How did Luol Deng turn South Sudan basketball into a threat?

This story was originally published on July 22, before South Sudan’s historic first-ever Olympic win, against Puerto Rico.

When Duke Blue Devils’ Khaman Maluach – now one of South Sudan’s headline names – first picked up a basketball in late 2019 at a Luol Deng Foundation camp in Kampala, Deng brothers Luol and Ajou did not immediately notice him among the scores of talents living in Uganda.

It was around the time that…