Yakhouba Diawara
Encyclopedia
Yakhouba Diawara is a French
professional basketball
player.
He is a 6 ft 7 in and 225 lb (102 kg) shooting guard
/small forward
. He started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season in the European League, Diawara decided to attend college in the United States. He first attended junior college at Southern Idaho
and after two years transferred to Pepperdine University
. He is fluent in French
, Wolof
, English
, and Italian
.
. He was signed by the Denver Nuggets
on July 26, 2006. He signed with the Miami Heat
on August 7, 2008. In July 2010, Diawara signed with Enel Brindisi
in Italy
. For the 2011-12 season he signed a one-year deal with Pallacanestro Varese
.
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Denver
| 64 || 19 || 18.4 || .342 || .288 || .660 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || .1 || 4.4
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Denver
| 54 || 14 || 10.0 || .410 || .318 || .710 || 1.1 || .7 || .2 || .1 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Miami
| 63 || 21 || 13.5 || .350 || .313 || .526 || 1.3 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 3.4
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
| align="left" | Miami
| 6 || 2 || 7.3 || .200 || .167 || .000 || .7 || .5 || .2 || .0 || .8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 187 || 56 || 14.0 || .357 || .301 || .650 || 1.4 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 3.5
| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Denver
| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Denver
| 3 || 0 || 2.7 || .400 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.3
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
| align="left" | Miami
| 5 || 0 || 4.2 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .0 || .2 || .0 || .4
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 9 || 0 || 3.3 || .375 || .000 || .000 || .7 || .0 || .1 || .0 || .7
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player.
He is a 6 ft 7 in and 225 lb (102 kg) shooting guard
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
/small forward
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
. He started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season in the European League, Diawara decided to attend college in the United States. He first attended junior college at Southern Idaho
College of Southern Idaho
College of Southern Idaho is an American public community college. Its main campus is in Twin Falls, Idaho, with outreach programs in Boise, Hailey, Burley and Gooding....
and after two years transferred to Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...
. He is fluent in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Wolof
Wolof language
Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
Pro career
He went undrafted after graduating from Pepperdine and signed with Dijon again. In February 2006 he moved to Italian Climamio BolognaFortitudo Bologna
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna is an Legadue Basket professional basketball club that is based in Bologna. It's currently sponsored by Conad.-History:...
. He was signed by the Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
on July 26, 2006. He signed with the Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
on August 7, 2008. In July 2010, Diawara signed with Enel Brindisi
New Basket Brindisi
New Basket Enel Brindisi, also known as Enel Brindisi for sponsorship reason, is a professional Italian team playing in first Italian division Serie A Italian League. It plays its matches at PalaPentassuglia in the city of Brindisi . Enel Brindisi returned in Serie A after 28 years , played in the...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. For the 2011-12 season he signed a one-year deal with Pallacanestro Varese
Pallacanestro Varese
-Notable players:-Notable coaches: Aleksandar Nikolić Nico Messina Sandro Gamba Edoardo Rusconi Joe Isaac Carlo Recalcati Valerio Bianchini Ruben Magnano-Sponsorship names:Through the years, due to sponsorship deals, it has been also known as:...
.
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 2006–07
| align="left" | Denver
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
| 64 || 19 || 18.4 || .342 || .288 || .660 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || .1 || 4.4
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
| align="left" | Denver
| 54 || 14 || 10.0 || .410 || .318 || .710 || 1.1 || .7 || .2 || .1 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2008–09 NBA season
The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...
| align="left" | Miami
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
| 63 || 21 || 13.5 || .350 || .313 || .526 || 1.3 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 3.4
|-
| align="left" | 2009–10
2009–10 NBA season
The 2009–10 NBA season was the 64th season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, and ended on Wednesday, April 14, 2010....
| align="left" | Miami
| 6 || 2 || 7.3 || .200 || .167 || .000 || .7 || .5 || .2 || .0 || .8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 187 || 56 || 14.0 || .357 || .301 || .650 || 1.4 || .7 || .3 || .1 || 3.5
Playoffs
|-| align="left" | 2006–07
2007 NBA Playoffs
The 2007 NBA Playoffs was the postseason to the National Basketball Association's 2006–2007 season.There were four rounds of postseason action, all of them in a best-of-seven format, with teams seeded on a bracket. The team with the better record wasn't necessarily the basis of seeding teams in...
| align="left" | Denver
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | 2007–08
2008 NBA Playoffs
The 2008 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4–2....
| align="left" | Denver
| 3 || 0 || 2.7 || .400 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.3
|-
| align="left" | 2008–09
2009 NBA Playoffs
The 2009 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season. The playoffs started on April 18, 2009 with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV broadcasting the games in the United States...
| align="left" | Miami
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
| 5 || 0 || 4.2 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || .0 || .2 || .0 || .4
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 9 || 0 || 3.3 || .375 || .000 || .000 || .7 || .0 || .1 || .0 || .7