Mouhamed Dioubate has earned comparisons to former Alabama basketball great Herb Jones. But the NBA veteran has also mentored Dioubate.
“He reminds me so much of Herb Jones,” said Quinerly, who played with Jones. “Every time I watch Mo, I see Herb sometimes. How much the fan base loves Herb and what he brings to the table, I think Mo D also brings that to the table for this team.
That’s really the heartbeat.” Quinerly spent two seasons playing with Jones, who was named the SEC player of the year in 2021 before the New Orleans Pelicans selected him in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft. He’s now in his fourth NBA season. Quinerly’s not the only one who has made the comparison between Jones and Dioubate. Alabama coach Nate Oats has, too.“Shoutout to Herb,” Dioubate said. “I talk to him often.”“We would have conversations about basketball and conversations outside of basketball as well,” Dioubate said. “Just a friendship. Like a big brother type of thing.”“He’s just told me, ‘keep doing the dirty work,‘” Dioubate said. “It’s all going to payoff. The next level, that’s what a lot of teams are looking for. He just told me, ‘keep staying in the gym. Keep worrying about the important things on the court. Everything else is going to take care of itself once you worry about the hustle plays and all the blue collar stuff.‘” Dioubate is happy to take the advice, and he’s good with the comparison too. That was part of the pitch when Alabama recruited him from Queens. Oats did so the first time he called Dioubate.There are differences between Jones and Dioubate, no doubt, but there are plenty of similarities. “I think our defensive traits are similar,” Dioubate said. “We’re both lefties. When Herb first came, his first two years of college, I believe he wore number 10, which I didn’t know that until after I had the number. We make the right reads. Play in the pocket well. We’ve both got good length. Good IQ as well.”Next up, Dioubate and No. 2 seed Alabama will face No. 6 seed BYU in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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