Emmanuel Malou

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Emmanuel Malou
No. 24–Bangui Sporting Club
Position Forward
League Road to BAL
Personal information
Born (1993-11-03) November 3, 1993 (age 30)
Kenya
NationalitySouth Sudanese / Australian
Listed height206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
High school
College Yuba (2014–2015)
NBA draft 2016: undrafted
Career history
2018 Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ
2019 Albury Wodonga Bandits
2021Sanat Mes Rafsanjan
2021Mackay Meteors
2021–2022 Adelaide 36ers
2023 Amartha Hangtuah
2023–present Bangui Sporting Club

Emmanuel Martin Malou (born 3 November 1993) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for Bangui Sporting Club.

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Early life

Malou was born in Kenya to a Sudanese father and Ethiopian mother. [1] He moved with his parents and two siblings to the Australian city of Melbourne, Victoria, in 1996. [1] Malou did not initially like basketball but it became the focal point of his life when he had a growth spurt to 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) during his early teenage years. [1]

In 2010, Malou convinced his parents to allow him to move to the United States so he could attend St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Connecticut, for its basketball program. [1] He returned to Australia after the conclusion of the school year and suffered a knee injury while attempting a dunk that sidelined him for months. [1] Malou did not return to St. Thomas More and instead stayed in Australia while attending Box Hill Senior Secondary College. [1]

Malou was convinced by American former basketball player Glendon Alexander to join his ABCD Basketball Academy in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2012. [1] Malou lived in a motel room with other participants despite the program being portrayed as an elite basketball preparatory; Malou persevered because he was "so desperate". [1] Alexander persuaded Malou to enter the 2013 NBA draft but Malou withdrew his name when he suffered a severe ankle injury. [1] Malou returned to ABCD for a second season and lived in a shared house with teammates where they suffered from food shortages, power outages and no hot water. [1] Malou played with ABCD as they travelled across the country in a van to play games. [1] He earned the attention of Fred Hoiberg, the head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones, but ABCD did not offer academic work towards a high school diploma and Malou would not have been eligible to play in NCAA Division I. [1] He left ABCD to return to Australia in 2014. [1]

College career

Malou signed with the College of Southern Idaho in 2014 but was ruled ineligible by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). [1] Southern Idaho recommended Malou to the California-based Yuba College, which operated separately from the NJCAA and allowed Malou to play. [1] California junior colleges do not provide athletic scholarships so Malou and his family covered tuition, rent, food and all other payments while he was attending Yuba. [1]

Malou averaged 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.3 blocks during the 2014–15 season. [1] He was visited by National Basketball Association (NBA) scouts and received attention from several Division I programs before he announced his intentions to join the Iowa State Cyclones in September 2015. [2] [3] Malou transferred to Des Moines Area Community College to focus on his academics and did not play basketball during the 2015–16 season. [2] [4] [5]

Malou declared for the 2016 NBA draft after initially entering as a backup plan if the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled him ineligible to play for the Cyclones. [6] The issues stemmed from Malou's time at ABCD Basketball Academy. [2]

Professional career

Malou was not selected in the 2016 NBA draft. [7] He suffered a ruptured cyst in his knee and missed the 2016 NBA Summer League. [7]

Malou played two games for the Estonian team Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ in 2018. [8]

On 11 April 2019, Malou signed with the Albury Wodonga Bandits of NBL1 as an injury replacement for Mitch Newton. [9] On 13 March 2020, Malou signed with the Mackay Meteors of NBL1 North before the 2020 NBL1 season was cancelled. [10] [11] On 7 January 2021, he signed a one-year deal with Sanat Mes Rafsanjan in Iran. [12] Malou returned to play for the Mackay Meteors during the 2021 season. [13]

On 28 July 2021, Malou signed with the Adelaide 36ers of the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2021–22 season. [13]

In October 2023, Malou was on the roster of Bangui Sporting Club in the 2024 tournament of the Road to BAL. [14]

National team career

Malou has played for the South Sudanese men's basketball team. [13]

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  14. ↑ "Bangui Sporting Club at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2024 2023". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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