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Ousmane Dieng ( OOSS-mahn JENG; born 21 May 2003) is a French professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing 3 years in France and New Zealand, Dieng was selected in the 2022 NBA draft with the 11th overall pick by the New York Knicks, but was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder on draft night. During the 2024–25 season, Dieng won his first NBA Championship with the Thunder.
Dieng grew up in Lot-et-Garonne in southwestern France. His father Ababacar, originally from Senegal, was a former professional basketball player in France.
At the youth level, Dieng played for Villeneuve Basket Club and JSA Bordeaux. He attended the national athletics boarding school INSEP in Paris, and competed for its under-18 team at the Next Generation Tournament.
In the 2020–21 season, Dieng averaged 12.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game for Centre Fédéral in the Nationale Masculine 1.
On 1 June 2021, Dieng announced that he would play for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League…
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