Yakuba Ouattara

Yakuba Ouattara
Ouattara with Paris Basketball in 2025
Free agent
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Personal information
Born (1992-01-24) January 24, 1992
Tepa, Ghana
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
2015–2017AS Monaco
2017–2018Long Island Nets
2018–2020AS Monaco
2020–2021Real Betis
2021–2024AS Monaco
2024–2026Paris Basketball
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Billy Yakuba Ouattara (born January 24, 1992, in Tepa, Ghana) is a Ghanaian-French professional basketball player who last played for Paris Basketball of the LNB Élite 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 302114.2.500.500.7271.9.3.3.04.13.6
2022–23 351511.2.460.354.5001.0.3.4—3.72.4
2023–24 262011.9.513.479.7141.5.1.2.04.23.3
Career 915612.4.488.434.6541.4.2.3.04.03.0

EuroCup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Élan Chalon 806.1.429.167—.9.4.1—1.60.9
2018–19 Monaco 14724.0.429.469.8243.41.1.6.110.49.2
2019–20 16422.9.451.441.6403.1.8.7.29.08.6
Career 381119.8.439.392.7142.7.8.6.18.07.2

Basketball Champions League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Monaco 161524.0.458.389.6822.6.7.9.110.4
Career 161524.0.458.389.6822.6.7.9.110.4

Domestic leagues

Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13France Élan ChalonPro A33.7.400——1.0———1.3
2013–14France Élan ChalonPro A155.9.385.308.714.5.1.1.12.6
2014–15France Denain VoltairePro B4117.8.456.309.8032.51.1.5.29.1
2015–16France MonacoPro A3826.3.510.382.6882.9.9.9.212.4
2016–17France MonacoPro A3223.9.514.400.7823.3.9.7.111.8
2017–18France MonacoPro A121.0.583.667—3.01.01.01.012.0
2017–18United States Long Island NetsG League1215.7.427.176.7652.0.3.5.27.4
2018–19France MonacoLNB Élite3925.3.463.421.7463.71.3.7.311.5
2019–20France MonacoLNB Élite2525.4.458.418.6254.4.6.6.311.0
2020–21Spain Real BetisACB3022.2.438.308.8114.1.6.9.09.1
2021–22France MonacoLNB Élite4320.9.470.402.8002.9.6.5.17.0
2022–23France MonacoLNB Élite3817.7.478.388.8572.0.7.4.17.0
2023–24France MonacoLNB Élite4017.5.430.333.7192.2.5.4.06.0

References

  1. ↑ "BeBasket". Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  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 Archived 2016-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, FFBB.com, 26 May 2016. Accessed 30 Oct 2016.(in French)
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