Duke, Stanford and the biggest universities had been watching him for a year now, and he also had the possibility of joining the Ignite in the G-League, but in the end Frenchman Ousmane Dieng (2m05, 18) chose to join the NBL , the Australian Championship.
According to ESPN, the resident of the INSEP has also opted for the New Zealand Breakers, a training in which RJ Hampton had evolved for a year, and of which one of the shareholders is none other than John Wall.
It is therefore a very daring choice, and it confirms that the NBL is a real alternative to the NCAA but also to the G-League for 18-year-old players who want to go professional before the Draft. Before him, RJ Hampton and LaMelo Ball had made the same choice before joining the NBA.
Less publicized than Victor Wembanyama, the pivot of Nanterre, Ousmane Dieng is also expected very high in the Draft 2022 by his qualities as a playmaker in a winger body. This year, he turned 12.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in National 1.
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