Pape Malik Dime (born October 6, 1992) is a Senegalese professional basketball player who plays for Peñarol of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol (LUB) and Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for Indian Hills Community College and Washington Huskies. Dime entered the 2017 NBA draft, but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

Malik Dime
Dime when he was with the Washington Huskies.
No. 0 – Fundación CB Granada
PositionCenter
LeagueLUB
Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
Personal information
Born (1992-10-06) October 6, 1992 (age 31)
Dakar, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Career information
High schoolColumbus
(Columbus, Ohio)
New Hope Christian
(Thomasville, North Carolina)
College
NBA draft2017: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017Northern Arizona Suns
2018Vogošća
2018Ura
2018–2019Rilski Sportist
2019Guaros de Lara
2019Kyiv
2019–2020Lavrio
2020–2021Andorra
2021Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2021–2022Vanoli Cremona
2022–2023Parma Basket
2022–2023Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
2023–2024Peñarol
2024–presentGranada
Career highlights and awards
Medals
AfroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rwanda

College career edit

Indian Hills edit

Dime chose to play college basketball for Indian Hils college after finishing highschool at New Hope Christian Academy. As a sophomore, he averaged 10.8 points and 7.1 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game in 30 games making 60.7 percent of his shots from the field.[1]

Washington edit

At his junior season, he was transferred to Washington Huskies, where he stayed for two seasons.[2] During his tenure with the Huskies, he played along with players like Markelle Fultz, Matisse Thybulle, Marquese Chriss and Dejounte Murray. As a senior, Dime became the captain of the team and averaged 5.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game in 20 games.

Professional career edit

After going undrafted at the 2017 NBA draft Dime joined the Northern Arizona Suns.[3] He was waived on December 12, 2017, after appearing only in 7 games. He then joined Vogošća of the Bosnian League. He led the league in blocks, after averaging 4 blocks per game in only 16 games.

The next season, he signed with Ura opf the Korisliiga.[4] He left the club on December and joined Rilski Sportist of the NBL. He also led the league in blocks, averaging 2.5 per game. During the summer, he also joined Guaros de Lara.

On October 13, 2019, he signed with Kyiv of the Ukrainian SuperLeague, but left the team after only appearing in 1 game.[5] On November 16, 2019, he joined Lavrio of the Greek Basket League.

On July 9, 2020, Dime signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the Spanish Liga ACB.[6] He averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. The team parted ways with him on July 1, 2021.[7]

On August 29, 2021, Dime signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[8] He parted ways with the team on November 29, after averaging 7.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.[9] On December 2, Dime signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[10]

On July 1, 2022, he signed with Parma Basket of the VTB United League.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Malik Dime Indian Hills CC". jucorecruiting.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Washington adds top recruit Noah Dickerson". foxsports.com. June 5, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "NAZ Suns Acquire Forward Malik Dime". northernarizona.gleague.nba.com. November 17, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "Malik Dime signs with Kaarinan Ura Basket". archive.sportando.basketball. August 4, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kyiv Basket inks Malik Dime for a tryout deal". eurobasket.com. October 13, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Lupo, Nicola (July 9, 2020). "Malik Dime signs with MoraBanc Andorra". Sportando. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  7. ^ Skerletic, Dario (July 1, 2021). "MoraBanc Andorra, Malik Dime part ways". Sportando. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Skerletic, Dario (August 29, 2021). "Malik Dime joins Maccabi Rishon". Sportando. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  9. ^ Skerletic, Dario (November 29, 2021). "Maccabi Rishon Lezion, Malik Dime part ways". Sportando. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Malik Dime è un giocatore della Vanoli Basket" (in Italian). vanolibasket.com. 2 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Malik Dimé rejoint BC Parma en Russie". wiwsport.com (in French). July 1, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.

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