Moussa Diabate signed with the Charlotte Hornets before the start of last season in an attempt to garner more playing time as ...

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Charles Lee will be entering year two as the head man of the Charlotte Hornets, and following a 19-win campaign, there's going to be a billion things to improve ...

Without Mark Williams this season, Diabate has averaged 9.0 rebounds, 4.6 points and 1.0 assists in 25 games. As a starter, Moussa has averaged 12.2 rebounds, 3.8 points and 2.6 assists in five games.

At 14 years old, Moussa Diabaté moved to the United States to take the next step in his basketball journey. This meant leaving his family and friends in France as he chased his NBA dream.

The Wolverines' No. 1 class was bolstered as Moussa Diabate, a top-20 national prospect from Bradenton, Florida, picked Michigan over Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas and a dozen other top programs ...

Moussa Diabaté's hometown is Paris, according to his college profile. He was one of the top power forwards in the 2021 class and a five-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals, and 247Sports.

“Moussa grew up playing on public courts in Paris; far from this one, but at the same time, all too familiar,” Clippers president of business operations Gillian Zucker said.

Diabate was unable to finish the alley-oop and instead threw up a floater near the rim that missed. In his first game, Moussa was primarily used as a screener.

This summer, Moussa Diabate returned to Paris for the first time in two years. Standing 6-foot-11, now home again, he wrapped those endless arms around his mother.

The Clippers selected Michigan’s Moussa Diabate with the 43rd pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, a selection representing a bet on the 6-foot-10, 20-year-old’s long-term potential.