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of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for Indian Hills Community College and Washington Huskies. Dime entered the

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, but was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

College career

Indian Hills

Dime chose to play college basketball for Indian Hils college after finishing highschool at New Hope Christian Academy. As a sophomore, he averaged 10.8 points and 7.1 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game in 30 games making 60.7 percent of his shots from the field.

Washington

At his junior season, he was transferred to Washington Huskies, where he stayed for two seasons. During his tenure with the Huskies, he played along with players like Markelle Fultz, Matisse Thybulle, Marquese Chriss and Dejounte Murray. As a senior, Dime became the captain of the team and averaged 5.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game in 20 games.

Professional career

After going undrafted at the

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Dime joined the Northern Arizona Suns. He was waived on December 12, 2017, after appearing only in 7 games. He then joined Vogošća of the Bosnian League. He led the league in blocks, after averaging 4 blocks per game in only 16 games. The next season, he signed with Ura opf the Korisliiga. He left the club on December and joined Rilski Sportist of the NBL. He also led the league in blocks, averaging 2.5 per game. During the summer, he also joined

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. On October 13, 2019, he signed with Kyiv of the Ukrainian SuperLeague, but left the team after only appearing in 1 game. On November 16, 2019, he joined Lavrio of the Greek Basket League. On July 9, 2020, Dime signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the Spanish

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. He averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. The team parted ways with him on July 1, 2021. On August 29, 2021, Dime signed with

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of the

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. He parted ways with the team on November 29, after averaging 7.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. On December 2, Dime signed with Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). On July 1, 2022, he signed with

of the VTB United League.

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