Mamadi Diakite (born January 21, 1997) is a Guinean professional basketball player for the Valley Suns of the NBA G League.

[4][5] Due to the lack of basketball opportunities in Guinea, he tried to draw attention from the United States through Facebook.

[6] When he first came to the United States, he could only speak French, and Guinean former basketball player Mamadi Diane was among those who helped him acclimate.

Diakite was named second-team All-VIC in soccer in 2014–15, and he won back-to-back VIC high jump titles.

On August 4, 2015, Diakite committed to play for Virginia, turning down offers from several other NCAA Division I programs, including Baylor, USC and Washington.

[14] As a redshirt sophomore on November 23, 2017, Diakite matched his career high in scoring, with 12 points and five rebounds in a 68–42 win over Vanderbilt at the NIT Season Tip-Off.

[14] In the third game of his 2018–19 redshirt junior season, he recorded a career-high 18 points on November 16, in a 97–40 win over Coppin State.

[18] Diakite matched his career high on January 9, 2019, posting 18 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks in an 83–56 victory over Boston College.

[19] On March 30, in the Elite Eight round of the 2019 NCAA tournament, he recorded 14 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in an 80–75 overtime win over third-seeded Purdue.

[29] After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Diakite signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on November 24, 2020.

[34] On April 21, 2021, Diakite signed a multi-year standard NBA contract after making 11 appearances with the Bucks.

[40] On February 9, he was released by the team, in order to open up a roster spot for KZ Okpala, acquired in a trade with the Miami Heat.

In the first game where he started against NBA MVP Joel Embiid, he held the superstar to just 19 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, and 37.5% from the field.

He began learning English when he arrived in the United States to attend Blue Ridge School.