Ajou Ajou Deng (born 1978, in Wau, Sudan) is an English-Sudanese professional basketball player. He is the son of Aldo Deng, a former Sudanese politician and is the brother of Luol Deng, an NBA player who is also his teammate on Great Britain's national team.
The 6’11” centre played his university basketball in Connecticut with Fairfield Stags (2001-03) and Big East giants UCONN Huskies (1999-2001).
After graduation from Fairfield University, Ajo...
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Ajou Ajou Deng (born 1978, in Wau, Sudan) is an English-Sudanese professional basketball player. He is the son of Aldo Deng, a former Sudanese politician and is the brother of Luol Deng, an NBA player who is also his teammate on Great Britain's national team.
The 6’11” centre played his university basketball in Connecticut with Fairfield Stags (2001-03) and Big East giants UCONN Huskies (1999-2001).
After graduation from Fairfield University, Ajou returned to England, where his family had been granted asylum, and joined pro outfit Brighton Bears for the 2004-05 season, where in 37 games he posted excellent numbers: 428 points total points scored, for an average per game of 11.57, garnered 10 rebounds per game and 1 and a half blocked shots per game as well. He started the following season with the Scottish Rocks before joining the Guildford Heat for the first time.
His total stats for the 2005-06 season were: 37 games played, 398 points scored (10.76 per game), 6.43 rebounds per game,...
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