Deng Gai, another Sudanese star in the NBA.

Philadelphia 76ers President Billy King announced today that the Sixers have signed un-drafted free agents Deng Gai and Shavlik Randolph. Per team policy, terms of the contracts are not disclosed.

Gai, a three-time MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, started all of his 100 career games with Fairfield University (Conn.) and averaged 12.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.44 blocks per game. As a senior, Gai was named first team All-MAAC, led the nation in blocks (5.5 bpg) and blocked 10 or more shots in three contests. Originally an early entry candidate for the 2004 NBA Draft, the 6-foot-9 forward participated in the 2004 NBA Pre-Draft Camp in Chicago before withdrawing his name.

Randolph played in 92 career games (36 starts) with Duke and averaged 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds on 50.6 percent shooting. The 6-foot-10 forward also averaged 1.4 blocks per game and ranks No. 7 on Duke’s career blocked shots list (129 blocks). An early entry candidate in the 2005 NBA Draft, Randolph was a part of two ACC Championship teams (2003, 2005) and one Final Four squad (2004) as a Blue Devil.
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Deng

شكراً، يا دينق. هذه وجوه من السوداني، من شعب الجنوب الحبيب، تشرف السودان. فلينهض المجعجعون من أهل الشمال لتقديم نماذج مماثلة، حتى تكتمل صورة السودان الجديد الموحد في المسرح الرياضي العالمي.

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Deng Gai

Hometown:Sudan

High School:Milford Academy

Height / Weight:6-9 / 250

Position:Forward




2004-05 Gai declared himself eligible for the 2004 NBA draft, and attended a pre-draft camp in Chicago before withdrawing from consideration in late June. He averaged 3.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in three games during the pre-draft camp, and tied for third among all invitees with four blocks. Gai played three games with his assigned team, which included Seton Hall's Andre Barrett, South Carolina's Rolando Howell, Morehead State's Ricky Minard, UW-Milwaukee's Dylan Page, Michigan's Bernard Robinson, Notre Dame's Tim Timmermans, St. Joseph's Delonte West and Western Michigan's Mike Williams.

2003-04 Gai earned his second straight selection to the NABC All-District I team. Gai played in the first 16 games of the campaign, but missed the final 13 games. In his 16 appearances, Gai tallied six double-doubles, which included a career-high 18 rebounds with 17 points in the championship game of the Rainbow Classic against Hawaii. He earned a spot on the Rainbow Classic All-Tournament team, averaging 14.3 points, 11.7 rebounds and 5.3 blocks per game. His 16 blocks in the three-game run tied the tourney record for blocks (Jason Jennings of Arkansas State in 2001). He blocked five or more shots eight times during 2003-04, highlighted by a season-high eight rejections against George Washington. In a three-game run against Hawaii, Michigan and Duke, Gai averaged 14.3 points, 12 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game. Gai blocked at least one shot in every game last season, which extended his streak to 37 straight games with at least one blocked shot. Up until his absence, Gai was ranked third in Division I for blocks per game (4.1). He led the nation for most of the season, as late as mid-January, before surrendering the lead to Emeka Okafor. The forward hit the 20-point mark twice in 2003-04, netting a season-high 22 points at Elon and registering 21 markers versus Fordham. He played 38 or more minutes in six games during the year, including 44 of 45 minutes in an overtime victory against George Washington (15 pts. , 10 rebs., eight blocks).

2002-03 Gai capped his sophomore season by earning NABC All-District honors, All-MAAC first team accolades and the MAAC defensive player of the year award for the second straight season. He started the year with a spot on the All-MAAC pre-season team. The sophomore finished fourth in the nation for blocked shots with 3.8 per game. He surpassed the 200 career block plateau in his 50th game, which came at Loyola on March 1. After missing the first six games of the season, Gai returned to action with four points, six rebounds and five blocks in a win against American. He blocked 14 shots in his first three games back in the lineup. Gai rejected five or more shots in 10 games, including a season-high eight against both Manhattan and Saint Peter's. The forward registered his only double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in a win at Canisius. Gai scored 20 or more points in three games last year, highlighted by a career-high 24 markers at Rider. Gai finished the regular-season as the team's most accurate shooter, netting 55.7 percent of his field goal attempts. He shot 50 percent or better in 17 of his 25 appearances last season. Gai tallied 10 or more points 19 times during the year, including a streak of seven straight games between January 8 and January 26. In the MAAC tournament, Gai averaged a double-double with 13.3 points and 10 rebounds per game. He tallied a double-double with 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the Saint Peter's quarterfinal game. Nearly half of those 20 points came from the free throw line, hitting a career-high nine free throws (13 attempts). He blocked eight shots in the three MAAC tourney games, including three against both Saint Peter's and Siena. In the NIT, Gai registered 11 points, eight rebounds and four blocks against Boston College.

2001-02 Gai earned the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year as well as a spot on the All-Rookie team. Gai led the conference in shot blocking with four blocks per game. His 117 total blocks represent a school record. Gai blocked at least one shot in in all but two games (DePaul and Loyola), and tallied two or more blocks in 26 contests. The freshman blocked five or more shots 11 times, and eight or more blocks four times. He set a personal-high with 10 rejections against St. Francis. Gai opened his career with a team-best 19-point performance against Harvard. He never fell below a 10.0 scoring average the entire year, coming closest at 10.7 ppg following the Rider game (1/14). Gai scored 10 or more points 14 times, including a career-high 24 markers against Siena (2/10). He registered two double-doubles, the second in a non-traditional way with 17 points and 10 blocks against St. Francis. His first double-double came against Iona with 12 points and a season-best 11 rebounds. Gai led the team in free throw shooting at 79.1 percent, making 68 of 86 charity tosses. Gai won his first Rookie of the Week award after the St. Francis game, registering 17 points, eight rebounds and 10 blocks. He was co-Rookie of the Week on January 20, averaging 13.3 points, 4.7 blocks and 1.7 steals.

Before Fairfield Gai's journey to the U.S. started in his native land of Sudan, but went through Egypt. He came to Fairfield via Milford Academy. Gai was named the most valuable player at the Eastern Invitational Basketball Camp. At the Five-Star NBA Orange-White classic, he helped the Orange team to a 93-81 victory with 12 points. Gai received the Role Player of the Week award.

دائما فى مقدمة الصفوف يا ابناء جنوب السودان الحبيب....لكم التحية على هذا الاداء المتمكن..
واعلاء اسم الوطن بنياشين النجاح المضطرد....


وشكرا لدينق....

Deng Gai Signs With Philadelphia 76ers

Former Stag led nation in blocks as a senior

Aug. 11, 2005

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - On Aug. 5 the Philadelphia 76ers signed former Fairfield University men's basketball player, Deng Gai to a rookie free agent contract. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Gai finished the 2004-05 season, as the nation's leading shot blocker, averaging 5.5 rejections per contest. He finished his career averaging 4.44 blocks per game, which places him eighth on the NCAA Division I all-time list. His 444 career blocks ties him for sixth all-time with Ken Johnson '01 of Ohio State.

Last season, the 6-foot-9 forward had three games with 10 or more block shots, including a career-high 13 against Siena College on Jan. 22. It was one shy of the NCAA single-game block record.

He averaged 13.9 points per game, and 8.5 rebounds per contest as a senior, to finish his career with 1,268 points, which ranks 13th all-time at Fairfield, and 699 rebounds, which is 11th on the school's all-time caroms list.

Gai received the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Defensive Player of the Year award for the third time in his career following the 2004-05 campaign. In addition, he was a two-time All-MAAC first team selection, and earned a spot in the All-MET Team this past season.

The men's basketball team, under Head Coach Tim O'Toole, finished the 2004-05 season with a 15-15 overall record and third in the MAAC regular-season standings.

In addition, the Sixers also signed Shavlik Randolph from Duke to a free-agent contract. Philadelphia finished last year, with a 43-39 regular season record, and a second place finish in the Atlantic Division. In the playoffs the Sixers fell to the Detroit Pistons in the first-round.

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Thanks Tamdour, Hyder and Anwar

Deng.

شكرا دينق

انه تألق جميل لسوداني ينجح في غربته

التحيه لدينق وان شاء الله موسم رياضي ناجح له.

تراجي.

شكرا دينق على تعريفنا به

Greate achievement
Congratulations to Deng Gia and all southerners