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Amanda Zahui Bazoukou (born September 8, 1993), known professionally as Amanda Zahui B., is a Swedish basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League. After playing basketball both in Sweden and collegiately with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Bazoukou was drafted by the Tulsa Shock with the second overall pick in the 2015 WNBA draft.

Amanda Zahui B.

No. 1 – Fenerbahçe
Position	Center
League	Turkish Super League
Personal information
Born	(1993-09-08) September 8, 1993 (age 29) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	184 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school	Igelstavikens Gymnasium
College	Minnesota (2013–2015)
WNBA draft	2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Tulsa Shock
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015	Tulsa Shock
2015–2016	Adana ASKİ
2016–2020	New York Liberty
2016–2017	Nadezhda Orenburg
2017–2018	USK Praha
2018–2019	Sopron Basket
2019–2020	Shandong Six Stars
2020	Hatay BB
2020–2021	Dynamo Kursk
2021–present	Los Angeles Sparks
2021–present	Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2014) Big Ten Player of the Year (2015) Turkish Super League champion (2022)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life

Zahui Bazoukou began playing basketball when she was 10. By 13, Sweden had added her to its 16-and-under national team where she averaged double-doubles in the European Championships.

Her surname is pronounced ZAH-wee B. She shortened Bazoukou to an initial so it would fit on her jersey and be easier for Americans to pronounce.

Her mother is Spanish-French and her father is from the Ivory Coast.[1][2]

College

Zahui B played three seasons for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. In February 2015, Zahui B recorded a career-high 39 points in a game against Iowa Hawkeye basketball team. She also recorded 29 rebounds in that game, the most ever by a player in the Big Ten Conference. The last NBA player to record at least 39 points and 29 rebounds in a game was Moses Malone in October 1979.[3]

Minnesota statistics

Source[4]

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	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2013-14	Minnesota	34	514	54.3%	33.3%	65.4%	11.6	1.4	0.7	3.1	15.1
2014-15	Minnesota	33	621	55.5%	26.1%	78.3%	12.9	1.1	1.4	4.1	18.8
Career		67	1135	54.9%	26.9%	72.8%	12.2	1.3	1.0	3.6	16.9

Professional career

Zahui B was drafted second overall by the Tulsa Shock when she was only a sophomore. She was 21 years old.[5]

In 2016, she was transferred to the Russian Nadezhda Orenburg where she became the highest scoring player.[6] Her name Zahui caused some stir due to its similarity with an obscene word^[specify] in Russian. In 2017 the team decided to use the name Bazoukou instead.[7][8]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career high	°	League leader

WNBA

Source[9]

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2015	Tulsa	31	0	9.7	.361	.333	.750	2.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.6	3.4
2016	New York	33	1	11.3	.449	.118	.787	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.7	1.1	5.0
2017	New York	29	0	5.3	.400	.250	.750	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.2
2018	New York	29	0	15.9	.500	.344	.605	3.0	0.7	0.4	0.4	1.6	7.7
2019	New York	24	23	23.3	.468	.319	.852	6.3	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.3	8.6
2020	New York	21	20	25.3	.353	.340	.694	8.5	1.9	0.9	1.2	2.6	9.0
2021	Los Angeles	30	27	23.8	.429	.280	.767	5.1	1.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	9.2
Career	7 years, 3 teams	197	71	15.7	.428	.312	.743	4.0	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	6.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2015	Tulsa	2	0	6.0	.000	.000	–	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
2016	New York	1	0	6.0	1.000	–	–	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
2017	New York	1	0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	3 years, 2 teams	4	0	4.8	.250	.000	–	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5

Personal

On June 7, 2021, WNBA.com published an op-ed written by Zahui B., titled "What Does Pride Mean to Me?", in commemoration of Pride Month. Zahui B. described herself as having a "personal journey of finding myself", and publicly came out as a lesbian. She wrote, "I celebrate my body, my mind and my sexuality. I am confident and open to the fact that I was made to love women. I was created to celebrate the beautiful women on this earth. To love the most powerful creature on this earth, the woman." Zahui B. stated that she has a family who has "always been accepting and supportive" regarding her sexuality.[10]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com 
• Amanda Zahui B. Bio - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-09-26)
• Day in The Life: Amanda Zahui B.'s WNBA Draft Day

На других языках

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[ru] Зауи, Аманда

Аманда Агнес София Зауи Базуку (швед. Amanda Agnes Sofia Zahui Bazoukou[1]; родилась 8 сентября 1993 года в Стокгольме, Швеция) — шведская профессиональная баскетболистка, которая выступает в женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации за команду «Лос-Анджелес Спаркс». Была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 2015 года в первом раунде под вторым номером клубом «Талса Шок». Играет на позиции центровой.

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