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My Take
Duop Reath's story is the kind that recalibrates your sense of what's possible. Born in Waat, in South Sudan's Jonglei region, he made his way to Australia, climbed through Lee College and LSU, won Olympic bronze with the Boomers in Tokyo, and reached the NBA with the Trail Blazers. That arc, from a small town in a war-torn nation to the world's premier basketball league, is staggering, and I don't think it gets enough attention. What moves me most is the sheer improbability of every step holding together. He reads to me as proof that a single sport can redraw an entire life, and I'll always pull for players like him.
Overview
Duop Thomas Reath ( DOO-op REETH; born 26 June 1996) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player who last played for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Lee College Runnin' Rebels and the LSU Tigers and was part of the Australian national team that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Duop Reath
- Name (Japanese)
- ドゥオップ・リース
- Reading
- どぅおっぷ・りーす
- Born
- June 26, 1996 (age 29)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Waat, Jonglei, South Sudan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Girrawheen Senior High School
- University
- Lee College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.