Junior Madut

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Junior Madut
No. 0–Manchester Basketball
Position Shooting guard
League SLB
Personal information
Born (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27)
Juba, Sudan (now South Sudan)
NationalitySouth Sudanese / Australian
Listed height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2022: undrafted
Playing career2022–present
Career history
2022–2023 South East Melbourne Phoenix
2023 Norths Bears
2023–2024 Tasmania JackJumpers
2024 Kauhajoen Karhu
2024–present Manchester Basketball
Career highlights and awards

Junior Madut (born 26 March 1997), [1] [2] also sometimes referred to as Deng Junior Ring, [3] is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for Manchester Basketball of the British Super League Basketball (SLB). After two seasons of college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, he played a season and a half in the National Basketball League (NBL). He is also plays for the South Sudan national team.

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Early life

Madut was born in Juba, South Sudan, [1] and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown. [4] [5]

Madut attended Wyndham College in Sydney and then DME Academy in Daytona, Florida. [1]

College career

Between 2017 and 2019, Madut played college basketball for Eastern Florida State College. [1] After redshirting the 2019–20 season, he played for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. [1]

Professional career

On 9 June 2022, Madut signed with the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League. [4] In 28 games during the 2022–23 NBL season, he averaged 3.96 points and 2.32 rebounds per game. [6]

In February 2023, Madut joined the Norths Bears for the 2023 NBL1 East season. [7] On 15 April 2023, he scored 50 points in a 113–62 win over the Penrith Panthers. [8]

On 2 May 2023, Madut signed a two-year deal with the Tasmania JackJumpers. [9] [10] On 5 January 2024, he was released by the JackJumpers. [11] [12]

On 21 January 2024, Madut signed with Kauhajoen Karhu of the Finnish Korisliiga. [13]

On 25 September 2024, Madut signed with Manchester Basketball of the Super League Basketball for the 2024–25 season. [14]

National team career

In 2021, Madut debuted for the South Sudan national basketball team at AfroBasket 2021. [3]

In August 2023, Madut was named in the South Sudan squad for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Junior Madut". semphoenix.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Deng Junior RING at the FIBA AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Phoenix Add Junior Madut". NBL.com.au. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Junior Madut". efsctitans.com. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Junior Madut". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Junior Madut signs with Norths Bears". nbl1.com.au. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Norths Bears vs Penrith". nbl1.com.au. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Madut set for big things in JackJumpers' Junior Year". jackjumpers.com.au. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Exciting Wing to Call Tasmania Home". nbl.com.au. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "JackJumpers make roster change". jackjumpers.com.au. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "JackJumpers sign championship winner". nbl.com.au. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "JUNIOR MADUT LIITTYY KARHUBASKETIN JOUKKUEESEEN". karhubasket.fi (in Finnish). 21 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Junior Madut Signs For Manchester". manchester.basketball. 25 September 2024. Archived from the original on 2 November 2024.
  15. ↑ Woods, Dan (10 August 2023). "South Sudan names finalised World Cup roster". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
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