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NBA Draft 2025: Duke center Khaman Maluach will play for South Sudan in the Olympics

As an American, I'm excited to watch Team USA in the Olympics. As a Wizards fan, I'm excited to see Bilal Coulibaly suit up for France. As an NBA Draft nerd, I'm probably most interested to see Khaman Maluach in action for South Sudan.

Maluach is a 7'1 freshman center who will join Cooper Flagg in the frontcourt for Duke this upcoming college basketball season. If the Wizards aren't lucky enough to score the #1 overall pick in the 2025 draft, taking someone like Maluach a few spots lower would be a nice consolation prize.

Based on what I've seen of him to date, I think I would have strongly considered him at #1 in the 2024 draft had he been eligible.