# Yakuba Ouattara

Billy Yakuba Ouattara (born January 24, 1992, in Tepa, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-French professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Élite and the EuroLeague.

## Professional career

Ouattara first began his professional career out in France with the Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A in 2012 as a 20-year-old. He played with that team for two seasons before signing a one-year deal with the ASC Denain-Voltaire PH, who were a part of the LNB Pro B at that time. During that year, he helped the team make it to the LNB Pro B Finals before ultimately losing the series to Hyères-Toulon Var Basket. On July 24, 2015, Ouattara signed with the AS Monaco Basket out in Monaco, returning to the Pro A that year. During his second season at Monaco, Ouattara was named a French Pro A All-Star and helped Monaco win the Leaders Cup Championship over the ASVEL Basket in 2017.
Ouattara signed a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA on July 21, 2017, becoming the first foreign born player to sign a two-way deal with an NBA team. Under the terms of the deal, he would have planned to split time between the Brooklyn Nets and their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, with a majority of his time being spent with the Long Island affiliate team. However, due to injury problems throughout the year, he would never get a chance to play with the Brooklyn Nets squad, having only played in one G League game with the Long Island Nets during that time. On December 17, 2017, Ouattara was waived by the Nets. On January 17, 2018, Ouattara was reacquired by the Long Island Nets.
On March 30, 2018, Ouattara signed for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with Monaco.
On July 17, 2020, he signed with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB.
On July 20, 2021, he signed with AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.
On August 7, 2024, he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A.

## National team career

Because of the unavailability of a Ghanaian national team, he has been a member of the French national team.

## Career statistics
### EuroLeague

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| 2021–22 | Monaco | 30 | 21 | 14.2 | .500 | .500 | .727 | 1.9 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2022–23 | Monaco | 35 | 15 | 11.2 | .460 | .354 | .500 | 1.0 | .3 | .4 | — | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| 2023–24 | Monaco | 26 | 20 | 11.9 | .513 | .479 | .714 | 1.5 | .1 | .2 | .0 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
| Career | Career | 91 | 56 | 12.4 | .488 | .434 | .654 | 1.4 | .2 | .3 | .0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |

### EuroCup

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| 2013–14 | Élan Chalon | 8 | 0 | 6.1 | .429 | .167 | — | .9 | .4 | .1 | — | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| 2018–19 | Monaco | 14 | 7 | 24.0 | .429 | .469 | .824 | 3.4 | 1.1 | .6 | .1 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
| 2019–20 | Monaco | 16 | 4 | 22.9 | .451 | .441 | .640 | 3.1 | .8 | .7 | .2 | 9.0 | 8.6 |
| Career | Career | 38 | 11 | 19.8 | .439 | .392 | .714 | 2.7 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 8.0 | 7.2 |

### Basketball Champions League

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2016–17 | Monaco | 16 | 15 | 24.0 | .458 | .389 | .682 | 2.6 | .7 | .9 | .1 | 10.4 |
| Career | Career | 16 | 15 | 24.0 | .458 | .389 | .682 | 2.6 | .7 | .9 | .1 | 10.4 |

### Domestic leagues

| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2012–13 | Élan Chalon | Pro A | 3 | 3.7 | .400 | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| 2013–14 | Élan Chalon | Pro A | 15 | 5.9 | .385 | .308 | .714 | .5 | .1 | .1 | .1 | 2.6 |
| 2014–15 | Denain Voltaire | Pro B | 41 | 17.8 | .456 | .309 | .803 | 2.5 | 1.1 | .5 | .2 | 9.1 |
| 2015–16 | Monaco | Pro A | 38 | 26.3 | .510 | .382 | .688 | 2.9 | .9 | .9 | .2 | 12.4 |
| 2016–17 | Monaco | Pro A | 32 | 23.9 | .514 | .400 | .782 | 3.3 | .9 | .7 | .1 | 11.8 |
| 2017–18 | Monaco | Pro A | 1 | 21.0 | .583 | .667 | — | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| 2017–18 | Long Island Nets | G League | 12 | 15.7 | .427 | .176 | .765 | 2.0 | .3 | .5 | .2 | 7.4 |
| 2018–19 | Monaco | LNB Élite | 39 | 25.3 | .463 | .421 | .746 | 3.7 | 1.3 | .7 | .3 | 11.5 |
| 2019–20 | Monaco | LNB Élite | 25 | 25.4 | .458 | .418 | .625 | 4.4 | .6 | .6 | .3 | 11.0 |
| 2020–21 | Real Betis | ACB | 30 | 22.2 | .438 | .308 | .811 | 4.1 | .6 | .9 | .0 | 9.1 |
| 2021–22 | Monaco | LNB Élite | 43 | 20.9 | .470 | .402 | .800 | 2.9 | .6 | .5 | .1 | 7.0 |
| 2022–23 | Monaco | LNB Élite | 38 | 17.7 | .478 | .388 | .857 | 2.0 | .7 | .4 | .1 | 7.0 |
| 2023–24 | Monaco | LNB Élite | 40 | 17.5 | .430 | .333 | .719 | 2.2 | .5 | .4 | .0 | 6.0 |