Junior Madut
South Sudanese-Australian basketball player (born 1997)
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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 the Rockhampton Rockets of the NBL1 North. 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 also plays for the South Sudan national team.
| No. 0 – Rockhampton Rockets | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | NBL1 North |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 March 1997 Juba, Sudan (now South Sudan) |
| Listed height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 85 kg (187 lb) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2022: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2022–present |
| Career history | |
| 2022–2023 | South East Melbourne Phoenix |
| 2023 | Norths Bears |
| 2023–2024 | Tasmania JackJumpers |
| 2024 | Kauhajoen Karhu |
| 2024–2025 | Manchester Basketball |
| 2025 | Trepça |
| 2025 | South West Metro Pirates |
| 2026 | Dar City BC |
| 2026–present | Rockhampton Rockets |
| Career highlights | |
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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]
In February 2025, Madut left Manchester and signed with Trepça of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.[15]
Madut joined the South West Metro Pirates of the NBL1 North for the 2025 NBL1 season.[16]
In March 2026, Madut joined Dar City BC of the Basketball Africa League.[16] He then joined the Rockhampton Rockets for the 2026 NBL1 North season.[16]
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.[17]