2044 Hall of Fame Nominee - Ousmane Dieng

[Donny - Bucks]

One of the best SF's in league history, Ousmane Dieng was part of FIVE title teams and was a staple of the Miami Heat's run of dominance as a consistently good player in so many different facets of his game. Will this be enough for him to get into the NBN Hall of Fame?

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CAREER STATS
Games: 1445
MPG: 37.0
PPG: 24.3
RPG: 8.0
APG: 3.4
SPG: 2.1 
BPG: 0.4 
TOPG: 2.7
FG%: .465
FT%: .853
3P%: .431

Best Season (2036 Heats)
Games: 82
MPG: 39.1
PPG: 31.5
RPG: 8.1
APG: 3.9
SPG: 2.3
BPG: 0.5
TOPG: 2.7
FG%: .477
FT%: .855
3P%: .461

Career Highs
Points: 55
Rebounds: 22
Assists: 12
Steals: 10
Blocks: 5

Achievements
Championships: 5
Player of the Game: 172
Player of the Week: 4
Player of the Month: 1
Double Doubles: 444
Triple Doubles: 9

Awards
2028 - All-Star Game Participant
2028 - All-Defensive Second Team
2030 - All-Star Game Participant
2030 - All-League Second Team
2031 - All-Star Game Participant
2031 - All-League First Team
2031 - All-Defensive Team
2032 - All-Star Game Participant
2032 - All-League First Team
2033 - All-Star Game Participant
2033 - All-League First Team
2033 - All-Defensive Second Team
2034 - All-Star Game Participant
2034 - All-League Second Team
2034 - All-Defensive Second Team
2035 - All-Star Game Participant
2035 - All-League First Team
2036 - All-Star Game Participant
2036 - All-League First Team
2037 - All-Star Game Participant
2037 - All-League First Team
2038 - All-League Third Team
2039 - All-Star Game Participant
2039 - All-League Second Team
2040 - All-Star Game Participant
2040 - All-League Second Team
2040 - All-Defensive Team
2041 - All-Star Game Participant
2041 - All-League Second Team
2042 - All-Star Game Participant



Arguments For Induction
- Five titles and a solid 444 double doubles with 12 All-League teams to his name... pretty unbelievable career, if you ask me. Like Murphy, Dieng never really dropped off and was a consistently great player throughout his career no matter the avenue he went down and team he played with.

- Stocks? He does it. Scoring? He does it. Rebounding? He does it. Efficiency? He does it. Outside of the turnovers, which were really a non-issue all things considered, Ousmane Dieng was an absolutely brilliant combination of abilities and skills that made one of the most unique SFs in the league, and frankly, one of the highest-level players in the NBN in league history.

- It's hard to find a player who scores better than 47% from the field and 43% from three and it was especially hard at the position of small forward, which should give him a lot of respect. He also rebounded at a 8-9/game rate which is spectacular and frankly, he was very much as good as they came at his position throughout the entirety of his career. A decade or more of DOMINANCE.

Arguments Against Induction
- Turnovers were not super fun, which created the only real "eh" out of his game. When a player produces at that level, it doesn't really matter that much but he did definitely deal with turnover issues little by little.

- He was a member of the Heat dynasty and that is enough against induction because they caused me and the rest of the Eastern Conference/the league trouble for like a decade. It was wild.

- Not much more than an average-ish level passer throughout his career and never really developed any ability to get consistent blocks. Shame, right?

Vote carefully, and remember to throw out arguments regardless of which side you're on. This should be a discussion that eventually gets the league to the proper decision on him. Your vote can also be retracted after it's been cast if you feel like switching to the other side based on the arguments that have been made. To be inducted, a player needs 70% and to be considered in a later class they need 50%. Vote carefully.

***BONUS - Don't forget that everyone who votes gets $100 and the person that makes the best argument or contributes to the discussion the best will be awarded an extra $100***

[cop5414]

Member of the Heat?! Bleh! Going to have to be a no from me

[frosty]

Yes. Did he really never get an MVP?

[carlos]

Most obvious HOF of all time?

[A. Silver]

Easy yes, he is on the short list for greatest NBN player of all time.

[pjclippers]

Sure why not

[John1974]

Easy yes

[Retired]

I guess so

[Michael]

GOAT SF, no debate. Easy yes.

[jord1]

Yes. Pretty obvious.

[verysilentone]

Definite yes. For his sake, hope he gets anywhere near this good in real life

[ucfinfan86]

Hard to choose between Haynes or Dieng as my favorite player but he was amazing. I wanted him so bad in the draft. Me and Yourkers were fighting bigthunder over the #4 pick in that draft for him. Luckily Yourkers traded him to me a few seasons later. He was a complete player and gave me such a huge advantage over the rest of the league.

His scoring was elite, but it was really the 9 rebounds with all level defense that really set him apart. You just don’t find complete players like that very often.

[GoBlue44688]

yes, no question

[vanimmer]

easy one

[leflop]

I can only hope Bird reaches his heights. Probably won't. Easy yes.