.jpg) Diallo with theDetroit Pistons in 2022 | |
| No. 11 – Shanxi Loongs | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | CBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1998-07-31)July 31, 1998 (age 26) Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
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| College | Kentucky (2017–2018) |
| NBA draft | 2018: 2nd round, 45th overall pick |
| Selected by theBrooklyn Nets | |
| Playing career | 2018–present |
| Career history | |
| 2018–2021 | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2019 | →Oklahoma City Blue |
| 2021–2023 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2023–2024 | Capital City Go-Go |
| 2024 | Washington Wizards |
| 2024 | →Capital City Go-Go |
| 2024–present | Shanxi Loongs |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Medals | |
Hamidou Diallo (born July 31, 1998) is an American professionalbasketball player for theShanxi Loongs of theChinese Basketball Association (CBA). He playedcollege basketball for theKentucky Wildcats. He was a consensus five-star prospect, and one of the top-rated basketball players in the class of 2017. He won the2019Slam Dunk Contest.
Diallo attendedJohn Bowne High School inFlushing, New York during his freshman and sophomore year. He also attendedPutnam Science Academy. As a sophomore, he averaged 17.1 points, 6.6 rebounds per game, and 2.7 assists. During the 2015 summer, Diallo competed on theUnder Armour Association Circuit (UAA) for the AAU team, New York Jayhawks, where he averaged 22.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.[1] Later that summer Diallo was invited to both NBPA Top 100 andAdidas Nations camps.[2][3]
Diallo transferred to Putnam Science Academy inPutnam, Connecticut prior to his junior year. As a junior, he averaged 17.0points per game, and 4.0 rebounds while leading Putnam to a (35–7) overall record. In the 2016 summer, Diallo then joined the AAU team, New York Rens on theNike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) Circuit. He averaged 18.6 points, and 2.1 assists while leading the Rens to the season-ending Peach Jam. As a senior in 2016–17, he averaged 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists where he led the Mustangs to a (38–3) record.Diallo was considered one of the top players in the 2017 recruiting class byScout.com,Rivals.com andESPN.[4][5][6] Diallo was heavily recruited by six schools:University of Kentucky,University of Arizona,Indiana University,University of Kansas,Syracuse University, and theUniversity of Connecticut.[7]
On January 7, 2017, Diallo committed to theUniversity of Kentucky.[8] Hereclassified, graduating a semester early and joining theWildcats midseason that month.[9] He would start participating with the team in practices, but would not play a single game that year due to his late entry into the program. Diallo was one of a record-high 182 players to declare for the2017 NBA draft, despite not having played a single college game in the process.
On May 24, 2017, Diallo announced that he would return to Kentucky to play in their2017–18 season, despite draft scouts saying he could have been taken in the first round of the draft that year.[10]
Diallo had season averages of 10.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
On June 21, 2018, Diallo was selected with the 45th pick in the2018 NBA draft by theBrooklyn Nets. His draft rights were subsequently traded to theCharlotte Hornets,[11] and then to theOklahoma City Thunder.[12] On July 28, 2018, the Thunder announced that they had signed Diallo to hisrookie-scale contract.[13] On October 16, 2018, Diallo made his debut in NBA, coming off the bench in a 100–108 loss to theGolden State Warriors with four points, a rebound, an assist and a steal.[14] On November 19, 2018, Diallo scored a career-high 18 points with two steals, a rebound, and an assist in a 113–117 loss to theSacramento Kings.[15]
On February 16, 2019, Diallo won theNBA Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first Oklahoma City Thunder player ever to win it. For one dunk he jumped overShaquille O'Neal, and did the "honey dip" dunk popularized byVince Carter, and displayed aSuperman undershirt while hanging from the rim. In another dunk, he jumped over rapperQuavo who held the ball above his head and finished it with two hands.[16]
On March 13, 2021, Diallo was traded to theDetroit Pistons in exchange forSviatoslav Mykhailiuk and a future second-round draft pick.[17]
On August 19, 2021, Diallo signed a two-year, $10.4 million rookie-scale extension with the Pistons.[18] On March 25, 2022, he was ruled out for the remainder of the2021–22 season with anavulsion fracture in his left index finger.[19]
On December 29, 2022, Diallo was suspended by the NBA for one game without pay due to an altercation during a game against theOrlando Magic the day before.[20] On March 6, 2023, during a 110–104 loss to thePortland Trail Blazers, he suffered a right ankle injury. The next day, the Pistons announced that Diallo had suffered a grade 2 sprain in his right ankle and would be re-evaluated in three to four weeks.[21] In a press conference the same day, however, Pistons head coachDwane Casey stated that Diallo would miss the rest of the2022–23 season.[22]
On October 21, 2023, Diallo signed with theWashington Wizards,[23] but was waived the same day.[24] On October 30, he joined theCapital City Go-Go.[25]
On January 9, 2024, Diallo signed a 10-day contract with the Wizards.[26] On January 19, he returned to Capital City.[27]
On September 11, 2024, Diallo signed with theShanxi Loongs of theChinese Basketball Association.[28]
Diallo competed for theunder-18 United States national basketball team that captured gold in theFIBA Americas Under-18 Championship game in 2016.[29] He won bronze at the2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup inEgypt.
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Oklahoma City | 51 | 3 | 10.3 | .455 | .167 | .610 | 1.9 | .3 | .4 | .2 | 3.7 |
| 2019–20 | Oklahoma City | 46 | 3 | 19.5 | .446 | .281 | .603 | 3.6 | .8 | .8 | .2 | 6.9 |
| 2020–21 | Oklahoma City | 32 | 5 | 23.8 | .481 | .293 | .629 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | .4 | 11.9 |
| Detroit | 20 | 4 | 23.3 | .468 | .390 | .662 | 5.4 | 1.2 | .5 | .6 | 11.2 | |
| 2021–22 | Detroit | 58 | 29 | 21.9 | .496 | .247 | .650 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .3 | 11.0 |
| 2022–23 | Detroit | 56 | 0 | 17.8 | .573 | .238 | .588 | 3.5 | 1.0 | .9 | .3 | 9.3 |
| 2023–24 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 2.4 | .500 | — | — | 1.0 | .5 | 1.0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 265 | 44 | 18.6 | .495 | .274 | .623 | 3.8 | 1.1 | .8 | .3 | 8.6 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oklahoma City | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | .364 | .200 | .571 | 2.0 | .3 | .0 | .7 | 4.3 |
| Career | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | .364 | .200 | .571 | 2.0 | .3 | .0 | .7 | 4.3 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Kentucky | 37 | 37 | 24.8 | .428 | .338 | .616 | 3.6 | 1.2 | .8 | .4 | 10.0 |
Diallo grew up inLeFrak City, Queens, New York.[30] He attended JHS 157 Stephen A. Halsey. He is ofGuinean descent; his parents, Abdoulaye and Mariama, emigrated to the U.S. from Guinea.[31]
