Junior Madut

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Junior Madut
No. 8–Kauhajoen Karhu
Position Shooting guard
League Korisliiga
Personal information
Born (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 26)
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–present Kauhajoen Karhu
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 Kauhajoen Karhu of the Korisliiga. 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]

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. [14]

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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. ↑ Woods, Dan (10 August 2023). "South Sudan names finalised World Cup roster". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
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