BIOGRAPHY
Hamidou Diallo was born on July 31, 1998, in Queens, New York. He is a guard in the NBA.
Diallo grew up in Lefrak City, Queens, New York. He attended JHS 157 Stephen A. Halsey. He is of Guinean descent; his parents, Abdoulaye and Marima, emigrated to New York from Guinea.
Diallo competed for the under-18 United States national basketball team that captured gold in the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship game in 2016. He won bronze at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Egypt.
He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was a consensus 5-star prospect, and one of the top-rated basketball players in the class of 2017. Diallo is of Guinean descent. His parents, Abdoulaye and Marima, emigrated to New York from Guinea.
On June 21, 2018, Diallo was selected with the 45th pick in the 2018 NBA draft by the Brooklyn Nets. His draft rights were subsequently traded to the Charlotte Hornets, and then to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On July 28, 2018, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced that they had signed with Diallo.
On February 16, 2019, Diallo won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first Oklahoma City Thunder player ever to win it. For one dunk he jumped over Shaquille O'Neal and did the "honey dip" dunk popularized by Vince Carter and displayed a Superman undershirt while hanging from the rim. In another dunk, he jumped over Quavo who held the ball above his head and finished it with two hands.
On March 13, 2021, Diallo was traded to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and a future second-round draft pick.
