Yakhouba Diawara

Infobox NBA Player
name = Yakhouba Diawara
nickname =

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league = NBA
position = Small forward/Shooting guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 7
weight_lbs = 225
team = Miami Heat
number = 55
nationality = French
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|8|29|mf=yes
birth_place = Paris, France
highschool = Tremblay en France
college = Southern Idaho
Pepperdine
draft = Undrafted
career_start = 2000
career_end =
former_teams = JDA Dijon (2000–2001)
Southern Idaho Golden Eagles (2001–2003)
Pepperdine Waves (2003–2005)
JDA Dijon (2005–2006)
Climamio Bologna (2006)
Denver Nuggets (2006–2008)
awards =

Yakhouba Diawara (born August 29 1982 in Paris) is a French professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the NBA.

He is a 6 ft 7 in and 225 lb (102 kg) shooting guard/small forward. He started his career with French team JDA Dijon, and after his first season as pro went college, first at junior college of Southern Idaho and after two years transferred to Pepperdine University. He went undrafted after graduating from Pepperdine and signed with JDA Dijon again. In February 2006 he moved to Italian Climamio Bologna. He was signed by the Denver Nuggets on July 26, 2006. [ [http://www.insidehoops.com/diawara-nuggets-072606.shtml InsideHoops.com - Nuggets sign Yakhouba Diawara ] ]

He is fluent in French, English, and Italian. [ [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/yakhouba_diawara/bio.html NBA.com : Yakhouba Diawara Bio Page ] ]

He signed with the Miami Heat on August 7, 2008. [ [http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_sign_diawara.html HEAT Sign Yakhouba Diawara] ]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Denver
64 || 19 || 18.4 || .342 || .288 || .660 || 1.7 || .9 || .5 || .1 || 4.4
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | Denver
54 || 14 || 10.0 || .410 || .318 || .710 || 1.1 || .7 || .2 || .1 || 2.8
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
118 || 33 || 14.6 || .364 || .297 || .679 || 1.5 || .8 || .3 || .0 || 3.7
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Playoffs

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align="left" | 2006–07
align="left" | Denver
1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
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align="left" | 2007–08
align="left" | Denver
3 || 0 || 2.7 || .400 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.3
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align="left" | Career
align="left" |
4 || 0 || 2.3 || .400 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0
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Notes

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/playerfile/yakhouba_diawara/ Yakhouba Diawara NBA profile]
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/diawaya01.html NBA Stats]
* [http://217.13.116.51/plantillas/jugador.jsp?id=LCE Euroleague Profile]