Who is the Girlfriend of Keita Bates-Diop? His Parents, Family, Salary, Jersey
American professional basketball player Keita Bates-Diop plays for the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. He represented the Ohio State Buckeyes in college basketball. Following impressive performances against the men’s basketball teams of the Iowa Hawkeyes and Michigan State, Bates-Diop was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the United States Basketball Writers Association on January 9, 2018. Bates-Diop was voted the Big Ten Player of the Year on February 26, 2018.
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In each game, he averaged 8.7 rebounds and 19.8 points. Following Ohio State’s defeat in the 2018 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Bates-Diop declared for the 2018 NBA draught and stated his desire to forgo his last season of collegiate eligibility. Bates-Diop was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the 48th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft on June 21, 2018. Bates-Diop signed a contract with the Timberwolves on July 7, 2018.
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In 2018 and 2019, he took part in the NBA Summer League. The Timberwolves dealt Bates-Diop to the Denver Nuggets on February 5, 2020, as part of a four-team deal. The San Antonio Spurs revealed that they had signed Bates-Diop to a two-way contract on November 29, 2020.
Keita Bates-Diop Girlfriend
Keita is a star player at the San Antonio Spurs and is not married or engaged to anyone yet. He is currently not even dating or seeing anyone according to the sources present on the internet. Even his Instagram says the same thing. He is very open about his family and parents so we hope he’ll share the dating news as well.
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So for now it is safe to say that he is only dating his career and giving all his love and focus to his first love, basketball, and spending all the time on the ground.
Keita Bates-Diop Parents and Family
Keita was born on 23 January 1996 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States to parents Richard Bates and Wilma Bates. Cheikh Anta Diop, a physicist, and anthropologist from Senegal was a teacher to his father Richard. He is very close to his parents and his parents also supported him in every phase of his life. They often visit the grounds to watch his matches and to cheer him up.
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He is not the only child in the family, as he has a brother named Kai Bates-Diop. He is very close to his family and his family also supported him in every phase.
Keita Bates-Diop Salary
Keita is under contract with the Spurs for $1,878,720. This is his 2022-23 season salary. His next season’s salary is yet to be revealed. His net worth is somewhere between $1 million to $5 million.
Keita Bates-Diop Jersey
Keita is currently playing as a small forward/power forward with the San Antonio Spurs and wears jersey number 31 with them. Before Keita, 9 other players wore this jersey. Malik Rose was one of them who wore this number for 7 long years.
