Moussa Diabaté

Charlotte Hornets

C 6-11 210 lb 3 yr exp Michigan
7.3 Predictability score 47 games started, 2025-26
Season 2025-26 season backtest

Projected vs actual profile

Season averages, axes scaled to an elite starter level.

Model vs naive baseline

The naive forecaster projects the average of season and last-5 games. We publish the comparison for every stat, whichever side wins.

StatAvgModel MAENaive MAESkill
Points 7.96 3.78 3.99 +7.0%
Rebounds 9.4 2.95 3.12 +7.7%
Assists 2.38 1.46 1.42 -4.7%
3PM 0.02 0.05 0.04 -1.5%

Skill = CRPS improvement of the full probability distribution over a Poisson naive, per game. Points and rebounds drive the headline score; assists and threes are shown for transparency.

Game by game: predicted vs actual

The shaded band is the model's 10th to 90th percentile before tip-off. Dots are what he actually did.

Every game he started

DateOpponent PointsReboundsAssists3PM
2026-04-12 @ New York Knicks 4 (8.5) 9 (8.1) 3 (2.3) 0 (0.0)
2026-04-10 vs Detroit Pistons 8 (8.2) 6 (8.8) 2 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-04-07 @ Boston Celtics 2 (8.3) 5 (9.0) 5 (1.5) 0 (0.0)
2026-04-05 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 8 (7.8) 9 (8.7) 4 (1.3) 0 (0.0)
2026-04-02 vs Phoenix Suns 4 (10.4) 10 (8.8) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-31 @ Brooklyn Nets 10 (10.5) 12 (9.4) 1 (1.7) 0 (0.1)
2026-03-29 vs Boston Celtics 4 (9.3) 6 (8.7) 0 (1.9) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-28 vs Philadelphia 76ers 10 (10.3) 11 (9.5) 2 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-26 vs New York Knicks 2 (10.2) 5 (8.7) 3 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-24 vs Sacramento Kings 17 (10.6) 11 (9.3) 2 (1.9) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-21 vs Memphis Grizzlies 11 (10.1) 14 (9.2) 3 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-19 vs Orlando Magic 3 (9.3) 5 (8.6) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-17 vs Miami Heat 8 (8.7) 13 (9.0) 4 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-14 @ San Antonio Spurs 4 (9.0) 5 (8.9) 3 (1.8) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-11 @ Sacramento Kings 2 (10.5) 10 (8.9) 2 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-10 @ Portland Trail Blazers 7 (9.3) 9 (8.4) 4 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-08 @ Phoenix Suns 2 (10.8) 4 (9.4) 2 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-03-06 vs Miami Heat 6 (10.2) 14 (9.5) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.1)
2026-03-04 @ Boston Celtics 9 (9.7) 9 (8.4) 6 (1.6) 0 (0.1)
2026-03-03 vs Dallas Mavericks 7 (11.3) 8 (9.4) 0 (2.0) 0 (0.1)
2026-02-28 vs Portland Trail Blazers 13 (10.2) 11 (8.9) 5 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-02-26 @ Indiana Pacers 14 (9.7) 11 (8.6) 4 (1.8) 0 (0.1)
2026-02-24 @ Chicago Bulls 9 (6.8) 7 (7.9) 5 (1.3) 0 (0.1)
2026-02-09 vs Detroit Pistons 0 (9.6) 6 (8.9) 0 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
2026-02-07 @ Atlanta Hawks 11 (10.7) 15 (9.9) 2 (1.9) 0 (0.1)
2026-02-05 @ Houston Rockets 7 (9.2) 12 (8.2) 4 (1.6) 0 (0.1)
2026-02-02 vs New Orleans Pelicans 2 (11.7) 9 (9.6) 2 (2.0) 0 (0.1)
2026-01-31 vs San Antonio Spurs 12 (11.0) 10 (9.4) 6 (1.4) 0 (0.2)
2026-01-29 @ Dallas Mavericks 10 (10.9) 5 (8.9) 3 (1.2) 0 (0.1)
2026-01-28 @ Memphis Grizzlies 18 (9.8) 19 (8.7) 2 (1.3) 1 (0.0)
2026-01-26 vs Philadelphia 76ers 12 (10.1) 5 (8.8) 0 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-24 vs Washington Wizards 11 (10.3) 14 (8.8) 0 (1.6) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-22 @ Orlando Magic 10 (9.9) 4 (8.4) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-21 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 4 (11.1) 5 (9.5) 0 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-18 @ Denver Nuggets 4 (10.9) 9 (8.7) 2 (1.5) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-15 @ Los Angeles Lakers 8 (11.0) 6 (9.1) 2 (1.7) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-12 @ Los Angeles Clippers 13 (10.3) 15 (9.1) 4 (1.5) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-10 @ Utah Jazz 10 (11.5) 10 (9.2) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-08 vs Indiana Pacers 10 (10.4) 5 (9.6) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-07 vs Toronto Raptors 6 (9.7) 11 (9.1) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0)
2026-01-05 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 9 (9.6) 12 (8.9) 5 (1.8) 0 (0.0)
2025-12-31 vs Golden State Warriors 0 (10.4) 8 (9.1) 3 (1.7) 0 (0.0)
2025-12-29 vs Milwaukee Bucks 14 (10.4) 9 (9.7) 3 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
2025-12-26 @ Orlando Magic 10 (9.7) 12 (8.6) 3 (1.1) 0 (0.0)
2025-12-23 vs Washington Wizards 12 (10.5) 18 (9.0) 1 (1.6) 0 (0.0)
2025-12-03 @ New York Knicks 2 (9.9) 8 (8.5) 2 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
2025-11-14 @ Milwaukee Bucks 15 (10.8) 11 (8.6) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0)

Bold = actual, in brackets = model projection before the game. Only games he started are shown: our projections assume the starting five, so a scratch is not a model miss.

About this data

The 2025-26 season is a holdout backtest: the models were trained and validated only on seasons up to 2024-25, then predicted every 2025-26 game. The season is fully out-of-sample, with one caveat: historical features use realized lineups, while live production predicts from the expected starting five, so live accuracy can run marginally lower. Projections and full distributions for today's games are on the NBA player projections page, and the methodology behind every model is on the methodology page.