Australian-South Sudanese basketball player
Deng Acuoth (born 2 October 1996) is an Australian-South Sudanese professional basketball player. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays as center.
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]
National team career
Acuoth was on the South Sudan national basketball team for AfroBasket 2021 .[ 11] As the starting center of the team, he averaged 9.3 points and 9 rebounds per game.[ 12]
In August 2023, Acuoth was named in the South Sudan squad for the 2023 FIBA World Cup .[ 13]
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