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Yakhouba Diawara

Retired • Retired after 2019 season • SG/SF • 4 years of NBA experience

Height6'7

Weight225 lbs

Born29th August 1982 (age 44)

Nationality🇫🇷France

NBA DraftUndrafted, 2005

Pre-draft teamPepperdine

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Agentn/a

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Stats

Year	League	Team	G	MPG	PTS/G	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2005-06	EuroLeague	Fortitudo Bologna	5	14.5	5.8	2.4	5.0	48.0%	0.4	1.8	22.2%	0.6	1.6	37.5%	2.2	1.8	4.0	0.2	0.8	0.0	1.2	1.8
2005-06	France	Dijon	20	31.1	16.5	5.7	13.6	42.1%	0.8	2.9	26.3%	4.4	5.9	74.4%	3.1	2.6	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.8	3.5
2005-06	Italy	Fortituto Bologna	25	20.6	10.6	3.6	6.0	61.1%	1.6	3.0	54.1%	1.7	2.2	77.8%	1.8	2.0	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.2
2006-07	NBA	Denver Nuggets	64	18.4	4.4	1.6	4.6	34.2%	0.8	2.7	28.8%	0.5	0.8	66.0%	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.6	2.1
2007-08	NBA	Denver Nuggets	54	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.5	41.0%	0.4	1.2	31.8%	0.4	0.6	71.0%	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.1
2008-09	NBA	Miami Heat	63	13.5	3.4	1.2	3.4	35.0%	0.8	2.6	31.3%	0.2	0.3	52.6%	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.2
2009-10	NBA	Miami Heat	6	7.3	0.8	0.3	1.7	20.0%	0.2	1.0	16.7%	0.0	0.0	–	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.3
2010-11	Italy	Brindisi	30	34.8	13.6	4.7	11.0	42.4%	1.2	4.0	30.0%	3.1	4.4	69.9%	2.6	1.9	4.5	1.1	1.4	0.0	2.1	2.5
2011-12	Italy	Varese	36	30.5	15.2	5.3	11.5	45.8%	1.8	5.0	36.7%	2.7	3.5	77.6%	2.5	2.8	5.2	1.5	1.4	0.1	2.6	3.1
2012-13	Italy	Venezia	33	29.2	13.1	4.9	11.0	44.5%	1.0	3.6	26.7%	2.4	3.7	64.5%	1.9	2.8	4.8	1.4	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.8
2013-14	EuroCup	Gravelines-Dunkerque	8	26.3	12.1	4.4	11.0	39.8%	1.9	5.1	36.6%	1.5	1.9	80.0%	1.1	3.3	0.0	0.9	0.8	0.0	1.6	2.0
2013-14	France	Gravelines-Dunkerque	13	25.8	11.9	4.0	10.2	39.4%	1.5	4.8	30.6%	2.5	3.7	66.7%	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.8
2014-15	Italy	Varese	24	31.3	13.2	4.3	12.1	35.9%	1.7	6.0	28.3%	2.8	4.2	67.0%	1.4	2.8	4.2	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.4	2.8
2015-16	EuroCup	Limoges	8	13.9	2.9	1.3	4.1	30.3%	0.3	1.4	18.2%	0.1	0.3	50.0%	0.3	0.8	8.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	1.4
2015-16	EuroLeague	Limoges	6	21.7	8.8	3.3	8.2	40.8%	1.2	2.7	43.8%	1.0	1.3	75.0%	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.2
2015-16	France	Limoges	27	20.5	5.6	2.1	6.2	34.1%	0.9	3.0	30.9%	0.5	0.7	68.4%	0.7	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.3
2016-17	Italy	JuveCaserta	15	28.7	9.1	3.3	9.5	34.3%	1.1	4.4	24.2%	1.5	2.7	57.5%	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.4
2017-18	Italy	Pistoia	11	23.7	6.6	2.4	6.2	38.2%	0.8	2.4	34.6%	1.1	1.8	60.0%	1.2	4.4	5.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	1.3	2.2
2018-19	France	Le Portel	9	16.9	4.6	1.8	5.6	32.0%	0.7	2.9	23.1%	0.3	0.7	50.0%	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.6

Teams

Date	Team
1999 - 2001	Dijon (France)
2001 - 2003	Southern Idaho (Junior College)
2003 - 2005	Pepperdine (NCAA)
July 2005	Miami Heat (Summer League)
July 2005	Minnesota Timberwolves (Summer League)
2005 - February 2006	Dijon (France)
February 2006 - July 2006	Climamio Bologna (Italy)
July 2006 - June 2008	Denver Nuggets (NBA)
August 2008 - June 2010	Miami Heat (NBA)
July 2010 - June 2011	Enel Brindisi (Italy)
July 2011 - June 2012	Varese (Italy)
July 2012 - June 2013	Venezia (Italy)
September 2013 - March 2014	Gravelines-Dunkerque (France)
August 2014 - June 2015	Varese (Italy)
November 2015 - June 2016	Limoges (France)
January 2017 - June 2017	JuveCaserta (Italy)

Transactions

Date	League	Transaction
February 2006	France	Signed for the remainder of the season with Climamio Bologna.
26th July 2006	NBA	Signed a guaranteed two-year minimum salary contract with Denver Nuggets.
7th August 2008	NBA	Signed a two-year, $1,810,000 contract with Miami Heat. Included player option for 2009/10.
9th June 2009	NBA	Exercised 2009/10 player option.
24th July 2010	Italy	Signed a one-year contract with Enel Brindisi.
24th July 2011	Italy	Signed a one-year contract with Cimberio Varese.
21st July 2012	Italy	Signed a one-year contract with Valencia.
13th September 2013	France	Signed a one-year contract with Gravelines-Dunkerque.
10th March 2014	France	Left Gravelines-Dunkerque.
21st August 2014	Italy	Signed a one-year contract with Varese.
2nd November 2015	France	Signed for the remainder of the season with Limoges.
31st December 2016	Italy	Signed a two-week tryout with JuveCaserta.
17th January 2017	Italy	Signed for the remainder of the season with JuveCaserta.

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