2025-26 Season
MOHAMED DIAWARA
2025-26 Season
MOHAMED DIAWARA
Diawara produces at an below average rate for a 9-minute workload.
About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works
TEAM COMPARISON
of 14 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Mohamed Diawara's early season was defined by a frantic struggle to translate garbage-time efficiency into actual rotation value. When finally handed a starting nod on 12/18 vs IND, the results were disastrous. Despite logging a season-high 19 minutes and scoring 5 points, a complete lack of perimeter gravity and bricked outside looks tanked his overall rating to a staggering -8.1 impact score. A similar collapse occurred earlier on 11/22 vs ORL. During that 10-minute stint, brutal shot selection and completely empty offensive possessions yielded a miserable -6.9 impact score, erasing the minor +2.4 hustle rating he managed to scrape together on the glass. He simply looked overwhelmed by the speed of the game whenever asked to handle extended minutes. Ironically, Diawara only generated positive value when his leash was practically non-existent. During a brief cameo on 11/26 vs CHA, he posted a stellar +3.5 impact score in just two minutes by instantly drilling an open perimeter look on his lone touch to spike his box rating.
A maddening descent into rotational irrelevance defined this stretch, as early perimeter explosions rapidly gave way to empty minutes and defensive lapses. Diawara initially looked like a lethal weapon on 12/29 vs NOP, torching the defense for 18 points on perfect 4-for-4 shooting from deep to generate a massive +12.1 impact score. That momentum vanished instantly. He spent most of January racking up zeroes across the box score, looking entirely lost on both ends of the floor. He occasionally found ways to create positive value despite low scoring, like on 02/03 vs WAS. In that game, he managed just 5 points but earned a +4.6 impact score by injecting immediate energy and decisively attacking closeouts. Ultimately, those fleeting bright spots were overshadowed by disastrous outings like 02/10 vs IND, where sheer offensive passivity and defensive liabilities resulted in a catastrophic -8.1 impact score.
Empty-calorie scoring and disastrous defensive lapses entirely defined Mohamed Diawara's mid-season stint. While he occasionally found the bottom of the net from deep, his fundamental inability to execute basic rotations routinely bled points on the other end. Look no further than his 02/27 vs MIL appearance. A surprising 10-point scoring surge was completely negated by blown defensive assignments that dragged his impact down to a brutal -5.3. The defensive hemorrhaging peaked during the 03/09 vs LAC contest, where his disastrous rotational awareness resulted in an abysmal -8.4 impact score despite chipping in 5 points and 4 rebounds. Conversely, when he actually locked in on the dirty work, the underlying metrics rewarded him. During a brief 03/18 vs MEM cameo, Diawara managed just 4 points but posted a stellar +3.1 impact simply because he stayed disciplined in his defensive assignments. Until he stops relying solely on streaky perimeter shooting to justify his minutes, his overall value will remain stubbornly negative.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Below-average consistency. Diawara is negative impact in 73% of games, with scoring moving ~4 points game-to-game.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 31% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -0.8, second-half -2.0. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.
In a rough stretch — 5 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 10 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 76 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
66 games played