Sekou Doumbouya

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Basketball player
Sekou Doumbouya
Sekou Doumbouya in March 2017
Player information
Full name Sekou Oumar Doumbouya
birthday 23rd December 2000 (age 19)
place of birth Conakry , Guinea
size 206 cm
position Small forward
NBA draft 2019 , 15th pick, Detroit Pistons
Club information
society Detroit Pistons
league NBA
Clubs as active
0000–2018 FranceFrance Poitiers Basket 86
2018-2019 FranceFrance Limoges CSP
Since 02019 United StatesUnited States Detroit Pistons

Sekou Oumar Doumbouya (born December 23, 2000 in Conakry ) is a French basketball player of Guinean descent who is currently under contract with the Detroit Pistons in the US professional league NBA .

career

Doumbouya was born in Guinea and moved to France with his mother and siblings as a child . He played soccer and began playing basketball when he was twelve in Fleury-les-Aubrais near Orléans . In the 2015/16 season he stayed at the French youth training center INSEP and played for its team in the third highest French league, NM1. He posted an average of 10.5 points there.

From the 2016/17 season, the winger, who had the reputation of a basketball prodigy, was part of the squad of the second division Poitiers Basket 86 and played there under the direction of coach Ruddy Nelhomme, who also worked as an assistant coach for the French national team. Despite his young age, Doumbouya was already playing regularly in the French LNB Pro B, in his second season in Poitiers (2017/18) he was on the field in an average of 23 minutes and statistically scored 8.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game . The NBA's talent scouts had long since had the French on the slip.

During the summer break of 2018, Doumbouya moved to the French first division club Limoges CSP . During his first year in Limoges, he was suspended for several weeks due to a hand operation performed in late December 2018. In April 2019, he signed up for the NBA's draft process and was selected in 15th place by the Detroit Pistons .

National team

Doumbouya received French citizenship in November 2016 and won the European Championship a few weeks later with France's U18 national team. During the tournament he was the best scorer of his team with an average of 17.8 points ahead of Frank Ntilikina and was voted into the "team of the tournament".

Individual evidence

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  5. Sekou Doumbouya, un très gros prospect à Poitiers. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (French).
  6. Ruddy Nelhomme (coach du PB86): "On entre dans une période capitale pour nous" | LNB.fr. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (long iso).
  7. Doumbouya Sekou | LNB.fr. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (long iso).
  8. Poitiers Basket: le rêve américain de Sekou Doumbouya . In: Center Press . ( center-presse.fr [accessed October 25, 2018]).
  9. ^ Center France: Basket / Jeep Elite - La pépite Sekou Doumbouya signe au Limoges CSP . In: www.lepopulaire.fr . ( lepopulaire.fr [accessed October 25, 2018]).
  10. Gabriel Pantel jouve: Limoges: Sekou Doumbouya de retour aux affaires. February 9, 2019, accessed April 21, 2019 (French).
  11. Draft 2019: comme attendu, Sekou Doumbouya s'inscrit à son tour. In: Basket USA. Retrieved April 21, 2019 .
  12. https://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/Actualites/Draft-sekou-doumbouya-selectionne-par-les-detroit-pistons/1032196
  13. https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/basket/pro/basket-csp-limoges-sekou-doumbouya-le-nouveau-prodige-du-basket-francais-5978350
  14. France at the FIBA ​​U18 European Championship Division A 2016 - FIBA.basketball. Retrieved October 25, 2018 .
  15. MVP Ntilikina headlines All-Star Five of FIBA ​​U18 European Championship. Retrieved October 25, 2018 .