Jo Lual-Acuil Jr
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Biography
The 31-year-old, seven-footer makes his return to the NBL for 2025/26 and will be playing with his hometown Perth Wildcats for the first time.
After being born in South Sudan, spent three years in a refugee camp in Uganda before joined his family in a move to Australia and settled in Perth where he did his schooling at Kingsway Christian College.
Then earned his way into Baylor University where he spent two seasons including in 2017/18 where he put up 14.0 points and 8.6 rebounds.
Has been quite the journey as a professional since starting in Israel before he joined Melbourne United for NBL20 and was a key member of the NBL21 championship team as the league's Best Sixth Man.
Was then named to the All-First Team in NBL22 after delivering 16.4 points and 8.9 rebounds while shooting the three ball at 37 per cent.
Following that spent 2022/23 in China before returning to Melbourne in NBL24 and being named to the All-Second Team, then it was a stint in both Turkey and China in 2024/25.
Returns to the NBL for the 2025/26 to play where his basketball journey all began back in Perth.
