Ousmane Dieng

Draft Notes

Ousmane Dieng has a bright NBA future. The French point-forward is a great ball handler, play-maker scorer and passer. His NBA role projects as a scoring wing with some primary ball handling responsibility.

He’s got a pull-up game and a knack for scoring from mid range, where he does a really good job of driving off of screens and finding space to get his shot.

He’s a long, lean athlete with great quickness, lateral speed and overall agility.

When you watch him the first word that comes to mind is smooth.

Comparisons

• some shades of Paul George

Draft Projection

possible first round pick in the 2022 NBA Draft or 2023 NBA Draft

2022 Small Forwards

1. Emoni Bates – 6-8 1/2 – Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan St.)
2. Adrian Griffin Jr. – 6-6 – Duke commit
3. Patrick Baldwin Jr. – 6-10 – Sussex, WI 
4. Ousmane Dieng – 6-7 – France
5. Caleb Houstan – 6-8 – Ontario, Canada
6. Kendall Brown – 6-6 – Baylor
7. Jabari Smith Jr. – 6-8 – Tyrone, GA
8. Payton Watson – 6-6 – UCLA
9. Micah Peavy – 6-7 – Texas Tech
10. Trey Patterson – Villanova
11. Yannick Kraag – 6-8 – Netherlands
12. Andre Jackson – 6-6 – UConn
13. Abramo Canka – 6-7 – Italy
14. Keon Edwards – 6-7 – Phoenix, AZ
15. J.T. Thor – 6-9 – Auburn
16. Lök Wur – 6-9 – Oregon
17. Cam’Ron Fletcher – 6-7 – Kentucky
18. Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe – 6-7 – OK State (Canada)
19. William Jeffress – 6-7 – Pittsburgh
20. Jabri Abdur-Rahim – 6-7 Virginia
21. Alex Antetokounmpo – 6-7 – USA  
22. Addison Patterson – 6-7 – Oregon