Apr 9, 2021; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports)
The Milwaukee Bucks put to bed any further speculation in regards to their lone vacant roster spot Tuesday night.
In a move that has since been made official by the Bucks themselves, the Bucks decided to convert Mamadi Diakite’s two-way contract into a standard NBA deal. While Diakite has played scattered minutes at the NBA level, his play while on assignment in the G League captured the alluring potential of the 24-year-old rangy big man.
As he told Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, who first broke the news of Diakite’s contract conversion, Diakite isn’t resting on his laurels after earning a standard deal and flashing with the Bucks throughout this 2020-21 season:
“I have more to prove, I have more to give to the team and I have more to show to the fans,” Diakite told the Journal Sentinel.