Moussa Diabate Dunk
October 13th, 2022 at 9:19 AM ^
He was here for such a short ride - hopefully he has a long NBA career. He is such a bright and talented kid.
October 13th, 2022 at 9:40 AM ^
Pete, I strongly agree. This is NBA pre-season, and I hope he makes the "regular" roster and plays in the League this season, instead of the G.
FWIW, he is a very genuine young man - wishing him nothing but the best.
October 13th, 2022 at 9:40 AM ^
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October 13th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
I think he's the kind of prospect whose game translates much better to the NBA than to college. I'm not sure if he'll ever be a star, but I think he'll be in the league for a long time.
October 13th, 2022 at 12:46 PM ^
Yup soon as I saw him play a few games, I thought he'll never sniff his potential in college because he's too raw, but he'll blow up in the NBA. Him and Hunter Dickinson are like perfect opposites. Both tall, talented dudes but Hunter is built to wreck at the college level but not the NBA and Mousa had NBA written all over him even if he didn't get to do much here at Michigan
October 13th, 2022 at 9:22 AM ^
That was a monster jam
October 13th, 2022 at 9:23 AM ^
The best french player in Michigan program history.
October 13th, 2022 at 11:18 AM ^
How many French players have we had? Tariq Abdul-Wahad (a.k.a., Olivier St. Jean) is the only other one I can think of.
October 13th, 2022 at 1:03 PM ^
I don't care if he was from Detroit...Antoine Joubert will always be French in my mind.
October 13th, 2022 at 2:40 PM ^
Day-Twah is a French word. Joubert checks out
October 13th, 2022 at 4:53 PM ^
Le Judge
October 13th, 2022 at 9:24 AM ^
"It's not personal, brother, it's business."
That dunk was nasty. Dude has some guns, too. Night and day difference in how skinny college kids are compared to Pros.
October 13th, 2022 at 9:25 AM ^
Uhh, yeah, so, that took the term 'posterized' to a different level...
October 13th, 2022 at 9:41 AM ^
He played well overall too. Made some shots and brought his normal energy.
As did Caleb the other night.
Unfortunately, Brown was cut by the Spurs, though.
October 13th, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
Momma there goes that man! Excited to see his potential flourish in the NBA.
October 13th, 2022 at 11:47 AM ^
Username checks out. Is that your tweet?
October 13th, 2022 at 10:23 AM ^
This is the type of play I had hoped to see while he was at Michigan and unfortunately it happened too rarely. Hopefully he can find a home in the NBA - I'm certainly rooting for the kid!
I think this highlights his unique athleticism in that he can run and leap from that running start as well as anyone. His two-footed jump was underwhelming last year and limited his impact around the hoop on both ends of the court. If he can get into a system where they like to get up and down the floor he could be really exciting. If he can also continue to develop in an NBA conditioning program year round he might be able to maximize his vertical leap and quick-twitch ability too.
October 13th, 2022 at 10:29 AM ^
Was fun watching him show flashes of his crazy athleticism at UM. At times you could tell he was thinking too much though, too. Typical freshman stuff. Best of luck to him in the league!
Not talking about Diabate specifically here (hasn't even played a real game yet), but it's weird how the NBA has evolved to the point where its such a "loose" game that young guys can thrive off elite athleticism alone almost moreso than in college.
October 13th, 2022 at 11:16 AM ^
Those guys fill rosters, but rarely play significant minutes for the good teams.
October 13th, 2022 at 10:55 AM ^
A+ on the teammate reaction scale as well. The bench going crazy. #4 with the shocked, open-mouth, amazement. Great work by everyone involved.
Really too bad Shea Serrano appears to no longer be doing his Disrespectful Dunk index, because this would score very high, even given the preseason context.
October 13th, 2022 at 11:00 AM ^
Nice play. He's still a project but he has a ton of potential and hopefully he makes it work in the NBA.
October 13th, 2022 at 11:50 AM ^
That appears to qualify as "playing above the rim". Wow.
October 13th, 2022 at 12:26 PM ^
Jack White (Denver #10) made a very poor business decision there.
October 13th, 2022 at 12:36 PM ^
Nice work -- keep making us all proud!
October 13th, 2022 at 2:05 PM ^
His game is definitely more suited for the NBA style of play
October 13th, 2022 at 2:13 PM ^
Beast!
October 13th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
ill keep my snide comments to myself.
Wish he had the sophomore leap.. at Michigan.