Deng Acuoth

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Deng Acuoth
No. 13SG Apes
Position Center
League The League
Personal information
Born (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 28)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian / South Sudanese
Listed height208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017–2019 Sydney Kings
2018 Melbourne Tigers
2019 Ballarat Miners
2019–2020 South East Melbourne Phoenix
2021Ballarat Miners
2021–2022 Mega Tbilisi
2022–2024 Knox Raiders
2022–2023 Adelaide 36ers
2023 Al-Muharraq
2023 Al-Arabi SC
2024 Sagesse Club
2024Keilor Thunder
2024 Kalleh Mazandaran
2024–presentSG Apes
Career highlights and awards

Deng Acuoth (born 2 October 1996) is an Australian-South Sudanese professional basketball player for the SG Apes of The League.

Contents

Professional career

Acuoth made his professional debut with the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL) during the 2017–18 season. After a season in the SEABL with the Melbourne Tigers, he had another season with the Kings in 2018–19. [1]

In 2019, Acuoth played for the Ballarat Miners in the NBL1 and won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. [2] He then played for the South East Melbourne Phoenix during the 2019–20 NBL season.[ citation needed ]

Acuoth was set to play for the Ballarat Miners in 2020, [2] [3] before Covid saw the cancelled of the season. He returned to Ballarat in 2021.[ citation needed ]

For the 2021–22 season, Acuoth moved to Georgia to play for Mega Tbilisi of the Superliga. [4] He later joined the Knox Raiders of the NBL1 South for the 2022 season. [5]

On 10 August 2022, Acuoth signed with the Adelaide 36ers for the 2022–23 NBL season. [6] He missed the season opener for betting activities that occurred during the off-season. He received a 10-match ban, with nine of the matches suspended subject to no additional breaches. [7]

In January 2023, Acuoth joined the defending Basketball Africa League (BAL) champions US Monastir for the 2023 season. [8] In August 2023, he helped the Knox Raiders win the NBL1 South championship. [9]

In October 2023, Acutoh played for Bahraini club Al-Muharraq. [10]

In January 2024, Acuoth joined Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. [11]

In September 2024, Acuoth joined Kalleh Mazandaran of the Iranian Basketball Super League. [12]

On 13 November 2024, Acuoth signed with the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association, [13] but he didn't play any game.

On 22 December 2024, Acuoth signed with the SG Apes of The League. [14] [15]

National team career

Acuoth was on the South Sudan national basketball team for AfroBasket 2021. [16] As the starting center of the team, he averaged 9.3 points and 9 rebounds per game. [17]

In August 2023, Acuoth was named in the South Sudan squad for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. [18]

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