Boris DiawSan Antonio Spurs · #33
Boris Diaw is a retired forward best known with the San Antonio Spurs. A point-forward maestro; a 2014 champion. Career averages: 8.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.
Boris Diaw — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Boris Diaw stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Boris Diaw — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Boris Diaw
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Boris Diaw career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 76 | 25.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.4 | .447 | .231 |
| 2004-05 | 66 | 18.2 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | .422 | .180 |
| 2005-06 | 81 | 35.5 | 13.3 | 6.9 | 6.2 | .526 | .267 |
| 2006-07 | 73 | 31.1 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | .538 | .333 |
| 2007-08 | 82 | 28.1 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | .477 | .317 |
| 2008-09 (Phoenix/Charlotte) | 81 | 34.0 | 13.2 | 5.3 | 4.1 | .507 | .414 |
| 2009-10 (Charlotte) | 82 | 35.4 | 11.3 | 5.2 | 4.0 | .483 | .320 |
| 2010-11 (Charlotte) | 82 | 33.9 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | .492 | .345 |
| 2011-12 (Charlotte/San Antonio) | 57 | 25.0 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 | .444 | .313 |
| 2012-13 (San Antonio) | 75 | 22.8 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 2.4 | .539 | .385 |
| 2013-14 (San Antonio) CHIP | 79 | 25.0 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | .521 | .402 |
| 2014-15 (San Antonio) | 81 | 24.5 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | .460 | .320 |
| 2015-16 (San Antonio) | 76 | 18.2 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | .527 | .362 |
| 2016-17 (Utah) | 73 | 17.6 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | .446 | .247 |
| Career | 1064 | 27.0 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the San Antonio Spurs built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Boris Diaw
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
Turning pro
Drafted 2003 as a Forward.
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He traveled the NBA with an espresso machine in his luggage and a paperback in his bag, a Frenchman who seemed too unbothered to be a professional athlete — until San Antonio handed him the ball and discovered the calmest mind in the building.
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Charlotte had let him go. San Antonio saw what others read as softness and called it patience. In a system built on the extra pass, Diaw was the extra pass made flesh — a big man who thought two moves ahead and never seemed to hurry, because hurrying was for people who didn't understand where the ball was going.
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The 2014 Finals were his vindication. Popovich moved him into the starting lineup against Miami, and Diaw answered not with points but with poise — screening, passing, defending Boris-sized problems, dismantling a superteam with the least glamorous skill set imaginable.
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That was always the joke and the truth about him: the man who looked least like a champion understood the game more deeply than almost anyone on the floor. In a city that made boring beautiful, he was the patron saint of it.
Off the court
- Height
- 6'8"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Draft
- 2003
- Jersey
- #33
A point-forward maestro; a 2014 champion.
A retired forward and San Antonio Spurs name.
Boris Diaw — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Boris Diaw, answered.
