Moussa Diabate Rumors

Moussa Diabate: "I feel like I took a piece from a lot of them just from talking to them or just like observing. Like I always say, Russell Westbrook, I feel like just observing his daily habits and just like his approach to the game was very big for me. Kawhi, just like how he break down the game, just like his patience and even Kawhi, I feel like that defensively also, just how he moves, I think that was very good for me. Even like Ivica Zubac, just talking to Ivica Zubac, Nicolas Batum, just like talking to all them guys, I've learned, so you know, Marcus Morris was also a big one, just talking to them, just like listening, like, 'Okay, boom, that's how I got to be.' John Wall, just talking to him, like, 'Okay, like you got to do this, you got to do that.' Just like they would pretty much just give me advice of how to like, you know, stay in the league for real."

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Moussa Diabate: "Like I said, I'm still very thankful for the Clippers. They helped me a lot and I'm still very happy for everything. It was great. Like I said, I'm still very thankful for the Clippers. They helped me a lot and I'm still very happy for everything. It was great. I've got great connections with them and I'm still very happy for everything."

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Ohm Youngmisuk: The Charlotte Hornets have guaranteed Moussa Diabate’s contract for next season according to league sources. It was non-guaranteed. Diabate won the NBA Hustle Award this season.

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Nick Wright got a lot of exposure for calling LaMelo Ball a clown, specifically. He said he’s unserious, and LaMelo has had that “unserious” label for quite a few years. I’d say this year is the first year where people started to go, “Oh, wait a minute.” What’s it like to hear your guard talked about so negatively in the press? Do you hear it, and do you think anything of it? Moussa Diabaté: I mean, it’s one of those things where most people are not in the locker room. Everybody is going to have an opinion about things, and obviously, when you’re not winning, it’s one of those things where people are always going to find bad things going on. For me, it’s part of life. People are going to do that. At the end of the day, when you’re not winning, things like that are going to happen. Obviously, I’m not saying that we’re perfect or that we can’t get better, and obviously, Melo got better. But he wants to win. That has always been his mindset. He wants to win. He wants to do whatever he can do to win. Even defensively, people are not looking at it from the standpoint of the little details — his recovery, understanding the game, understanding when to take his shots. He wants to ask questions all the time.

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Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabaté has been named the winner of the 2025-26 Kia NBA Hustle Award, the league announced on Thursday. The Kia NBA Hustle Award honors players who make effort plays that do not often appear in the traditional box score but impact winning on a nightly basis. The award is based on a statistical formula rather than a media vote, utilizing a variety of hustle stats.

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Sam Perley: Moussa Diabate mentioned the Hornets need to be more consistent in close games next year (finished 10-18 in clutch time) "It's all about making jumps, but not skipping steps."

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Sam Perley: Moussa Diabate on the fans' 'Moose' chants and cheers this year: "It's been great and amazing... Hopefully it's going to happen a lot more. I'll be sure to work for that."

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Charlotte Hornets PR: UPDATE: @hornets have upgraded Moussa Diabate to available for tonight’s game.

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Charlotte Hornets PR: INJURY REPORT: @hornets at ORL 4/17 Moussa Diabate (L Hip Soreness) is questionable

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Ball and Knueppel have formed a Hornets 3-point shooting duo of the future that has a new-age Splash Brothers feel to it. Charlotte has been perhaps the best story of the NBA season and authored the most surprising turnaround with a potent starting five that includes the emerging Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges and Moussa Diabate. The Hornets won 44 games after totaling just 19 wins a season ago. Only the Spurs have had a bigger turnaround this season. "Nobody's thinking that playing Charlotte is going to be an easy walkover game," Knueppel told ESPN. "Which it has been the last couple years."

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The Hornets have upgraded Grant Williams (right knee injury management) to available and Moussa Diabate (left ankle sprain) to probable for Sunday’s game against Minnesota.

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Rod Boone: Of note: Moussa Diabate (left ankle soreness) is questionable for tonight's game against Indiana. Grant Williams (injury management) is out. PJ Hall, who was in a walking boot yesterday, has been diagnosed with a right ankle fracture and is out indefinitely. No timetable given.

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FullCourtPass: Moussa Diabate on whether he's ever been in a car driven by LaMelo Ball 💀 "Hell nah, never will."

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Sam Perley: Hornets beat Memphis, 124-101, to move to 3-0 on the homestand; 5th win in their past 6 GP overall. LaMelo Ball 29 PTS (7/14 from 3P), Brandon Miller 22 PTS, Moussa Diabate 11/14 + 2 BLK Charlotte took care of business against a hard-playing, yet severely undermanned Memphis team.

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