Luguentz Dort

Luguentz Dort is genuinely one of my favorite under-the-radar stories in the NBA. This guy went undrafted out of Arizona State in 2019, signed a two-way contract with Oklahoma City, and just refused to leave — now he's the longest-tenured Thunder player and a cornerstone of one of the most exciting young rosters in the league. What I love about Lu is that he built his reputation on defense first, becoming one of the most suffocating perimeter defenders in the game, the kind of guy opposing coaches game-plan around. Born in Montreal, raised in a Haitian family, playing for Canada — there's a whole inspiring immigrant-dream arc here that doesn't get talked about nearly enough. As OKC keeps rising, Dort is the gritty backbone that makes the flashier pieces work.

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Name (English)

Luguentz Dort

Name (Japanese)

ルゲンツ・ドート

Reading

るげんつ・どーと

Born

April 19, 1999 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

Origin

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Height

189 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

Arizona State University

Awards & achievements

• 2019 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Basketball Freshman of the Year

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/luthebeast/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luguentz%20Dort
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59209443

Tags

• Quebec
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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