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Created: 2025-06-26 01:22:04 UTC

With the 10th pick of the NBA Draft, the @HoustonRockets select Khaman Maluach!

Maluach, from South Sudan, becomes the highest-drafted former NBA Academy Africa and @theBAL player ever.

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