Mohamed Diawara
Mohamed Diawara is a French professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. He previously played for Cholet Basket of the LNB Élite. Standing at, he plays in the power forward position.
Professional career
Paris Basketball
Diawara began his basketball career with the Parisian club La Domremy Basket 13 and later played for the youth team of Saint Charles Basket in Charenton-le-Pont. In the 2020–21 season, he was trained at the French academy INSEP and moved to Paris Basketball in the summer of 2021, for which he made his first appearances in the French first division in the following 2021–22 season. In the summer of 2022, he was named the best player at the Basketball Without Borders talent scouting event organized by the world governing body FIBA and the NBA in Milan.Poitiers Basket and Cholet Basket
In December 2023, Diawara was loaned to second-division club Poitiers Basket 86, after receiving little playing time in Paris during the previous 2023–24 season. He was signed by first-division club Cholet Basket during the 2024 summer break.New York Knicks
On 26 June 2025, Diawara was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 51st overall pick of the second round of the 2025 NBA draft, who traded his rights to the New York Knicks.On 29 December 2025, against the New Orleans Pelicans, Diawara recorded a career-high 18 points in 18 minutes, making all 4 of his three-point shots.