Junior Madut (born 26 March 1997), also sometimes referred to as Deng Junior Ring, is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for

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of the

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. After two seasons of

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for the

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, he played a season and a half in the National Basketball League (NBL). He is also plays for the South Sudan national team.

Early life

Madut was born in

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, South Sudan, and grew up in the

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suburb of

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. Madut attended

Wyndham College Wyndham College is a public senior secondary school located at Nirimba Fields, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1999, its intake of students comes from three surrounding high schools: Quakers Hill High School, Riverstone High Scho ...

in Sydney and then

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College career

Between 2017 and 2019, Madut played

for

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. After redshirting the 2019–20 season, he played for the

in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.

Professional career

On 9 June 2022, Madut signed with the

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of the Australian National Basketball League. In 28 games during the

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, he averaged 3.96 points and 2.32 rebounds per game. In February 2023, Madut joined the Norths Bears for the 2023

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season. On 15 April 2023, he scored 50 points in a 113–62 win over the Penrith Panthers. On 2 May 2023, Madut signed a two-year deal with the

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. On 5 January 2024, he was released by the JackJumpers. On 21 January 2024, Madut signed with

Kauhajoen Karhu Kauhajoki Karhu Basket, is a Finnish professional basketball team from Kauhajoki. The team plays in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2018, the club achieved their first Korisliiga title ever after defeating Salon Vilpas 4 ...

of the Finnish

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. On 25 September 2024, Madut signed with

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of the

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for the 2024–25 season. In February 2025, Madut left Manchester and signed with

of the

National team career

In 2021, Madut debuted for the South Sudan national basketball team at

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. In August 2023, Madut was named in the South Sudan squad for the

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References

External links

NBL profileHawaii Rainbow Warriors college bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madut, Junior 1997 births Living people Australian men's basketball players Australian people of South Sudanese descent Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball players Basketball players from Sydney Kauhajoen Karhu players KB Trepça players Shooting guards South East Melbourne Phoenix players South Sudanese men's basketball players South Sudanese emigrants to Australia Sportsmen from New South Wales Tasmania JackJumpers players 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup players South Sudanese expatriate basketball people in Finland 21st-century Australian sportsmen Manchester Basketball players