Amath M'Baye


Amadou-Amath M'Baye is a French professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League. Standing at, he plays at the power forward position.

Career

In the first two years as an NCAA men's basketball player, Amath M'Baye was in Wyoming. He averaged 12 points and 5.7 rebounds in 31 games. For that reason he received the individual award "All-MWC Honorable Mention". He later transferred to the Oklahoma Sooners where he played in the 2012–13 season, having an average of 10.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He was in the third-best quintet of the "All-Big12" and later in the best quintet of the "Big12 All-rookie".
M'Baye started his professional career in Japan with the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins for three seasons, from 2013 to 2016. During these three years, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists. During the 2014–15 season, he won the MVP award at the Japan All-Star Game and he was in the best quintet of the local league.
As a young player, Amath M'Baye was selected up for the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Greece with the French national basketball team, winning the silver medal.
In 2016, the French player signed a contract with the Italian basketball team New Basket Brindisi, and he will take part to the 2016–17 LBA season.
On 26 July 2019 he has signed a contract with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. M'Baye averaged 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game during the 2019-20 season. On July 3, 2020, he re-signed with the team.

Honours and titles

Club

;Olimpia Milano
;Virtus Bologna
;Italy Under-20