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2022 NBA Draft Combine: Measurements, testing results for Michigan forward Moussa Diabate

clayton-sayfieby:Clayton Sayfie•05/19/22•

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Michigan basketball forward Moussa Diabate was a five-star recruit. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Forward Moussa Diabate is the lone Michigan Wolverines basketball product at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago May 18-20, and he had a nice first day. The 6-11, 210-pounder didn’t participate in any scrimmage action Wednesday, but he led all centers in four of the six strength and agility drills.

Fellow Michigan sophomore-to-be Caleb Houstan received a combine invite, but surprisingly declined it and will not participate. Former Michigan guard Eli Brooks, who just concluded his fifth season in Ann Arbor, was a standout at the NBA G League Elite Camp earlier in the week. Diabate and Houstan have until June 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET to withdraw from the draft and retain their collegiate eligibility.

Diabate was the best out of the centers in the max vertical leap, lane agility and shuttle run. His 36.50-inch max vertical leap was three inches higher than the second-best center, Arizona‘s Christian Koloko (33.50). Diabate was also 0.2 ticks faster than second place in the shuttle run, with his 2.90-second time. Diabate posted a 11.16-second mark in the lane agility drill.

The Michigan forward also registered a 3.26-second three-quarter court sprint and 29.00-inch standing vertical leap, both of which ranked second among centers.

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Here are Diabate’s measurements from the combine, according to the NBA, which noted that all figures are unofficial until reviewed by the league.

Body Fat Percentage2.7
Hand Length (Inches)8.50
Hand Width (Inches)10.50
Height Without Shoes6’9.25″
Height With Shoes6’10.25″
Standing Reach9’1.50″
Weight (LBS)216.6
Wingspan7’2.50″

Last season at Michigan, Diabate had the third-highest usage rate among Wolverine starters — ahead of Houstan — and averaged nine points and six rebounds per game. He shot 54.2 percent overall, and connected on 57.1 percent of his two-point shots during Big Ten play, which ranked 14th in the league. He hit just three of his 14 three-point attempts, an area of his game he’s working to improve.

Diabate worked out with the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers ahead of the combine and is hoping to put on a show this week.

“Really just being able to show my energy, my defense, being able to be versatile, being able to drive to the basket,” Diabate said of what he’s hoping to show teams in the pre-draft process during an interview with IndianaPacers.com. “I believe I have the chance to move pretty fast with my size. And also, just show the potential with my shooting and my touch and everything. Just show pretty much everything, really.”

If Diabate doesn’t return to Michigan, he’d become the Wolverines’ second one-and-done prospect of this century, joining Ignas Brazdeikis in 2019.

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