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Keita Bates-Diop

29-Year-Old ForwardF
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#140
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Height 6'8"
Weight 225
DOB 1/23/1996
College Ohio State
Drafted 2nd Rd, #18 in 2018
Signed a one-year, $2.35 million contract with the Suns in July of 2023. Traded to the Nets in February of 2024. Exercised $2.65 million player option for 2024-25 in June of 2024. Traded to the Knicks in July of 2024. Traded to the Timberwolves in September of 2024. Waived by the Timberwolves in October of 2024.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Keita Bates-Diop was born in Bloomington, Illinois in 1996. Bates-Diop's father, Richard, played collegiate basketball at Creighton in the early '80s. The younger Bates-Diop attended University High School in Normal, Illinois, where he blossomed into a superstar in his final two years. As a junior at University High, Bates-Diop averaged 18.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.4 blocks while shooting 52 percent from the field to lead his team to a 22-6 record and Corn Belt Conference championship, its second in a row. The Pioneers won a third consecutive Corn Belt Conference Championship with Bates-Diop leading them to a 22-5 record. For his efforts, Bates-Diop was a three-time First Team All-State (Class 3A) selection by the Associated Press. Bates-Diop moved on to collegiate ball at Ohio State University, where he spent the next four seasons. You can follow Bates-Diop on Twitter @KBD_33. Bates-Diop was named as the 2017-18 Big Ten Player of the Year after his senior year at Ohio St. The Normal, Illinois native was also named to the All-Big Ten honorable mention list after his sophomore season in 2016-17. In the 2017-18 season, he led the Big Ten in total field goals (247) while leading Ohio State in points (19.8), blocks (1.6) and rebounds (8.7) per game. Bates-Diop opted to enter the 2018 NBA Draft after his redshirt junior season. He was chosen in the second round of the draft (48th overall) by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Let go by Minnesota
FFree Agent
October 21, 2024
The Timberwolves waived Bates-Diop on Monday.
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Bates-Diop joined Minnesota as part of the blockbuster deal that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York in exchange for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. The veteran forward was Minnesota's final cut as the Timberwolves reduced its roster to 15 men ahead of the regular season. Bates-Diop could catch on elsewhere for a team that's hit hard by early-season injuries and short on forward depth.
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How does Keita Bates-Diop compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
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True Shooting %
52.5%
 
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3-Point Attempt Rate
42.7%
 
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24.0%
 
Offensive Rebound %
6.0%
 
Defensive Rebound %
12.9%
 
Total Rebound %
9.6%
 
Assist %
7.4%
 
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1.6%
 
Block %
3.0%
 
Turnover %
6.1%
 
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0.0%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
11.8
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
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Bates-Diop is coming off his best season as a professional, having logged a career-high 21.7 minutes per game during the 2022-23 campaign. In that time he averaged 9.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 0.8 three-pointers. After three years in San Antonio, he will now ply his trade as a member of the Suns. Although the team is top-heavy when it comes to high-end talent, there is a fifth starting roster spot that needs to be filled. Josh Okogie is likely to be given that role on opening night, although there is certainly a chance Bates-Diop, Eric Gordon or Grayson Allen will make a play for it. Even if he does assume the starting role at some point throughout the season, it's hard to envision him seeing enough of the ball to be considered a viable option in standard fantasy formats.
Bates-Diop received the occasional start for the Spurs last season but played the vast majority of his games in a bench role, averaging 5.7 points and 3.9 boards over 16.2 minutes per game. Even in that role, his output ranked him 358th in per-game production -- far from the fantasy radar in most formats. He's likely buried in the rotation again entering 2022-23, especially following the team's selection of Jeremy Sochan with the ninth pick in the 2022 NBA Draft to shore up some depth in the frontcourt. Barring a rash of injuries bumping his playing time up, Bates-Diop should remain on the waiver wire in most standard formats.
A 2018 second-round pick the Timberwolves divested themselves of after just one season and change, Bates-Diop landed with the Nuggets via trade in early February. The 24-year-old wing saw action in just 12 games with Denver and averaged a modest 10.2 minutes per contest, but he got more valuable reps while still with Minnesota and finished with averages of 6.5 points and 2.9 rebounds across 16.8 minutes over 44 total games. Bates-Diop then signed a two-way deal with the Spurs on Nov. 22, so he'll likely open the coming season in the G-League. The 6-foot-8 Ohio State product is capable of playing either forward spot, but San Antonio should open the season with a relatively deep chart at both the three and four. When Bates-Diop does eventually see time with the big club, he's destined for a rotational role that would likely give him fantasy relevance only in fairly deep formats.
Following a productive four-year career at Ohio State, Bates-Diop landed in Minnesota as a second-round selection in June 2018. The 6-foot-7 wing then split his time between the G-League and the Timberwolves, averaging a well-rounded 17.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.1 steals across 36.6 minutes over 16 games in the former. Bates-Diop's opportunity was understandably reduced at the NBA level, but he generated a respectable 5.0 points and 2.8 rebounds across 16.8 minutes (30 games). The second-year pro then got plenty of run in the Las Vegas Summer League this past July, playing seven games and averaging 23.6 minutes, 10.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists. Bates-Diop hasn't been quite as efficient with his shot in any of the professional settings he's operated in thus far when compared to his college days (45.3 percent or better shooting in each Buckeyes season), but he packs solid potential and could certainly work his way into the conversation with respect to the small forward rotation this coming season. Bates-Diop logged at least 20 minutes in 10 games following the All-Star break last season, including three tallies over 30, providing him with plenty of game reps at the NBA level during his first year. If Bates-Diop can build on that experience in the coming season, he could develop into a viable option for scoring and rebounds in deeper fantasy formats.
A second-rounder out of Ohio State, Bates-Diop was one of the most productive players in the country last season, posting averages of 19.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game en route to Big Ten Player of the Year honors. As a 22-year-old senior, Bates-Diop is among the more NBA-ready players in the class, but he'll enter a difficult situation in Minnesota. It's no secret that coach Tom Thibodeau favors a veteran-heavy rotation, and there won't be a surplus of available minutes in the frontcourt given the presence of Andrew Wiggins, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Tolliver, Gorgui Dieng and Taj Gibson. The most likely scenario is Bates-Diop spending much of the year with the Iowa Wolves of the G League before potentially becoming a back-end rotation player in 2019-20.
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Headed to Minnesota
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September 28, 2024
The Knicks have traded Bates-Diop (shin) to the Timberwolves alongside Julius Randle (shoulder) and Donte DiVincenzo in a three-team deal that also sent DaQuan Jeffries to Charlotte, Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic reports.
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Dealt to Knicks
FNew York Knicks
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July 4, 2024
The Nets are trading Bates-Diop (shin) and Mikal Bridges to the Knicks in exchange for Bojan Bogdanovic, Shake Milton, four unprotected first-round picks, an unprotected pick swap and a second-round pick, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
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Exercises player option
FBrooklyn Nets
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June 24, 2024
Bates-Diop (shin) exercised his $2.65 million player option for the 2024-25 season Monday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
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Ruled out for season
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March 27, 2024
The Nets announced Wednesday that Bates-Diop (shin) will miss the rest of the season, Evan Barnes of Newsday reports.
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Won't play Wednesday
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March 26, 2024
Bates-Diop (shin) has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Wizards, Evan Barnes of Newsday reports.
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Timberwolves could trade him
FMinnesota Timberwolves
October 19, 2024
The Timberwolves could be open to trading Bates-Diop, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports.
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The Timberwolves are yet to finalize their roster for the 2024-25 season, but trading Bates-Diop seems like something that will happen one way or another. If they can't find a taker for the veteran, then the Timberwolves are expected to waive him in order to keep P.J. Dozier on the roster. Bates-Diop has played for five different teams across his six years in the NBA.
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