
Block %
An estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while they were on the floor.
Turnover %
An estimate of turnovers committed per 100 plays.
Usage %
An estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while they were on the floor.
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True Shooting %
58.9%
Effective Field Goal %
61.0%
3-Point Attempt Rate
0.0%
Free Throw Rate
26.8%
Offensive Rebound %
20.1%
Defensive Rebound %
30.6%
Total Rebound %
25.2%
Assist %
4.4%
Steal %
1.4%
Block %
4.9%
Turnover %
18.1%
Usage %
9.4%
Fantasy Points Per Game
17.2
Fantasy Points Per Minute
1.0
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Dominates offensive glass Saturday
CCharlotte Hornets
November 16, 2024
Diabate finished Saturday's 115-114 win over the Bucks with 12 points (6-7 FG), 14 rebounds, one assist, three blocks and one steal over 25 minutes.
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Surprising performance Tuesday
CCharlotte Hornets
November 13, 2024
Diabate racked up 12 points (6-7 FG), 15 rebounds, one assist, three blocks and one steal over 30 minutes during Tuesday's 114-89 loss to the Magic.
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Pulls down 15 rebounds
CCharlotte Hornets
November 9, 2024
Diabate had zero points (0-1 FG), 15 rebounds, three blocks and one steal over 29 minutes during Friday's 103-83 win over Indiana.
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Plays with energy Friday
CCharlotte Hornets
November 1, 2024
Diabate totaled seven points (3-4 FG, 1-2 FT), seven rebounds and one assist in 16 minutes during Friday's 124-109 loss to the Celtics.
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Among league's best rebounders
CCharlotte Hornets
November 16, 2024
Diabate ranks fourth league-wide in both offensive and defensive rebounding rate, representing the only player to place in the top five for both categories, per Second Spectrum. Diabate has compiled 41 rebounds across his last three games, which mark the first contests of his NBA career in which he's received more than 20 minutes of action.
ANALYSIS Diabate trails only Jusuf Nurkic, Jarrett Allen and Karl-Anthony Towns in defensive rebounding rate, while Kevon Looney, Goga Bitadze and Jonathan Mogbo are the only players ahead of Diabate in offensive rebounding percentage. Diabate's physique and athleticism has always made him a mismatch for opponents; however, normally that was leveraged by attacking smaller forwards as opposed to being weaponized as a true center. Nonetheless, the 6-foot-9 big's rebounding instincts have helped earn him an astounding plus-24.9 net rating across 172 minutes played this season.