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Pacôme Djenon Dadiet (born 27 July 2005) is a French professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for Paris Basketball and Ratiopharm Ulm.
Dadiet was born on 27 July 2005 and is of Ivorian descent. As a youth, he joined the club Saint-Charles Charenton in 2011, where he remained through 2020 and was teammates with players such as Tidjane Salaün. He then spent time with the youth team of Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball, before joining the youth program of Paris Basketball. He appeared in 22 matches for the club’s Under-21 team in the 2021–22 season, averaging 17.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.
Dadiet made his LNB Pro A debut for Paris Basketball’s first team in October 2021, at the age of 16, totaling seven points in eight minutes of playing time. He featured in eight games throughout the 2021–22 season for the main squad.
Dadiet sought to leave Paris and join German club Ratiopharm Ulm in 2022, but was involved in a contractual dispute which did not allow him to join them…
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