Mamadi Diakite

**Mamadi Diakite** (an haife shi a watan Janairu 21, 1997) ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando ƙwararren ɗan ƙasar Guinea ne don kwarin Suns na NBA G League . Ya buga wasan kwando na kwaleji don Virginia Cavaliers, wanda ya ci gasar NCAA ta ƙasa a shekarar 2019. Ya kuma ci gasar NBA tare da Milwaukee Bucks a cikin shekara ta 2021 .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Diakite a Conakry, Guinea ga Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite da Aminata Kaba kuma ya girma a matsayin Musulmi.   Mahaifinsa shi ne babban sufeton lafiya na Guinea kuma mahaifiyarsa likita ce.  Diakite ya taso ne yana buga kwallon kafa a tituna da wuraren shakatawa amma daga baya ya fara buga kwallon kwando saboda tsayinsa da kuma wasan motsa jiki.   Saboda rashin damar kwando a Guinea, ya yi ƙoƙari ya jawo hankali daga Amurka ta hanyar Facebook . Sakamakon haka, Hassan Fofana, ɗan ƙasar Guinea kuma tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon kwando na kwaleji ya tuntuɓi Diakite, kuma tare da taimakonsa ya shiga makarantar Blue Ridge, makarantar kwana a Saint George, Virginia .

## Aikin makarantar sakandare
Diakite ya yi rajista a Makarantar Blue Ridge a farkon 2014.  A lokacin da ya fara zuwa Amurka, yana iya magana da Faransanci kawai, kuma tsohon dan wasan kwallon kwando dan kasar Guinea Mamadi Diane yana cikin wadanda suka taimaka masa wajen kara karfin gwiwa.  Diakite ya buga wasannin kwallon kwando guda biyu a makarantar Blue Ridge kuma ya samu haruffan varsity a fagen guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle da ƙwallon ƙafa, saboda makarantar ta buƙaci ɗalibai su buga wasanni a kowace kakar.   A matsayinsa na babba a wasan kwallon kwando, ya sami maki 12, sake dawowa takwas, da tubalan hudu a kowane wasa yayin da yake jagorantar tawagarsa zuwa taken Jiha na Division II na Virginia Independent Conference (VIC). An nada Diakite na biyu All-VIC a ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin 2014 – 15, kuma ya ci taken tsalle- tsalle na VIC na baya-baya.  A cikin ƙwallon kwando, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikata huɗu na daukar ma'aikata kuma babban abin da ake tsammani a cikin jihar Virginia. A kan Agusta 4, 2015, Diakite ya himmatu don taka leda don Virginia, yana mai da martani ga wasu shirye-shiryen NCAA Division I da yawa, gami da Baylor, USC da Washington .  

## Aikin kwaleji
Bayan yin alkawarin zuwa Virginia, Diakite ya sake komawa aji na 2015 kuma ya sake yin wasan kwando na farko na kwaleji tare da Virginia, yana fatan shirya jiki don kwando na kwaleji da daidaitawa ga salon kwaleji a lokacin 2015 – 16.   Ya yi muhawara a matsayin ɗan wasan jajayen riguna a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 2016, yana yin rikodin maki takwas da sake dawowa hudu a nasarar 72–32 akan St. Francis Brooklyn .  A ranar 6 ga Disamba, Diakite ya ci maki 12 mafi girma a kakar wasa a cikin nasara da ci 76–53 akan East Carolina .  Ta hanyar wasanni 32 a cikin kakar wasa, ya sami matsakaicin maki 3.8, sake dawowa 2.6, da tubalan 1.2 a kowane wasa.  A matsayin jaki na biyu a kan Nuwamba 23, 2017, Diakite ya dace da aikinsa mai girma a cikin zira kwallaye, tare da maki 12 da sake dawowa biyar a cikin 68-42 nasara akan Vanderbilt a NIT Season Tip-Off .   A ranar Fabrairu 3, 2018, ya shiga cikin maki 12 a karo na biyu, a cikin nasara 59–44 akan Syracuse .  Ta hanyar wasanni 34, Diakite ya sami maki 5.4, 3.0 rebounds da 0.5 tubalan kowane wasa. 

A cikin wasa na uku na lokacin ƙarami na 2018 – 19 redshirt, ya yi rikodin babban aiki-maki 18 akan Nuwamba 16, a cikin nasara 97 – 40 akan Jihar Coppin .  Diakite ya yi daidai da aikinsa a kan Janairu 9, 2019, yana aika maki 18, sake dawowa bakwai, da tubalan biyu a nasarar 83–56 akan Kwalejin Boston .  A ranar 30 ga Maris, a cikin Elite Takwas zagaye na gasar NCAA ta 2019, ya yi rikodin maki 14, sake dawowa bakwai da tubalan hudu a cikin nasarar wuce gona da iri kan Purdue na uku na 80 – 75.  Diakite ya yi bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida don aika wasan zuwa karin lokaci.  A cikin Hudu na Karshe, sun buga Auburn . Diakite ya kama 6 rebounds kuma ya buga jimlar mintuna 36, amma yana da maki 2 kawai akan 25% harbi. Virginia ta ci wasan da ci 63–62 bayan abokin wasansu Kyle Guy ya yi jefa kwallaye 3 kyauta.  A gasar cin kofin kasa ta 2019, sun buga Texas Tech . Diakite yana da maki 9 akan 50% harbi, kuma ya kama 7 rebounds a cikin mintuna 25 na lokacin wasa.  Virginia ta lashe wasan a cikin karin lokaci 85–77, ta baiwa Virginia gasar cin kofin kasa ta farko. 

Ya rina gashin gashin sa a cikin watan Fabrairun 2019 sannan ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai mahimmanci ga ragowar aikinsa na kwaleji. 

Ya ba da sanarwar daftarin NBA na 2019 bayan ya lashe gasar cin kofin kasa amma ya janye sunansa daga daftarin kafin ranar ƙarshe na janyewar don komawa Virginia a lokacin cancantarsa ta ƙarshe. 

Diakite ya kafa sabon aiki mai girma na maki 19 don tafiya tare da sake dawowa 13 a cikin nasarar 65 – 34 da James Madison akan Nuwamba 10, 2019.  Ya yi daidai da aikinsa na maki 19 a kan Nuwamba 19, yana taimaka wa Cavaliers nasara da Vermont 61–55.  Diakite ya kafa sabon aiki mai girma na maki 21 a cikin asarar 70-59 zuwa South Carolina akan Disamba 22.  A ƙarshen kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, an zaɓi Diakite zuwa Teamungiyar All-ACC ta Biyu. 

## Sana'ar sana'a

### Milwaukee Bucks (2020-2021)
Bayan da aka ba da izini a cikin daftarin NBA na 2020, Diakite ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar ta biyu tare da Milwaukee Bucks a kan Nuwamba 24, 2020.   Lokacin da Wisconsin Herd ya yanke shawarar ba zai buga kakar 2020–21 ba, an aika Diakite zuwa Lakeland Magic don cika sashin G League na kwantiraginsa,  ya fara halarta a Lakeland a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu, 2021.  Ya bayyana a cikin wasanni 12 tare da Lakeland yayin da yake matsakaicin maki 18.5, 10.3 rebounds, 2.1 blocks da 2.1 yana taimakawa a cikin mintuna 27.7 kuma an ba shi suna ga All-NBA G League First Team, NBA G League All-Defensive Team da NBA G League All -Rookie Team yana kan hanya zuwa taken G League tare da Lakeland. 

A ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 2021, Diakite ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar NBA na shekaru da yawa bayan yin bayyanuwa 11 tare da Bucks. Ya lashe gasar NBA a lokacin sa na rookie tare da Bucks.  A ranar 24 ga Satumba, Milwaukee ya yi watsi da shi. 

### Oklahoma City Thunder (2022)
A ranar 26 ga Satumba, 2021, Oklahoma City Thunder ta yi iƙirarin soke Diakite.  Duk da haka, an yi watsi da shi a ranar 16 ga Oktoba. 

A ranar 11 ga Janairu, 2022, Diakite ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar kwanaki 10 tare da Thunder.  Diakite ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kwanaki 10 na biyu a ranar 21 ga Janairu  Ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kwanaki 10 na uku tare da Thunder a ranar 31 ga Janairu  A ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, ƙungiyar ta sake shi, don buɗe wurin yin rajista don KZ Okpala, wanda aka samu a cikin kasuwanci tare da Miami Heat . 

### Cleveland Cavaliers (2022-2023)
A kan Satumba 26, 2022, Diakite ya sanya hannu tare da Cleveland Cavaliers .  An yi watsi da shi a ranar Oktoba 15,  amma ƙungiyar ta sake sanya hannu kan kwangilar hanya biyu bayan kwana biyu.  Zai ƙare wasa a wasanni 22, farawa a biyu. A cikin wasan farko inda ya fara da NBA MVP Joel Embiid, ya rike babban tauraron zuwa kawai maki 19, 6 rebounds, 6 helps, and 37.5% from the field. Ya kuma zura kwallaye 2 masu maki uku yayin wasan. A farkon kakar wasa ta biyu, Diakite ya dace da New York Knicks inda ya yi rikodin 2 rebounds da toshe. Duk da yake mafi yawan lokutan yana tafiya tare da haɗin gwiwar G League, bai taɓa yin asarar abubuwa da yawa ba.

### Westchester Knicks (2023)
A ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 2023, Diakite ya sanya hannu tare da New York Knicks,  amma an yi watsi da shi bayan kwana biyu.  A ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 2023, an saka sunan Diakite a cikin jerin abubuwan buɗe dare na Westchester Knicks . 

### San Antonio / Austin Spurs (2024)
A ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2024, Diakite ya rattaba hannu kan kwangilar ta hanyoyi biyu tare da San Antonio Spurs  kuma a ranar Maris 2, Spurs ta yi watsi da shi. 

### Komawa Westchester / New York Knicks (2024)
A kan Maris 6, 2024, Diakite ya koma Westchester Knicks  kuma a kan Maris 14, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kwanaki 10 tare da New York Knicks .  A ranar 25 ga Maris, ya sanya hannu tare da New York don sauran kakar wasa. 

A kan Yuli 6, 2024, Diakite an yi ciniki da shi zuwa Brooklyn Nets tare da Bojan Bogdanović, Shake Milton, Zaɓuɓɓukan zagaye na farko guda huɗu ba tare da kariya ba, swap mara kariya da zaɓi na biyu don musayar Mikal Bridges, Keita Bates-Diop da na biyu - zagayowar zagayowar.  Kafin ya iya bayyana a cikin wasan don Nets, Diakite ya yi ciniki, tare da daftarin haƙƙin Nemanja Dangubić, zuwa Memphis Grizzlies a musayar Ziaire Williams da zaɓe na biyu  kuma a ranar 27 ga Agusta, an yi watsi da shi. da Grizzlies. 

### Valley Suns (2024-yanzu)
A kan Satumba 26, 2024, Diakite ya sanya hannu tare da Phoenix Suns,  amma an yi watsi da shi a ranar 14 ga Oktoba  A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, ya shiga cikin Valley Suns . 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Diakite ƙwararren mai magana ne a Faransanci, Maninka, Susu da Fula . Ya fara koyon turanci ne lokacin da ya isa kasar Amurka domin halartar makarantar Blue Ridge.   A cikin 2014, mahaifinsa Aboubacar Sidiki Diakite, babban sufeton lafiya na kasar Guinea, ya fara jagorantar kokarin kasarsa na yaki da cutar Ebola a yammacin Afirka tare da Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya .   A Jami'ar Virginia, Diakite babban ɗan Faransa ne kuma ƙaramar Al'adun Duniya da Kasuwanci.  A watan Fabrairun 2019, ya yi wa gashinsa rina zinare a matsayin "sauƙi ga lokacin da ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa yana matashi" a Guinea. 

## Manazarta