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Ousmane Dieng

Milwaukee Bucks · #21 · Reserve
C6'9"185 lbage 234 yrs expLot-et-Garonne, France
12th best of 15 on MIL
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High-level playmaker & shooter
MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Eastern · Central · proj. 30-52 (▼10.5)
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A long, switchable 23-year-old wing/forward still searching for an offensive identity after a two-team season — just 7.6 points on a thin 51.6% true shooting. The flashes of playmaking are real, but the shaky shot (34% from three) and turnover issues mean he's a developmental project and a free agent in need of a niche.

7.6
PPG
3.2
RPG
2.4
APG
0.4
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 57MPG 19.3FG% 42.23P% 34.1FT% 71.1TS% 51.6USG% 19.7PER 10.2BPM -3.8VORP -0.5EPM -0.7
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking90
Shooting80
Perimeter defense58
Scoring57
Rim protection53
Inside finishing51
Rebounding51

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2022-23 to 2025-26 · 4 seasons
5.4
PPG
2.5
RPG
1.5
APG
166
GAMES
Points 899Win Shares 2.0Starts 22Best season 2024-25 · 3.8 ppg
Games played, last three seasons52%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 20 → 22
▬Steady

Ousmane, at 22, has held steady — 1.0 → 0.2 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 2.7 wins (+2.4)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 23. Range 1.4–3.9 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.0 → -3.8-0.826-27 forecast -2.8
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -3.0 · 33 games2024-25: -0.9 · 37 games2025-26: -3.8 · 57 games2026-27: -2.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.0 → 0.2-0.726-27 forecast 2.7
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.0 · 33 games2024-25: 1.4 · 37 games2025-26: 0.2 · 57 games2026-27: 2.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $5.9M vs $5.8M salary+$0.0M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$5.8M salary2023-24: $2.8M · 33 games2024-25: $3.4M · 37 games2025-26: $1.8M · 57 games2026-27: $5.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,833,333 cap hit · through '29. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$5,833,333Guaranteed
4% of the club’s payroll · 9th of 15 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$5,859,000 /yr
Surplus+$25,667
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.