Moussa Diabate Signs a Bad Two-Way Contract With Hornets and Team the is…
31 July 2024: Forward Moussa Diabate has signed a two-way contract with the Charlotte Hornets, according to a statement made today by the team’s president of basketball operations, Jeff Peterson. The terms of the transaction are kept confidential per team policy.
During the previous season, Diabate played in 11 games (with zero starts) for the Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 5.8 minutes per game with 2.6 points and 2.2 rebounds.
During the course of two NBA seasons, he has played in 33 games with the Clippers, scoring 2.7 points and grabbing 2.2 rebounds on average. Throughout his career, Diabate has averaged 15.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.6 blocks per game in 32 NBA G League games.
Five-star recruit Diabate, who is in the class of 2021, spent one season as a player at the University of Michigan.
reaching the Sweet 16 with the Wolverines and being selected for the Big Ten All-Freshman team. The Clippers chose him with the 43rd overall pick in the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft.
Diabate, a Parisian native, competed for France in the U16, U18, and U20 divisions at the 2018–2019 and 2022 Euro Championships.