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PLAYOFFS RECORDS 10-11 REVIEW PLAYERS BBALL OPS FRONT OFFICE<br />
HISTORY<br />
<strong>NBA</strong><br />
MISC.<br />
50<br />
PLAYERS<br />
2006-07<br />
Averaged 2.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and a team-high 1.4 blocks in 18.3<br />
minutes per game in 81 games (9 starts) for Dallas… Shot .470 from the<br />
field (71-151) and .558 from the line (48-86)… Recorded his first career<br />
double-double with a career-high-tying 10 points and 15 rebounds in 34<br />
minutes on April 11 at Minnesota… Grabbed double-figure rebounds 10<br />
times… Tallied 3+ blocks 17 times, including a season-high five blocks<br />
on Nov. 15 vs. Chicago and on March 23 at Boston… In six first-round<br />
playoff games vs. Golden State, averaged 3.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and<br />
1.7 blocks in 23.3 minutes… Shot .600 from the field (9-15)… Set<br />
playoff career highs of 11 points in Game 5 on May 1 and 13 rebounds in<br />
Game 4 on April 29.<br />
2005-06<br />
Averaged 2.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 18.6 minutes in 81<br />
games (45 starts) for Dallas… Shot .487 from the field (75-154) and .542<br />
from the free-throw line (39-72)… Ranked 14th in the <strong>NBA</strong> in blocks per<br />
game… Blocked 3+ shots 24 times, including a career-high tying six<br />
blocks on Nov. 15 vs. Denver and on Dec. 9 at Memphis… Also tallied a<br />
career-high 16 rebounds on Nov. 15 vs. Denver… Scored seven points,<br />
grabbed nine rebounds, had a career-high five steals and blocked three<br />
shots, while making the lone three-point field goal of his <strong>NBA</strong> career, on<br />
April 18 vs. the Clippers… Appeared in 22 playoff games with 18 starts<br />
during the Mavericks run to the <strong>NBA</strong> Finals, averaging 2.7 points, 5.0<br />
rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 18.5 minutes… Shot .615 from the field (24-<br />
39) and .611 from the free-throw line (11-18).<br />
2004-05<br />
Averaged 1.0 point, 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 blocks in 7.8 minutes in 39<br />
games for Cleveland… Recorded 2+ blocks 7 times… Led or tied<br />
team-high in blocks on 10 occasions…Recorded season highs of eight<br />
rebounds and four blocks on Feb. 16 vs. Atlanta… Was on the injured<br />
list with a sprained right long finger from Nov. 3-10 and a left elbow<br />
contusion from Jan. 8-18, missing a total of 10 games… Recorded 33<br />
DNP-CDs.<br />
2003-04<br />
Averaged 2.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 13.0 minutes per game in 56<br />
games (3 starts) with Cleveland… Led or tied team-high in blocks <strong>12</strong><br />
times and in steals on 7 occasions… Recorded a season-high eight<br />
points with five blocks on Nov. 7 at Indiana)… Grabbed a season-high<br />
10 rebounds on Feb. 3 at Detroit… Missed 16 games (Dec. 8-Jan. 6) after<br />
having surgery to repair a torn right meniscus… Missed two games (Feb.<br />
18-20) with a right ankle sprain…Recorded eight DNP-CDs.<br />
2002-03<br />
Averaged 1.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.0 block in 11.8 minutes in 80<br />
games (1 start) for Cleveland… Finished third on the team in blocks…<br />
Led the team in blocks 23 times… Scored a career-high 10 points in 21<br />
minutes on Nov. 23 vs. New Orleans… Handed out a career-high four<br />
assists on March 2 vs. Orlando… Had four blocks in 9 minutes on Nov. 8<br />
at Philadelphia… Recorded eight rebounds and four blocks in 17 minutes<br />
on March 16 vs. Utah.<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-<strong>12</strong> CHARLOTTE BOBCATS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
2001-02<br />
Averaged 1.4 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.6 blocks in 6.1 minutes in 18<br />
games (1 start) as a rookie with Cleveland per game…Became the<br />
youngest player in team history to appear in a game on Oct. 30 vs. Boston<br />
and the youngest player in team history to start a game on Feb. 28 vs.<br />
Seattle… Missed 15 games (Oct. 31-Nov. 29) due to a mild sprain of the<br />
posterior cruciate ligament of his left knee, which was injured on opening<br />
night … Was placed on the injured list on Feb. 28 with a right plantar<br />
fascia strain and missed the last 26 games of the season.<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Full name is DeSagana N’gagne Diop… Name ia pronounced sa-GAH-na<br />
JOP… Goes by “Gana”… The son of Rama N’diaye and Souleymane<br />
Diop… Has three siblings, Code’, Mamadou and N’Doumbe’… Played<br />
for the Senegalese national team during the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship…<br />
Has participated in the <strong>NBA</strong>’s “Basketball Without Borders”<br />
Program in Africa… Didn’t start playing basketball until he was 15…<br />
Can speak English, Wolof, French, Arabic and some Spanish… Lists his<br />
mother as the person he admires most and his father as his greatest<br />
influence.
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