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A Net’s journey: born in an African refugee camp, now on cusp of a dream

Related Topics: Refugee camp, Long Island, Brooklyn, Dream

Nuni Omot, the 6’9” stretch 4 out of Baylor, is likely to spend his season playing in Long Island rather than Brooklyn, his latest stop on a lifetime journey that began in the most humble surroundings ... a refugee camp in Kenya 24 years ago.

“I’m not even supposed to be in this situation. I’m not supposed to be here. I don’t even think I’m supposed to be alive,” Omot told Brian Lewis. “But obviously God has done mysterious wonders with my family and just everything that’s happened. And I want to just continue to use this basketball as a pedestal to reach out and help.