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Boris Diaw
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French basketball executive and former player
OverviewAI-generated
Boris Diaw is a French basketball player who competed as a power forward, center, small forward, and shooting guard. Born in 1982 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, he was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks and played for that team, as well as the Phoenix Suns and Charlotte Hornets, in the National Basketball Association. His professional career spanned from 2001 to 2018. He received the NBA Most Improved Player Award and participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2005, and the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Diaw is also an author, with works including *National Geographic Kids Chapters: Hoops to Hippos!* and *Hoops to Hippos!*. He was educated at INSEP and resides in Cormeilles-en-Parisis. Standing 203 cm tall and weighing 113 kg, he is recognized in multiple databases as a person and player.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2011
- JSA Bordeaux
- Title
- President
- League
- LNB Pro A
- Born
- ( 1982-04-16 ) 16 April 1982 (age 44) , Cormeilles-en-Parisis , Val-d'Oise , France
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 250 lb (113 kg)
- High school
- INSEP ( Paris, France )
- Nba draft
- 2003 : 1st round, 21st overall pick
- Drafted by
- Atlanta Hawks
- Playing career
- 2001–2018
- Position
- Power forward / shooting guard
- Number
- 32, 13, 3, 33
- 1998 2000
- Centre Fédéral
- 2000 2003
- Pau-Orthez
- 2003 2005
- Atlanta Hawks
- 2005 2008
- Phoenix Suns
- 2008 2012
- Charlotte Bobcats
- 2012 2016
- San Antonio Spurs
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Forward/Center
- Nationality
- France
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Boris
- Family name
- Diaw
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Cormeilles-en-Parisis
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- INSEP
- Languages spoken
- French
- Participant in
- FIBA EuroBasket 2013
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- San Antonio Spurs
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 113
- Image
- Boris Diaw, France - Canada July 2011.jpg
- Height
- 203
- Residence
- Cormeilles-en-Parisis
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Boris Diaw
- date of birth
- 1982-04-16
- drafted by
- Atlanta Hawks
- name in native language
- Boris Diaw
- end of work period
- 2018-00-00
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 490234
- nickname
- Bobo
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod (born 16 April 1982), better known as Boris Diaw, is a French basketball executive and former player who is the president of Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A. Diaw began his playing career in Pro A and returned to that league after 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He primarily played the power forward position. In 2006, Diaw was named the NBA's Most Improved Player as a member of the Phoenix Suns. He won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014.
Diaw was a member and captain of the senior French national team. He won a FIBA World Cup bronze medal in 2014, a EuroBasket title in 2013, a silver medal in EuroBasket 2011, and two bronze in EuroBasket 2005 and EuroBasket 2015. He earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boris Diaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.