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DeSagana Diop

Desagana Ngagne Diop

Position: Center ▪ Height: 7-0 ▪ Weight: 300 lbs.
Born: January 30, 1982 in Dakar, Senegal
High School: Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
Draft: Cleveland Cavaliers, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 2001 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 30, 2001
Age: 30 years, 4 days ▪ Experience: 10 years

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Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 20 CLE NBA 18 1 109 12 29 .414 0 0 1 5 .200 5 12 17 5 1 10 12 19 25
2002-03 21 CLE NBA 80 1 943 54 154 .351 0 0 11 30 .367 63 152 215 43 33 81 56 148 119
2003-04 22 CLE NBA 56 3 730 57 147 .388 0 0 12 20 .600 72 127 199 34 26 51 29 116 126
2004-05 23 CLE NBA 39 0 306 20 69 .290 0 2 .000 0 5 .000 30 40 70 15 8 27 12 53 40
2005-06 24 DAL NBA 81 45 1510 75 154 .487 1 2 .500 39 72 .542 145 229 374 23 44 146 36 253 190
2006-07 25 DAL NBA 81 9 1480 71 151 .470 0 1 .000 48 86 .558 166 272 438 30 40 113 63 244 190
2007-08 26 TOT NBA 79 23 1295 94 180 .522 0 0 38 70 .543 160 232 392 40 26 88 58 146 226
2007-08 26 DAL NBA 52 18 894 67 115 .583 0 0 24 40 .600 111 159 270 26 20 63 42 100 158
2007-08 26 NJN NBA 27 5 401 27 65 .415 0 0 14 30 .467 49 73 122 14 6 25 16 46 68
2008-09 27 TOT NBA 75 1 1036 74 171 .433 0 0 22 66 .333 114 159 273 32 29 56 39 128 170
2008-09 27 DAL NBA 34 0 452 22 58 .379 0 0 12 29 .414 45 73 118 13 12 25 11 55 56
2008-09 27 CHA NBA 41 1 584 52 113 .460 0 0 10 37 .270 69 86 155 19 17 31 28 73 114
2009-10 28 CHA NBA 27 0 262 15 29 .517 0 0 2 9 .222 24 41 65 5 5 14 12 31 32
2010-11 29 CHA NBA 16 0 181 8 24 .333 0 0 4 11 .364 12 28 40 7 4 15 11 26 20
2011-12 30 CHA NBA 14 7 179 7 27 .259 0 0 1 4 .250 18 31 49 13 6 9 8 19 15
Career NBA 566 90 8031 487 1135 .429 1 5 .200 178 378 .471 809 1323 2132 247 222 610 336 1183 1153

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 20 CLE NBA 18 1 6.1 0.7 1.6 .414 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .200 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.4
2002-03 21 CLE NBA 80 1 11.8 0.7 1.9 .351 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 .367 0.8 1.9 2.7 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.7 1.9 1.5
2003-04 22 CLE NBA 56 3 13.0 1.0 2.6 .388 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 .600 1.3 2.3 3.6 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.5 2.1 2.3
2004-05 23 CLE NBA 39 0 7.8 0.5 1.8 .290 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.0 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.4 1.0
2005-06 24 DAL NBA 81 45 18.6 0.9 1.9 .487 0.0 0.0 .500 0.5 0.9 .542 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.3 0.5 1.8 0.4 3.1 2.3
2006-07 25 DAL NBA 81 9 18.3 0.9 1.9 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 0.6 1.1 .558 2.0 3.4 5.4 0.4 0.5 1.4 0.8 3.0 2.3
2007-08 26 TOT NBA 79 23 16.4 1.2 2.3 .522 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 .543 2.0 2.9 5.0 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.7 1.8 2.9
2007-08 26 DAL NBA 52 18 17.2 1.3 2.2 .583 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 .600 2.1 3.1 5.2 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.8 1.9 3.0
2007-08 26 NJN NBA 27 5 14.9 1.0 2.4 .415 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.1 .467 1.8 2.7 4.5 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.6 1.7 2.5
2008-09 27 TOT NBA 75 1 13.8 1.0 2.3 .433 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 .333 1.5 2.1 3.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 1.7 2.3
2008-09 27 DAL NBA 34 0 13.3 0.6 1.7 .379 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 .414 1.3 2.1 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.6 1.6
2008-09 27 CHA NBA 41 1 14.2 1.3 2.8 .460 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 .270 1.7 2.1 3.8 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.8 2.8
2009-10 28 CHA NBA 27 0 9.7 0.6 1.1 .517 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .222 0.9 1.5 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.2
2010-11 29 CHA NBA 16 0 11.3 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7 .364 0.8 1.8 2.5 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.7 1.6 1.3
2011-12 30 CHA NBA 14 7 12.8 0.5 1.9 .259 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 .250 1.3 2.2 3.5 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.4 1.1
Career NBA 566 90 14.2 0.9 2.0 .429 0.0 0.0 .200 0.3 0.7 .471 1.4 2.3 3.8 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.6 2.1 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2001-02 20 CLE NBA 18 1 109 4.0 9.6 .414 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7 .200 1.7 4.0 5.6 1.7 0.3 3.3 4.0 6.3 8.3
2002-03 21 CLE NBA 80 1 943 2.1 5.9 .351 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 .367 2.4 5.8 8.2 1.6 1.3 3.1 2.1 5.7 4.5
2003-04 22 CLE NBA 56 3 730 2.8 7.2 .388 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .600 3.6 6.3 9.8 1.7 1.3 2.5 1.4 5.7 6.2
2004-05 23 CLE NBA 39 0 306 2.4 8.1 .290 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.6 .000 3.5 4.7 8.2 1.8 0.9 3.2 1.4 6.2 4.7
2005-06 24 DAL NBA 81 45 1510 1.8 3.7 .487 0.0 0.0 .500 0.9 1.7 .542 3.5 5.5 8.9 0.5 1.0 3.5 0.9 6.0 4.5
2006-07 25 DAL NBA 81 9 1480 1.7 3.7 .470 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 2.1 .558 4.0 6.6 10.7 0.7 1.0 2.7 1.5 5.9 4.6
2007-08 26 TOT NBA 79 23 1295 2.6 5.0 .522 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.9 .543 4.4 6.4 10.9 1.1 0.7 2.4 1.6 4.1 6.3
2007-08 26 DAL NBA 52 18 894 2.7 4.6 .583 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 .600 4.5 6.4 10.9 1.0 0.8 2.5 1.7 4.0 6.4
2007-08 26 NJN NBA 27 5 401 2.4 5.8 .415 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.7 .467 4.4 6.6 11.0 1.3 0.5 2.2 1.4 4.1 6.1
2008-09 27 TOT NBA 75 1 1036 2.6 5.9 .433 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.3 .333 4.0 5.5 9.5 1.1 1.0 1.9 1.4 4.4 5.9
2008-09 27 DAL NBA 34 0 452 1.8 4.6 .379 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.3 .414 3.6 5.8 9.4 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.9 4.4 4.5
2008-09 27 CHA NBA 41 1 584 3.2 7.0 .460 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.3 .270 4.3 5.3 9.6 1.2 1.0 1.9 1.7 4.5 7.0
2009-10 28 CHA NBA 27 0 262 2.1 4.0 .517 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.2 .222 3.3 5.6 8.9 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.6 4.3 4.4
2010-11 29 CHA NBA 16 0 181 1.6 4.8 .333 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.2 .364 2.4 5.6 8.0 1.4 0.8 3.0 2.2 5.2 4.0
2011-12 30 CHA NBA 14 7 179 1.4 5.4 .259 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 .250 3.6 6.2 9.9 2.6 1.2 1.8 1.6 3.8 3.0
Career NBA 566 90 8031 2.2 5.1 .429 0.0 0.0 .200 0.8 1.7 .471 3.6 5.9 9.6 1.1 1.0 2.7 1.5 5.3 5.2

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2001-02 20 CLE NBA 18 109 3.2 .401 .414 5.4 12.8 9.2 7.3 0.5 6.7 27.8 18.2 67 107 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.124
2002-03 21 CLE NBA 80 943 6.7 .356 .351 7.3 18.4 12.8 6.9 1.8 6.1 25.1 10.3 74 102 -1.4 1.2 -0.2 -0.012
2003-04 22 CLE NBA 56 730 10.4 .404 .388 10.9 19.2 15.1 7.1 1.9 5.0 15.7 11.3 93 100 -0.1 1.1 1.0 .063
2004-05 23 CLE NBA 39 306 6.3 .281 .290 11.3 15.8 13.5 7.1 1.4 6.6 14.4 12.3 77 103 -0.5 0.4 0.0 -0.006
2005-06 24 DAL NBA 81 1510 11.5 .512 .490 11.8 17.9 14.9 2.2 1.6 7.4 16.2 6.9 116 100 1.3 2.7 4.1 .130
2006-07 25 DAL NBA 81 1480 10.6 .503 .470 13.8 21.6 17.8 2.8 1.4 5.8 25.0 7.9 107 98 0.7 3.1 3.8 .123
2007-08 26 TOT NBA 79 1295 12.5 .536 .522 14.6 20.3 17.5 4.6 1.1 5.1 21.6 9.6 111 103 1.0 2.0 3.0 .113
2007-08 26 DAL NBA 52 894 13.4 .596 .583 14.8 19.9 17.5 4.2 1.2 5.2 24.1 9.1 116 102 1.0 1.5 2.6 .137
2007-08 26 NJN NBA 27 401 10.4 .435 .415 14.1 21.1 17.6 5.3 0.8 4.9 17.0 10.8 100 106 0.0 0.5 0.5 .058
2008-09 27 TOT NBA 75 1036 9.7 .425 .433 13.3 18.2 15.8 4.6 1.5 4.3 16.3 10.8 97 104 -0.2 1.6 1.4 .065
2008-09 27 DAL NBA 34 452 8.9 .396 .379 11.5 18.4 15.0 3.9 1.4 4.1 13.5 8.3 102 106 0.1 0.6 0.7 .070
2008-09 27 CHA NBA 41 584 10.3 .441 .460 14.7 18.1 16.4 5.2 1.6 4.4 17.8 12.7 95 103 -0.2 1.0 0.7 .060
2009-10 28 CHA NBA 27 262 7.8 .485 .517 11.2 18.5 15.0 2.9 1.0 4.4 26.7 8.0 94 101 -0.1 0.5 0.4 .072
2010-11 29 CHA NBA 16 181 5.4 .347 .333 8.0 18.9 13.4 5.7 1.2 6.7 27.6 10.3 73 104 -0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.016
2011-12 30 CHA NBA 14 179 7.6 .261 .259 11.0 20.5 15.5 10.8 1.7 3.7 21.8 9.3 76 105 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.028
Career NBA 566 8031 9.9 .443 .430 12.0 19.2 15.6 4.6 1.5 5.7 20.5 9.3 97 101 0.0 13.0 13.0 .077

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
2005-06 24 DAL NBA 22 407 24 39 0 0 11 18 40 109 2 14 28 11 81 59 .615 .611 18.5 2.7 5.0 0.1
2006-07 25 DAL NBA 6 140 9 15 0 0 3 7 16 41 2 3 10 4 21 21 .600 .429 23.3 3.5 6.8 0.3
Career NBA 28 547 33 54 0 0 14 25 56 150 4 17 38 15 102 80 .611 .560 19.5 2.9 5.4 0.1

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2005-06 24 DAL NBA 22 407 11.8 .629 .615 11.5 21.1 16.2 0.7 1.9 5.7 19.0 6.6 125 100 0.5 0.8 1.3 .156
2006-07 25 DAL NBA 6 140 12.0 .581 .600 12.5 20.3 16.3 2.2 1.1 6.7 18.1 6.9 119 109 0.2 0.1 0.2 .078
Career NBA 28 547 11.9 .615 .611 11.8 20.9 16.2 1.1 1.7 6.0 18.8 6.7 124 102 0.7 0.9 1.5 .136

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DeSagana Diop 4.1 3.8 3.0 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Chris Mihm 90.2 4.0 3.6 2.9 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0
Lee Davis 79.6 4.6 3.7 2.1 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Rick Roberson 78.2 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0 1.0 0.4 0.0
George Peeples 74.9 4.1 3.2 2.1 1.5 0.2 0.0
Dan Gadzuric 74.7 5.2 3.7 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1
Rick Robey 74.7 5.5 3.7 3.1 1.9 1.4 0.9 -0.2 -0.6
Noble Jorgensen 73.1 4.8 3.8 3.6 1.8 -0.5
Leon Douglas 72.5 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.1 2.1 1.0 0.0
Jake Voskuhl 72.4 3.3 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 -0.3
Joe Strawder 72.1 4.3 3.6 3.0
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DeSagana Diop 4.1 3.8 3.0 1.4 1.0 0.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.3
Chris Mihm 90.2 4.0 3.6 2.9 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0
Lee Davis 79.6 4.6 3.7 2.1 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 -0.1
Rick Roberson 78.2 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.0 1.0 0.4 0.0
George Peeples 74.9 4.1 3.2 2.1 1.5 0.2 0.0
Dan Gadzuric 74.7 5.2 3.7 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1
Rick Robey 74.7 5.5 3.7 3.1 1.9 1.4 0.9 -0.2 -0.6
Noble Jorgensen 73.1 4.8 3.8 3.6 1.8 -0.5
Leon Douglas 72.5 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.1 2.1 1.0 0.0
Jake Voskuhl 72.4 3.3 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 -0.3
Joe Strawder 72.1 4.3 3.6 3.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
2001 McDonald's All American
Block Pct
2005-06 NBA 7.4 (4)
2006-07 NBA 5.8 (6)
Defensive Rating
2006-07 NBA 98.0 (7)
Hall of Fame Probability
Active 0.000 (168)
Career 0.000 (1062)

Transactions

June 27, 2001: Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2001 NBA Draft.

August 19, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

February 19, 2008: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks with Maurice Ager, Devin Harris, Trenton Hassell, Keith Van Horn, a 2008 1st round draft pick (Ryan Anderson) and a 2010 1st round draft pick (Jordan Crawford) to the New Jersey Nets for Malik Allen, Jason Kidd and Antoine Wright.

July 9, 2008: Signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.

January 16, 2009: Traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Charlotte Bobcats for Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2001-02 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,842,480
2002-03 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $1,980,600
2003-04 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $2,118,840
2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $2,695,164
2005-06 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,850,000
2006-07 Dallas Mavericks NBA $1,998,000
2007-08 New Jersey Nets NBA $2,146,000
2008-09 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $5,585,000
2009-10 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $6,031,800
2010-11 Charlotte Bobcats NBA $6,478,600
Career (may be incomplete) $32,726,484

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