The Washington Wizards yesterday exercised the third-year rookie scale group choice for guard/ahead Bilal Coulibaly.
Via three video games this season, the second-year professional is averaging 16.0 factors, 4.7 rebounds, and three.3 assists per recreation on .500 capturing from the sector. Coulibaly notched a career-high 23 factors towards Cleveland on Oct. 26, additionally tying his profession excessive with 4 made threes.
The Courbevoie, France native performed for his dwelling nation in the course of the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris, showing in six video games and contributing to a silver medal-winning French group.
In his rookie marketing campaign, Coulibaly ranked sixth amongst rookies in complete steals and blocks and was within the prime 10 for factors (ninth) and rebounds (eighth) on the time of his season-ending harm. He was the second-youngest participant to look in a recreation final season, averaging 8.4 factors, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per recreation, with a capturing share of .435 from the sector and .346 from three-point vary.
