Report: Mamadi Diakite Waived, Everything Is Awful

Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports My autocorrect never figured out Mamadi. It always switched it to Maradi, which is a city in Niger. I don’t have a segue for this, but the breaking news of the day is that Mamadi Diakite has been waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Well now we know why Jon Horst didn’t mention Diakite in his rundown of the Bucks’ big man depth with @eric_nehm. https://t.co/C6oWV7KGyX

— Frank Madden (@fmaddenNBA) September 24, 2021 Diakite, 24, was a four-year player (and redshirt freshman) at the University of Virginia, playing an integral role in their 2019 NCAA Championship. He signed a two-way deal with the Bucks last season, which was later converted to a “multi-year” standard…