Bul Kuol was born on 10 January 1997 and is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League.
24 Facts About Bul Kuol
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Bul Kuol played college basketball in the United States for five years, four at California Baptist and one at Detroit Mercy.
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Bul Kuol joined the Cairns Taipans in 2021 and played three seasons for the club.
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Bul Kuol moved to Australia in 2006 when he was nine years old, when his uncle, mother, three brothers and two sisters fled from war-torn South Sudan.
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Bul Kuol's father stayed in Africa to look after the rest of their family.
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Bul Kuol attended Lake Ginninderra Secondary College and led the school to back-to-back Australian Schools Championships.
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Bul Kuol led the Australian Capital Territory team to a fifth-place finish at the U20 National Championships, averaging 15.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.
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Bul Kuol debuted in the South East Australian Basketball League for the Canberra Gunners in 2015, averaging 6.0 points and 1.6 rebounds in 18 games.
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Bul Kuol made seven starts and averaged 6.3 points per game.
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Bul Kuol averaged 5.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 18.4 minutes per game.
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Bul Kuol scored in double digits 17 times in his 20 regular-season games with four 20-point outings and was named third-team All-Horizon League.
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Bul Kuol scored a team-high 20 points against NKU in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament.
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Bul Kuol started all 22 games for the season and averaged 15.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals.
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On 13 August 2021, Bul Kuol signed a two-year deal with the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League.
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Bul Kuol subsequently put himself in the Rookie of the Year discussion.
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Bul Kuol finished the season with a team-high 26 starts and recorded the team's second-most minutes played over the season.
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Bul Kuol averaged 10.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
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Bul Kuol averaged a career-best 12.7 points, 1.7 assists and 0.5 blocks per game, to go with 3.1 rebounds and 0.7 steals.
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On 30 April 2024, Bul Kuol signed a three-year deal with the Sydney Kings.
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Bul Kuol missed the month of December 2024 with a knee injury.
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In 2022, Bul Kuol was selected to play for the South Sudanese national team in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
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Bul Kuol played for South Sudan in further qualifiers in February 2023.
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Bul Kuol missed the 2023 FIBA World Cup due to a wrist injury.
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Bul Kuol was named in South Sudan's final roster for the 2024 Olympics.