No. 5 – Körmend | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center / power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Bamako, Mali | March 19, 1997||||||||||||||
Nationality | Malian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 118 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school |
Kennedy Catholic ( Hermitage, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||
College | West Virginia (2016–2019) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2019: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Raptors 905 | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Trieste | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Samsunspor | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | BC Körmend | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Sagaba Konate (born March 19, 1997) is a Malian professional basketball player for BC Körmend of the Hungarian first division. He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. A native of Bamako, he moved to the United States to play at Kennedy Catholic High School starting in his junior season. As a sophomore at West Virginia, he was named third-team All-Big 12 and made the conference All-Defensive Team. [1]
Konate, who grew up playing soccer, only started playing basketball in 2014. He credits his improvement to time spent in the weight room. [2] Jeff Kollar and his wife became Konate's legal guardians as he attended Kennedy Catholic High School. [3] At the high school level, Konate earned Player of the Year and All-State honors in Pennsylvania and was a three-star recruit entering college. [4]
As a college player, Konate established himself as an expert shot-blocker, averaging 3.2 blocks per game in his sophomore year, [5] which was 3rd in the nation for Division I. [6] In addition, he averaged 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per contest. Konate flirted with the 2018 NBA draft, but ultimately withdrew his name and returned to West Virginia. [7] During his junior year, Konate broke the WVU all-time record for blocked shots with 191. He spent most of the season sidelined due to a knee injury. After the 2018-2019 season, Konate declared for the 2019 NBA draft foregoing his senior year. [8]
After going undrafted, Konate signed with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association on July 23, 2019. [9] He was waived and then added to the roster of their NBA G League affiliate, the Raptors 905. [10] Konate fractured his metatarsal in the preseason but returned in January 2020. [11] He averaged 4.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
On August 20, 2020, Konate signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. [12] On November 29, 2020 Konate announced he had signed with Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.
On June 25, 2021, he signed with Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. [13]
On July 23, 2022, he has signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [14]
On July 21, 2023, he signed with Samsunspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). [15]
Konate has represented the under-20 Mali national basketball team, winning a bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship. [16]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | West Virginia | 37 | 2 | 10.9 | .564 | – | .636 | 2.8 | .3 | .4 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
2017–18 | West Virginia | 36 | 36 | 25.4 | .510 | – | .790 | 7.6 | .7 | .4 | 3.2 | 10.8 |
2018–19 | West Virginia | 8 | 7 | 24.1 | .435 | .391 | .813 | 8.0 | 1.4 | .8 | 2.8 | 13.6 |
Career | 81 | 45 | 18.7 | .509 | .391 | .756 | 5.5 | .6 | .4 | 2.4 | 8.0 |
No. 5 – Körmend | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center / power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | Bamako, Mali | March 19, 1997||||||||||||||
Nationality | Malian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 118 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school |
Kennedy Catholic ( Hermitage, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||
College | West Virginia (2016–2019) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2019: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Raptors 905 | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Trieste | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | ratiopharm Ulm | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Samsunspor | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | BC Körmend | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Sagaba Konate (born March 19, 1997) is a Malian professional basketball player for BC Körmend of the Hungarian first division. He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. A native of Bamako, he moved to the United States to play at Kennedy Catholic High School starting in his junior season. As a sophomore at West Virginia, he was named third-team All-Big 12 and made the conference All-Defensive Team. [1]
Konate, who grew up playing soccer, only started playing basketball in 2014. He credits his improvement to time spent in the weight room. [2] Jeff Kollar and his wife became Konate's legal guardians as he attended Kennedy Catholic High School. [3] At the high school level, Konate earned Player of the Year and All-State honors in Pennsylvania and was a three-star recruit entering college. [4]
As a college player, Konate established himself as an expert shot-blocker, averaging 3.2 blocks per game in his sophomore year, [5] which was 3rd in the nation for Division I. [6] In addition, he averaged 10.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per contest. Konate flirted with the 2018 NBA draft, but ultimately withdrew his name and returned to West Virginia. [7] During his junior year, Konate broke the WVU all-time record for blocked shots with 191. He spent most of the season sidelined due to a knee injury. After the 2018-2019 season, Konate declared for the 2019 NBA draft foregoing his senior year. [8]
After going undrafted, Konate signed with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association on July 23, 2019. [9] He was waived and then added to the roster of their NBA G League affiliate, the Raptors 905. [10] Konate fractured his metatarsal in the preseason but returned in January 2020. [11] He averaged 4.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
On August 20, 2020, Konate signed with Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. [12] On November 29, 2020 Konate announced he had signed with Greek club PAOK Thessaloniki.
On June 25, 2021, he signed with Pallacanestro Trieste of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. [13]
On July 23, 2022, he has signed with ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [14]
On July 21, 2023, he signed with Samsunspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). [15]
Konate has represented the under-20 Mali national basketball team, winning a bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship. [16]
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 | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2016–17 | West Virginia | 37 | 2 | 10.9 | .564 | – | .636 | 2.8 | .3 | .4 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
2017–18 | West Virginia | 36 | 36 | 25.4 | .510 | – | .790 | 7.6 | .7 | .4 | 3.2 | 10.8 |
2018–19 | West Virginia | 8 | 7 | 24.1 | .435 | .391 | .813 | 8.0 | 1.4 | .8 | 2.8 | 13.6 |
Career | 81 | 45 | 18.7 | .509 | .391 | .756 | 5.5 | .6 | .4 | 2.4 | 8.0 |