Malik Dime

Pape Malik Dime (born October 9, 1992) is an Senegalese professional basketball player for MoraBanc Andorra of the Spanish Liga ACB. 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 in action with Washington.
MoraBanc Andorra
PositionCenter
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1992-10-06) October 6, 1992
Dakar, Senegal
NationalitySenegalese
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
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–presentAndorra
Career highlights and awards

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]

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References
  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. "Malik Dime signs with MoraBanc Andorra". sportando.com. July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
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