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Gorgui Dieng
Center ·San Antonio Spurs ·NBA ·#41

Gorgui Dieng

Age36 BornJan 18, 1990 FromSenegal Height208 cm (6'10") Weight112 kg CollegeLouisville Draft2013 · #21
Career averages
7.3PPG
5.5RPG
1.3APG
729 games · 10 seasons

At a glance

SAS hub
Latest gamesBox score
Sun, Apr 9, 2023
W at DAL 138 - 11713 pts · 10 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Apr 8, 2023
L vs MIN 151 - 1318 pts · 8 reb · 4 ast
Thu, Apr 6, 2023
W vs POR 127 - 1290 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Apr 4, 2023
L at PHX 94 - 1154 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 2, 2023
W at SAC 142 - 1340 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Mar 31, 2023
L at GSW 115 - 13014 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast
All SAS games
Position rank2021-22
#40PPG rank
#25PER rank
#32Win shares rank
CenterPosition
Among 42 Center players with 41+ games
Career snapshot
10Seasons
729Games
5,317Career points
16.4PER average
Most-played franchise: Minnesota Timberwolves · 498 games · 2013-14 to 2019-20
Honors and awards1 total
1×
All-Rookie Team2013
All awards
Career highsSingle season
10.1PPG · 2015-16 · MIN
8.3RPG · 2014-15 · MIN
2.0APG · 2014-15 · MIN
19.2PER · 2020-21 · MEM
5.9Win shares · 2015-16 · MIN
Draft2013
1Round
21Overall pick
From Louisville

Career by team

San Antonio Spurs
2020-21 - 2022-23 · 2 seasons
4.4 PPG 3.2 RPG 1.5 APG
47 games
Atlanta Hawks
2021-22 - 2021-22 · 1 seasons
3.5 PPG 2.8 RPG 0.8 APG
44 games
Memphis Grizzlies
2019-20 - 2020-21 · 2 seasons
7.6 PPG 5.1 RPG 1.1 APG
39 games
Minnesota Timberwolves
2013-14 - 2019-20 · 7 seasons
7.9 PPG 6.2 RPG 1.4 APG
498 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
2013-14 MIN 60 15 13.6 4.8 5.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 49.8 100.0 63.4 16.5 2.2
2014-15 MIN 73 49 30.0 9.7 8.3 2.0 1.0 1.7 50.6 16.7 78.3 17.2 4.9
2015-16 MIN 82 39 27.1 10.1 7.1 1.7 1.1 1.2 53.2 30.0 82.7 17.1 5.9
2016-17 MIN 82 82 32.4 10.0 7.9 1.9 1.1 1.2 50.2 37.2 81.4 14.2 5.7
2017-18 MIN 79 0 16.9 5.9 4.6 0.9 0.6 0.5 47.9 31.1 77.5 14.7 2.9
2018-19 MIN 76 2 13.6 6.4 4.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 50.1 33.9 83.0 18.1 2.8
2019-20 NBA 63 17 17.4 7.4 5.6 1.2 0.8 0.9 45.6 35.5 77.2 - -
2019-20 MIN 46 17 16.9 7.4 5.6 1.3 0.8 0.9 44.8 38.3 79.7 17.8 2.1
2019-20 MEM 17 0 18.7 7.2 5.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 48.3 25.0 73.8 15.5 0.9
2020-21 NBA 38 1 14.5 6.8 3.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 52.1 42.9 86.6 - -
2020-21 SAS 16 0 11.3 5.3 2.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 52.7 31.8 83.3 19.0 0.7
2020-21 MEM 22 1 16.9 7.9 4.5 1.3 0.8 0.6 51.9 47.9 88.4 19.2 1.5
2021-22 ATL 44 3 8.4 3.5 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 47.3 42.6 73.1 17.3 1.2
2022-23 SAS 31 1 11.5 3.9 3.5 1.7 0.1 0.5 38.5 28.0 76.9 9.9 0.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2022 Atlanta Hawks San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 2021 San Antonio Spurs Atlanta Hawks season change
Jul 2021 Memphis Grizzlies Atlanta Hawks season change
Oct 2020 San Antonio Spurs Memphis Grizzlies mid season trade From 2020-21 to 2020-21
Jul 2020 Memphis Grizzlies San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 2020 Minnesota Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs season change
Jul 2019 Minnesota Timberwolves Memphis Grizzlies season change

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About Gorgui Dieng

Gorgui Sy Dieng is a Senegalese former professional basketball player currently working as a basketball operations representative with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.