Wenyen Gabriel32 Work with Wenyen

01 · The journey

From Kentuckyto the Olympics

Undrafted in 2018. Seven NBA teams. Then Europe's top level, and his country's first World Cup and Olympic Games.

Wenyen in South Sudan's white No. 32 jersey at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, hands on knees
Manila, 2023 World Cup
Wenyen smiling in South Sudan's white No. 9 jersey in the Olympic summer of 2024
South Sudan, summer 2024

The Bright Stars

A country's firsts

2023 · Manila
South Sudan's first FIBA World Cup. The Bright Stars finished as the best African team and earned a place in Paris.
2024 · Paris
South Sudan's first Olympic Games. Wenyen was on the roster.
2026
Still answering the call: three games in the FIBA World Cup 2027 African Qualifiers in August.

Sources: career record, FIBA

Career

The long way, on purpose

  1. 2024 – now

    Europe

    Maccabi Tel Aviv, then Panathinaikos, where he won the 2025 Greek Cup and scored a EuroLeague career-high 16 against Crvena Zvezda. Bayern Munich: a regular-season title and a run to the finals in Germany. Since August 2026, No. 32 for Beşiktaş in the Turkish league and the EuroLeague.

  2. 2024

    Puerto Rico

    A stint with the Vaqueros de Bayamón before the Olympics.

  3. 2018 – 2024

    The NBA

    Undrafted, he earned his place with seven teams: Sacramento, Portland, New Orleans, Brooklyn, the Clippers, the Lakers and Memphis. That added up to 150 regular-season games and 14 in the playoffs, with Portland in 2020 and the Lakers in 2023.

  4. 2016 – 2018

    Kentucky

    A five-star recruit who played two seasons for the Wildcats. He led the team with 40 blocks as a sophomore, made the 2018 SEC All-Tournament Team and graduated in 2018.

Sources: Wikipedia career record, Eurobasket, Aug 1, 2026, Beşiktaş

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