1. Marial Makur Shayok is a South Sudanese-Canadian professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague.
21 Facts About Marial Shayok
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Marial Shayok played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and Iowa State Cyclones.
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Marial Shayok was selected 54th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2019 NBA Draft, and played briefly for the Sixers.
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Marial Shayok was born in Ottawa, Ontario, to Sudanese father Makur and mother Helena.
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Marial Shayok has four siblings, including two who played college basketball in the NCAA.
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Marial Shayok started playing basketball at the age of seven, sometimes on the playgrounds, sometimes at the YMCA.
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Marial Shayok first attended and played basketball for three seasons for St Patrick's High School in Ottawa, Canada.
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Marial Shayok then attended Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, where Shayok played for two seasons while coached by Joe Mantegna.
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Marial Shayok posted 8.9 points and 2.4 rebounds per game for the Cavaliers as a junior, shooting 44 percent from the field and 33 percent from 3-point range.
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Marial Shayok scored 23 points in Virginia's victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against the UNC Wilmington Seahawks.
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Marial Shayok finished with a game-high 21 points, helping the Cyclones battle back from a five-point deficit with 2 minutes, and 47 seconds remaining.
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On day two of the 2019 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, Marial Shayok scored 37 points, including a three-pointer to force overtime for his team, as well as the game-winning shot in OT.
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Marial Shayok was 7-of-9 from three-point range and had 7 rebounds.
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Marial Shayok was later named as part of the PIT All-Tournament Team.
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Marial Shayok was named an Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention, a Julius Erving Award finalist, and an All-Big 12 First-Team selection.
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Marial Shayok was selected with the 54th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
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On October 24,2022, Marial Shayok joined the Maine Celtics training camp roster.
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On October 23,2023, Marial Shayok signed with Shandong, of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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On September 20,2024, Marial Shayok joined the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Marial Shayok joined Maccabi Tel Aviv center Wenyen Gabriel, alongside whom he had represented South Sudan at the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Marial Shayok represented South Sudan at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, averaging 13.2 points 3.5 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.