Majok Deng

The 32-year-old smooth shooting big man is now entering a third season with the Tasmania JackJumpers having already helped them to an NBL championship when he first arrived.

Was born in South Sudan but moved with his family to Adelaide growing to 6'9 and beginning his basketball at the Forestville Eagles to be part of back-to-back Premier League (now NBL1 Central) championships.

Started his college career at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa in 2012 and after two years, transferred to the University at Louisiana at Monroe.

Then would play his first three NBL seasons with the Adelaide 36ers and was especially crucial in their Grand Final run against Melbourne United.

Joined the Cairns Taipans ahead of the 2019/20 season and spent four seasons there before joining the JackJumpers and being a crucial part of the NBL24 championship team.

On the back of that, played at the Paris Olympics for South Sudan ahead of delivering 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds a game with Tasmania in NBL25 and now being back again for a third season.