Malik Dime Explained

Malik Dime
Position:Center
Height M:2.06
Weight Kg:100
League:LUB
Liga Sudamericana de Baloncesto
Team:Fundación CB Granada
Number:0
Nationality:Senegalese
Birth Date:6 October 1992
Birth Place:Dakar, Senegal
High School:Columbus
(Columbus, Ohio)
New Hope Christian
(Thomasville, North Carolina)
College:
Draft Year:2017
Career Start:2017
Years1:2017
Team1:Northern Arizona Suns
Years2:2018
Team2:Vogošća
Years3:2018
Team3:Ura
Years4:2018–2019
Team4:Rilski Sportist
Years5:2019
Team5:Guaros de Lara
Years6:2019
Team6:Kyiv
Years7:2019–2020
Team7:Lavrio
Years8:2020–2021
Team8:Andorra
Years9:2021
Team9:Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Years10:2021–2022
Team10:Vanoli Cremona
Years11:2022–2023
Team11:Parma Basket
Years12:2022–2023
Team12:Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
Years13:2023–2024
Team13:Peñarol
Years14:2024–present
Team14:Granada
Highlights:

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.

College career

Indian Hills

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

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

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