Khalifa Diop

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Khalifa Diop
File:Khalifa Diop 18 Saski Baskonia Euroleague 20250326 (4).jpg
Diop with Baskonia in 2025
No. 18 – Saski Baskonia
PositionCenter
LeagueLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 (age 24)
Guediawaye, Senegal
Listed height2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Listed weight105 kg (231 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2022: 2nd round, 39th overall pick
Drafted byCleveland Cavaliers
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2023Gran Canaria
2017–2021→Gran Canaria B
2023–presentBaskonia
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.comLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Stats at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Stats at Basketball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
FIBA U18 African Championship
Silver medal – second place 2020 Egypt Team

Khalifa Ababacar Diop (born 15 January 2002) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also plays for the Senegalese national team. Diop was drafted 39th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2022 NBA draft.

Early career

[edit | edit source]

Diop trained with the junior teams of CB Gran Canaria and CB TerrAlfas.[1] In 2018, he was named the MVP of the national junior club championship. He debuted with Gran Canaria B in the Liga EBA, the Spanish fourth level league, at age 15. On 3 November 2019, Diop recorded 25 points and a league record 28 rebounds in a Liga EBA game against Novum Energy Lyceum.[1]

Professional career

[edit | edit source]

Gran Canaria (2017–2023)

[edit | edit source]

On 28 March 2019, Diop made his senior debut for Gran Canaria, recording three points and four rebounds in a 90–55 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague.[2] On 24 November 2019, he made his Liga ACB debut, playing three minutes in a loss to Real Madrid.[3] Diop was named EuroCup Rising Star and made the ACB All-Young Players Team for the 2021–22 season.[4][5]

After declaring for the 2022 NBA draft, Diop was drafted 39th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cavaliers President Koby Altman announced a few days later that Diop would not join the Cavaliers roster in the 2022-23 NBA season, and would stay in the Spanish League.[6] Diop later signed a contract extension with Gran Canaria.[7]

Baskonia (2023–present)

[edit | edit source]

On July 14, 2023, Diop signed a multi-year contract with EuroLeague mainstays Baskonia.

National team career

[edit | edit source]

Diop represented Senegal at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion. He averaged 13.1 points, seven rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.[8] Diop helped Senegal win the silver medal at the 2020 FIBA U18 African Championship in Egypt, where he averaged 12.6 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.4 steals per game.[9] At the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Latvia, he averaged 14 points, 9.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.[10]

In February 2022, Diop was selected for the Senegal senior national team for the qualifiers of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[11]

Career statistics

[edit | edit source]
Legend
  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  PIR  Performance index rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

[edit | edit source]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2018–19 Gran Canaria 1 0 7.0 .500 — .500 4.0 — 1.0 — 3.0 7.0
2023–24 Baskonia 13 1 9.4 .520 — .625 1.9 .3 .2 .2 2.8 2.6
Career 14 1 9.3 .519 — .611 2.1 .3 .3 .1 2.8 2.9

EuroCup

[edit | edit source]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2020–21 Gran Canaria 14 3 7.6 .636 — .500 1.6 .4 .6 .3 2.5 2.9
2021–22 20 4 15.5 .582 — .537 3.9 1.0 .4 .8 5.7 7.5
2022–23 22 6 19.0 .657 — .597 4.9 .6 .6 1.1 8.2 10.6
Career 56 13 14.9 .626 — .567 3.7 .7 .5 .8 5.9 7.6

Domestic leagues

[edit | edit source]
Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Spain Gran Canaria B LEB Plata 17 18.2 .556 — .419 7.3 .9 .5 .5 9.8
2019–20 Spain Gran Canaria ACB 5 3.0 .167 — .333 .8 — .2 .2 0.8
2020–21 Spain Gran Canaria B LEB Plata 4 24.8 .571 .000 .600 9.5 1.0 .5 1.2 11.5
2020–21 Spain Gran Canaria ACB 28 9.1 .525 .000 .512 2.2 .2 .3 .5 3.1
2021–22 Spain Gran Canaria ACB 34 16.3 .641 — .580 4.3 .5 .5 .6 7.0
2022–23 Spain Gran Canaria ACB 36 20.0 .572 .000 .597 5.0 .6 .5 .9 7.6
2023–24 Spain Baskonia ACB 12 9.3 .484 — .714 2.7 .2 .3 .2 3.3

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
[edit | edit source]
Stub icon 1 Flag of SpainBiography icon

This biographical article relating to a Spanish basketball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Khalifa_Diop&oldid=21519292"