Lamine Diane

Lamine Diane (born November 7, 1997) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League.[2] He played college basketball for the Cal State Northridge Matadors. He was named the Big West Player of the Year in both 2019 and 2020.

Lamine Diane
No. 3 – Delaware Blue Coats
PositionPower forward / Small forward
LeagueNBA G League
Personal information
Born (1997-11-07) November 7, 1997
Dakar, Senegal[1]
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolFindlay Prep (Henderson, Nevada)
CollegeCal State Northridge (2018–2020)
NBA draft2020 / Undrafted
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–presentDelaware Blue Coats
Career highlights and awards

High school and college career

Diane, the son of Senegal national team player Keletigui Diane, came to the United States in 2015 to play high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada. He came into his own in his second season as he tripled his scoring average from 5 to 16 points per game.[3] He committed to Cal State Northridge, redshirting the 2017–18 season to concentrate on academics and to allow a wrist injury to heal.[4] As a redshirt freshman, Diane averaged 24.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots per game and led the nation in field goals.[5] At the close of the season became the first player in history to win the Big West Conference's Player, Freshman and Newcomer of the Year awards in the same year.[6][7][8]

For his sophomore season, Diane was named to the preseason All-Big West team.[9] However, he was ruled academically ineligible for the first semester by the NCAA.[10] At the close of the regular season, Diane was awarded his second straight conference Player of the Year honor.[11] He averaged 25.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, two blocks and 1.7 steals per game. Following the season Diane declared for the 2020 NBA draft.[12]

Professional career

On December 3, 2020, Diane signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.[13] On December 7, he was waived by the 76ers.[14]

References
  1. "NCAA : SOUS ESTIMÉ, LAMINE DIANE FAIT POURTANT MIEUX QUE RJ BARRETT ET ZION WILLIAMSON" (in French). February 11, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  2. "Blue Coats Announce 2021 Roster". Delaware Blue Coats. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. Jordan, Jason (January 17, 2017). "Findlay Prep's Senegalese forward Lamine Diane starring in just his second year in the U.S." USA Today. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. Whicker, Mark (January 7, 2019). "The numbers are there for CSUN's Lamine Diane, but there's more to come". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. Northam, Mitchell (April 25, 2019). "5 players who could lead men's college basketball in scoring in 2020". NCAA.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  6. Pilla, Sarah (March 14, 2019). "CSUN Has Potential NBA Draft Pick on its Roster". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. Miller, Kerry (February 7, 2019). "Lamine Diane Is CBB's Unknown Freshman Putting Up No. 1 Pick Deandre Ayton Stats". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  8. "Big West Announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". Big West Conference. March 11, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  9. "UC Irvine Picked To Repeat In Tight Men's Basketball Media Vote". Big West Conference. October 24, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  10. "4 takeaways from Pepperdine's 94-82 win over CSUN". SBNation. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  11. "Big West Reveals 2019-20 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" (Press release). Big West Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  12. Soto, Andres (April 7, 2020). "Lamine Diane declares for NBA Draft". The Daily Sundial. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  13. "Team Signs Lamine Diane". NBA.com. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  14. @sixers (December 7, 2020). "We have waived Lamine Diane and Justin Robinson" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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