Yakuba Ouattara

Yakuba Ouattara
Ouattara with Paris Basketball in 2024
No. 24 – Paris Basketball
PositionShooting guard / Small forward
LeagueLNB Pro A
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1992-01-24) January 24, 1992 (age 32)
Tepa, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian / French
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2014Élan Chalon
2014–2015Denain-Voltaire
2015–2017Monaco
2017–2018Long Island Nets
2018–2020Monaco
2020–2021Real Betis
2021–2024AS Monaco
2024–presentParis Basketball
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Billy Yakuba Ouattara (born January 24, 1992, in Tepa, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-French professional basketball player for Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.

Professional career

Ouattara first began his professional career out in France with the Élan Chalon of the LNB Pro A in 2012 as a 20-year-old. He played with that team for two seasons before signing a one-year deal with the ASC Denain-Voltaire PH, who were a part of the LNB Pro B at that time. During that year, he helped the team make it to the LNB Pro B Finals before ultimately losing the series to Hyères-Toulon Var Basket. On July 24, 2015, Ouattara signed with the AS Monaco Basket out in Monaco, returning to the Pro A that year.[1] During his second season at Monaco, Ouattara was named a French Pro A All-Star and helped Monaco win the Leaders Cup Championship over the ASVEL Basket in 2017.

Ouattara signed a two-way contract with the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA on July 21, 2017, becoming the first foreign born player to sign a two-way deal with an NBA team. Under the terms of the deal, he would have planned to split time between the Brooklyn Nets and their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, with a majority of his time being spent with the Long Island affiliate team.[2] However, due to injury problems throughout the year, he would never get a chance to play with the Brooklyn Nets squad, having only played in one G League game with the Long Island Nets during that time. On December 17, 2017, Ouattara was waived by the Nets.[3] On January 17, 2018, Ouattara was reacquired by the Long Island Nets.[4]

On March 30, 2018, Ouattara signed for the remainder of the 2017–18 season with Monaco.[5]

On July 17, 2020, he signed with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB.[6]

On July 20, 2021, he signed with AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.[7]

On August 7, 2024, he signed with Paris Basketball of the LNB Pro A.[8]

National team career

Because of the unavailability of a Ghanaian national team, he has been a member of the French national team.[9]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2021–22 Monaco 30 21 14.2 .500 .500 .727 1.9 .3 .3 .0 4.1 3.6
2022–23 35 15 11.2 .460 .354 .500 1.0 .3 .4 — 3.7 2.4
2023–24 26 20 11.9 .513 .479 .714 1.5 .1 .2 .0 4.2 3.3
Career 91 56 12.4 .488 .434 .654 1.4 .2 .3 .0 4.0 3.0

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Élan Chalon 8 0 6.1 .429 .167 — .9 .4 .1 — 1.6 0.9
2018–19 Monaco 14 7 24.0 .429 .469 .824 3.4 1.1 .6 .1 10.4 9.2
2019–20 16 4 22.9 .451 .441 .640 3.1 .8 .7 .2 9.0 8.6
Career 38 11 19.8 .439 .392 .714 2.7 .8 .6 .1 8.0 7.2

Basketball Champions League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Monaco 16 15 24.0 .458 .389 .682 2.6 .7 .9 .1 10.4
Career 16 15 24.0 .458 .389 .682 2.6 .7 .9 .1 10.4

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 France Élan Chalon Pro A 3 3.7 .400 — — 1.0 — — — 1.3
2013–14 France Élan Chalon Pro A 15 5.9 .385 .308 .714 .5 .1 .1 .1 2.6
2014–15 France Denain Voltaire Pro B 41 17.8 .456 .309 .803 2.5 1.1 .5 .2 9.1
2015–16 France Monaco Pro A 38 26.3 .510 .382 .688 2.9 .9 .9 .2 12.4
2016–17 France Monaco Pro A 32 23.9 .514 .400 .782 3.3 .9 .7 .1 11.8
2017–18 France Monaco Pro A 1 21.0 .583 .667 — 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 12.0
2017–18 United States Long Island Nets G League 12 15.7 .427 .176 .765 2.0 .3 .5 .2 7.4
2018–19 France Monaco LNB Élite 39 25.3 .463 .421 .746 3.7 1.3 .7 .3 11.5
2019–20 France Monaco LNB Élite 25 25.4 .458 .418 .625 4.4 .6 .6 .3 11.0
2020–21 Spain Real Betis ACB 30 22.2 .438 .308 .811 4.1 .6 .9 .0 9.1
2021–22 France Monaco LNB Élite 43 20.9 .470 .402 .800 2.9 .6 .5 .1 7.0
2022–23 France Monaco LNB Élite 38 17.7 .478 .388 .857 2.0 .7 .4 .1 7.0
2023–24 France Monaco LNB Élite 40 17.5 .430 .333 .719 2.2 .5 .4 .0 6.0

References

  1. ^ "BeBasket".
  2. ^ "Nets sign Yakuba Ouattara to two-way contract". Brooklyn Nets. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Brooklyn Nets Waive Yakuba Ouattara". NBA.com. December 17, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "Yakuba Ouattara Rejoins Long Island Nets". NBA.com. January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Yakuba Ouattara signe pour la fin de saison à Monaco" (in French). Lequipe.fr. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Yakuba Ouattara signs with Coosur Real Betis". Sportando. July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "YAKUBA OUATTARA REVIENT À LA MAISON". asmonaco.basketball (in French). July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Yakuba Ouattara rejoint la Capitale". parisbasketball.com (in French). August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Causeur forfait, Ouattara incertain, FFBB.com, 26 May 2016. Accessed 30 Oct 2016.(in French)