{"id":238942,"date":"2025-08-19T05:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/238942\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:57:21","slug":"knicks-likely-to-sign-51st-pick-mohamed-diawara-to-two-way-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/238942\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks likely to sign 51st pick Mohamed Diawara to two-way deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forward Mohamed Diawara, the 51st overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, appears to be in the mix to sign a two-way contract with the New York Knicks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diawara averaged 6.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists on 43.9% shooting from the field in 49 games last season with Cholet Basket of the LNB Pro A. He scored in double figures 13 times, including a season-high 14 points and seven rebounds on May 28.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-8 Frenchman announced last month that he planned to join the Knicks, rather than spend the 2025-26 season as a draft-and-stash prospect. He will likely do so on a two-way contract, according to James Edwards III of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if New York ended up signing second-round pick Mohamed Diawara to one of its three two-way spots. I\u2019ve heard rumblings of that potentially happening since summer league. After that, Kevin McCullar could return in one of the other two-way spots. … For the third spot, someone like Dink Pate could make sense for New York.<\/p>\n

Diawara debuted with the Knicks in the NBA Summer League, averaging seven points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals on 40% shooting from the field in four appearances. He finished with nine points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals on July 19.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old impressed in the annual summer showcase as a player who can handle the ball, finish in transition and space the floor a bit. He also projects to be a versatile defender on the other end of the court, boasting a reported 7-foot, 4-inch wingspan.<\/p>\n

Diawara will likely spend time in the G League next season to develop within the Knicks’ system. He boasts plenty of high-level experience and projects to have a chance to eventually compete for rotation minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forward Mohamed Diawara, the 51st overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, appears to be in the mix…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,106,1936,2727,304,2501,32444,70,85,6,3494,239,1136,191,67,3810,3806,1100,61,134,132,66,83,3166,303],"class_list":{"0":"post-238942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jr","10":"tag-kevin","11":"tag-kevin-mccullar-jr","12":"tag-knicks","13":"tag-league","14":"tag-mccullar","15":"tag-national","16":"tag-national-sports","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-nba-summer-league","19":"tag-new","20":"tag-new-york","21":"tag-new-york-knicks","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-newyork","24":"tag-newyorkknicks","25":"tag-ny","26":"tag-overall","27":"tag-overall-positive","28":"tag-positive","29":"tag-sports","30":"tag-sports-news","31":"tag-summer","32":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115053897075358766","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}