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Moussa Cisse

Moussa Cisse has useful per-minute rebounding and shot blocking; Dallas matched New York's offer sheet on July 18, so he is a Maverick on a two-year deal, buried in a crowded center room.

2026-27 projection

GP MPG FG% (FGA) FT% (FTA) 3PM PTS REB AST STL BLK TO
8 4 .580 (1.3) .520 (0.5) 0.0 1.8 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3

Cisse averaged 4.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks in 13.9 minutes across 38 games in 2025-26, but made only 46.9% of his free throws. He was a restricted two-way free agent and agreed to a two-year Knicks offer sheet on July 18; Dallas had 48 hours to match.

Correction 2026-07-19: the team question is resolved — Dallas matched the Knicks' offer sheet late on July 18 (Shams Charania, ESPN; confirmed by his LIFT Sports agents). Terms: two years, $2,185,116 in 2026-27 (with $1.1M guaranteed if he is on the roster through September 1) and $2,571,895 in 2027-28. The "New York branch" below is dead; the Dallas deep-center median stands, and the partial guarantee means even his roster spot is not fully safe until September 1. Reporting also notes Dallas continues to explore Daniel Gafford trades, the one path that would loosen the center logjam. HoopsRumors, 2026-07-18

Fantasy translation

Role, floor, ceiling, uncertainty

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Career record

Pre-NBA: Guinean center, born September 10, 2002, a consensus five-star in the 2020 class. Five college seasons across four stops: Memphis (2020-21), Oklahoma State (2021-22, 2022-23), Ole Miss (2023-24), then back to Memphis (2024-25). The production was flat and the profile never changed — a rim-running, shot-blocking big who never scored: 6.6 points and 6.3 rebounds as a freshman, a peak of 8.0 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 22.6 minutes at Oklahoma State in 2022-23, and 5.7 points and 6.5 rebounds in his final Memphis year. He shot better than .548 from the floor in every college season and never once cleared 57% at the line. Draft: undrafted (2025); signed with Dallas July 8, 2025, converted to a two-way with the Texas Legends on October 18, 2025.

Season Team GP GS MPG PTS REB BLK FG% FT%
2020-21 Memphis 28 28 18.6 6.6 6.3 1.6 .552 .324
2021-22 Oklahoma St. 29 26 20.0 7.2 6.5 1.9 .559 .562
2022-23 Oklahoma St. 32 20 22.6 6.8 8.0 1.9 .582 .410
2023-24 Ole Miss 26 17 17.5 4.5 4.6 1.4 .558 .263
2024-25 Memphis 35 16 18.2 5.7 6.5 1.6 .548 .488

NBA:

Season Age Team GP MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TO
2025-26 23 DAL 38 13.9 4.5 5.7 0.2 0.5 1.2 0.0 .574 .469 0.8
Career 38 13.9 4.5 5.7 0.2 0.5 1.2 0.0 .574 .469 0.8

Scoring reconciles: 1.7 makes a game on 3.0 attempts, no threes, roughly 1.1 of 2.3 at the line.

Durability: 38 of 82 in his rookie season, but the missed games are roster mechanics rather than health — a two-way contract caps NBA availability at 50 games and he split the year with the Texas Legends behind Gafford and Lively II. No reported injury absence. College attendance was similarly unremarkable, 26 to 35 games a year.

Trajectory: One NBA season and the per-minute profile is genuinely good — 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 13.9 minutes projects to elite rate production, and he finished .574 from the floor without needing plays run for him. The offense is entirely lobs and putbacks, the free-throw stroke is a liability that shortens him in close games, and Dallas already carries Gafford, Lively II and Aldama at the position. He is a restricted free agent holding a Knicks offer sheet as of the cutoff, so the first question is which roster he belongs to. On either team he is the fourth big; he becomes a blocks-and-boards streamer only if two centers ahead of him are out simultaneously, and only in punt-free-throw builds.

Career sources: ESPN player page · StatMuse 2025-26 season averages · Wikipedia

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