NBA Best Hustle Award Announced, Hornets Forward Diabate Honored
Moussa Diabate, forward for the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, has won the 2025-26 NBA Hustle Award. This award recognizes his significant contributions to the team that go beyond traditional statistics.
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(Central News Agency, Los Angeles, 30th comprehensive foreign report) Moussa Diabate, the big man for the NBA Charlotte Hornets, was today selected as the recipient of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle Award.
Reuters reported that Diabate, winning the award for the first time, ranked in the top 11 in six of the nine hustle categories used to determine the winner, including ranking first in offensive box-outs per minute and fourth in screen assists per minute.
According to an NBA press release, the Hustle Award aims to recognize players who "make contributions that don't always show up in the traditional box score but help drive team success."
Hustle statistics categories also include deflections, loose balls recovered, charges drawn, and contested shots.
The Hornets' record was 9 wins and 20 losses before December 22 last year but improved to 35 wins and 18 losses for the remainder of the season. Diabate became a regular starter from December 23 last year.
Diabate, 24, played 73 games this season, starting 47 of them, averaging 26 minutes per game, 7.9 points, 63.1% field goal percentage, 8.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.0 blocks, and 0.8 steals. All his statistics set career highs. He recorded 20 double-doubles this season, nearly triple his career total.
French-born Diabate was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of the 2022 NBA draft and signed with the Charlotte Hornets in July 2024.
Following Diabate in the voting results were Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, Memphis Grizzlies guard Cedric Coward, and New York Knicks guard Josh Hart. (Editor: Chang Hsiao-wen) 1150501
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(Central News Agency, Los Angeles, 30th comprehensive foreign report) Moussa Diabate, the big man for the NBA Charlotte Hornets, was today selected as the recipient of the 2025-26 NBA Hustle Award.
Reuters reported that Diabate, winning the award for the first time, ranked in the top 11 in six of the nine hustle categories used to determine the winner, including ranking first in offensive box-outs per minute and fourth in screen assists per minute.
According to an NBA press release, the Hustle Award aims to recognize players who "make contributions that don't always show up in the traditional box score but help drive team success."
Hustle statistics categories also include deflections, loose balls recovered, charges drawn, and contested shots.
The Hornets' record was 9 wins and 20 losses before December 22 last year but improved to 35 wins and 18 losses for the remainder of the season. Diabate became a regular starter from December 23 last year.
Diabate, 24, played 73 games this season, starting 47 of them, averaging 26 minutes per game, 7.9 points, 63.1% field goal percentage, 8.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.0 blocks, and 0.8 steals. All his statistics set career highs. He recorded 20 double-doubles this season, nearly triple his career total.
French-born Diabate was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of the 2022 NBA draft and signed with the Charlotte Hornets in July 2024.
Following Diabate in the voting results were Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, Memphis Grizzlies guard Cedric Coward, and New York Knicks guard Josh Hart. (Editor: Chang Hsiao-wen) 1150501
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