Halvine Dzellat-Diakeno 2024 France PF 6'10 commit

[swilsonsp4]

Wes Miller gave Chad Brendel the green light to reveal the name of the French big that they are pursuing. Brendel said they are far enough down the road that, despite the chance that this could fall through, they believe it will be settled very shortly.


Halvin Dzellat-Diakeno is a 20-year-old 6'10" PF who captained the French U20 team that captured the FIBA gold medal this year. He's known for his ability to guard multiple positions and rebound at a good rate. His offensive game needs work. The staff intend to red-shirt him this year to develop and learn the system. Here is a link to some stats:

https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Halvin-Dzellat-Diakeno/552581#google_vignette

[leo from jersey]

I find it groovy that CWM and the staff are looking at every avenue to bring a winner to Cincy.

[red_n_black_attack]

Wes Miller gave Chad Brendel the green light to reveal the name of the French big that they are pursuing. Brendel said they are far enough down the road that, despite the chance that this could fall through, they believe it will be settled very shortly.


Halvin Dzellat-Diakeno is a 20-year-old 6'10" PF who captained the French U20 team that captured the FIBA gold medal this year. He's known for his ability to guard multiple positions and rebound at a good rate. His offensive game needs work. The staff intend to red-shirt him this year to develop and learn the system. Here is a link to some stats:

https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Halvin-Dzellat-Diakeno/552581#google_vignette

Will he be on the 24/25 roster as redshirt, and is he in class yet? I agree, kudos to Wes for exploring every avenue, but this seems way out of left field for him to practice this year.

[swilsonsp4]

Will he be on the 24/25 roster as redshirt, and is he in class yet? I agree, kudos to Wes for exploring every avenue, but this seems way out of left field for him to practice this year.

If this works out, he'd be a red-shirt freshman this season, learning the system to be able to contribute in 2025-26. He would be one fewer player that the staff would need to bring in, with a good number of current players either certain or likely to move on (Bandaogo, Lukošius, Thomas, Hickman, Fredrick; possibly Skillings, James, Mitchell).

[GoBearcats31]

You down with HDD? Yeah, you know me.

[red_n_black_attack]

You down with HDD? Yeah, you know me.

Bwahahahahaha. I was wondering how to pronounce his name correctl, and love HDD if the kid is okay with it.

[Lobot]

Bwahahahahaha. I was wondering how to pronounce his name correctl, and love HDD if the kid is okay with it.

Sorry to ruin this but he goes by Halvine Dzellat

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

If he were ranked, how many stars would he get?

[red_n_black_attack]

If he were ranked, how many stars would he get?

Given his stats and competition, I'd guess 2 possibly 3 stars, but Wes sees something in him, so I trust Wes. Given the talent Wes has brought in the last 3 years along with a redshirt season, my guess is Halvine Dzellat will be a solid backup to Page and we will explore a true center for 25/26.

[GoBearcats31]

Joining UC per Chad Brendel
https://x.com/chadbrendel/status/183...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

[longtimefan]

Seems he’s played against some pretty good competition.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/playe...zellat-Diakeno

[leo from jersey]

groovy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[GoBearcats31]

Joining UC per Chad Brendel
https://x.com/chadbrendel/status/183...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

https://x.com/jonchep/status/1832585...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

”The 6’10”, 230+ pound big man served as the team captain and starting center for France during their gold medal run at this summer’s FIBA U20 EuroBasket.”

[daveh]

https://x.com/jonchep/status/1832585...A2NHZ_hNyS2mFg

”The 6’10”, 230+ pound big man served as the team captain and starting center for France during their gold medal run at this summer’s FIBA U20 EuroBasket.”

is this kid in town this weekend? I saw a young man hanging with Aziz and some other bball players at the pitt game - looked to be about Aziz's height, but thin as a rail

[Lobot]

is this kid in town this weekend? I saw a young man hanging with Aziz and some other bball players at the pitt game - looked to be about Aziz's height, but thin as a rail

Was it this guy? Your description sounds more like Toni Bryant.

https://prephoops.com/player/toni-bryant/

Or this guy?

https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u1...zellat-Diakeno