Amath M'Baye

Amadou-Amath M'Baye (born 14 December 1989) is a French professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. Standing at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in), he plays at the power forward position.

Amath M'Baye

M'Baye with Olimpia Milano in 2017
No. 24 – CSKA Moscow
Position	Power forward
Personal information
Born	(1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 34) Bordeaux, France
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Stoneridge Prep (Simi Valley, California)
College	Wyoming (2009–2011) Oklahoma (2012–2013)
NBA draft	2013: undrafted
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–2016	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
2016–2017	New Basket Brindisi
2017–2018	Olimpia Milano
2018–2019	Virtus Bologna
2019–2022	Pınar Karşıyaka
2022–2023	Anadolu Efes
2023–present	CSKA Moscow
Career highlights and awards
Turkish League champion (2023) Turkish Super Cup winner (2022) FIBA Champions League champion (2019) All-Champions League Second Team (2019) LBA champion (2018) Italian Supercup winner (2017)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing  France EuroBasket 2022 Germany FIBA World Cup 2019 China FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship 2009 Greece

Career

Born in France, M'Baye is of Senegalese descent.^[1] In the first two years as an NCAA men's basketball player, Amath M'Baye was in Wyoming. He averaged 12 points and 5.7 rebounds in 31 games. For that reason he received the individual award "All-MWC Honorable Mention". He later transferred to the Oklahoma Sooners where he played in the 2012–13 season (after sitting out one year, per NCAA transfer rules), having an average of 10.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He was in the third-best quintet of the "All-Big12" and later in the best quintet of the "Big12 All-rookie".^[2]

M'Baye started his professional career in Japan with the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins for three seasons, from 2013 to 2016. During these three years, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists. During the 2014–15 season, he won the MVP award at the Japan All-Star Game^[3] and he was in the best quintet of the local league.

As a young player, Amath M'Baye was selected up for the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Greece with the French national basketball team, winning the silver medal.

In 2016, the French player signed a contract with the Italian basketball team New Basket Brindisi, and he will take part to the 2016–17 LBA season.^[4][5]

On 26 July 2019 he signed a contract with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi.^[6] M'Baye averaged 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game during the 2019–2020 season. On July 3, 2020, he re-signed with the team.^[7] M'Baye averaged 16.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. He re-signed with Pınar Karşıyaka on August 10, 2021.^[8]

On June 2, 2022, he signed with Anadolu Efes of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).^[9] In 33 EuroLeague games, he averaged 7 points and 2.8 rebounds, playing around 21 minutes per contest. On June 26, 2023, he parted ways with the Turkish powerhouse.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

*	Led the league

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2017–18	Milano	30	10	17.7	.463	.379	.791	2.0	.9	.4	.1	6.1	5.1
2022–23	Anadolu Efes	33	15	21.5	.521	.517*	.850	2.8	.5	.3	.3	7.0	7.2
Career		63	25	19.7	.493	.458	.819	2.4	.7	.3	.2	6.6	6.2

Honours and titles

Club

Olimpia Milano

• Lega Basket Serie A: 2017–18
• Italian Supercup: 2017

Virtus Bologna

• Basketball Champions League: 2018–19^[10]

ЦСКА Москва

Победитель Единой лиги ВТБ: 2023-2024 Чемпион России: 2023-2024

International

Italy Under-20

• European U20 Championship: 2009 Greece  Bronze

Individual

• All-Champions League Second Team: 2018–19
• NBL Best Quintet: 2014–15
• NBL All-Star Game MVP: 2015

References

1. "Amath M'Baye became a player of CSKA". cskabasket.ru.
2. "Ranking the 10 Cockiest Players in College Basketball". bleacherreport.com. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
3. "M'Baye runs riot in NBL All-Star Game". jaoantimes.co.jp. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
4. "AMATH M'BAYE QUITTE LE JAPON POUR BRINDISI" [Amath M'Baye to leave Japan for Brindisi]. bebasket.fr (in French). 29 June 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
5. "Amath M'baye: seguivo Brindisi da un po' di tempo. Sono entusiasta di giocare in Serie A" [Amath M'Baye: I was following Brindisi for a long time. I'm excited to play in Serie A]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
6. "Pinar Karsiyaka signs Amath M'Baye". Sportando. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
7. Lupo, Nicola (3 July 2020). "Amath M'Baye re-signs with Pinar Karsiyaka". Sportando. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
8. "M'Baye re-signs at Pinar Karsiyaka". Eurobasket. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
9. "Amath M'Baye Anadolu Efes'te" (in Turkish). Anadolu Efes. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
10. "Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown". Basketball Champions League. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

External links

• Lega Basket Serie A profile Archived 2019-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
• FIBA Archive profile
• Eurobasket.com profile
• New Basket Brindisi profile
• TBLStat.net Profile