The South Sudan men's basketball team features two players with NBA experience in Carlik Jones and Wenyen Gabriel. JT Thor, who is on the 15-man roster, played three seasons for Charlotte.

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That will be followed by a head-to-head matchup against Steph Curry and the Team USA Men's Basketball squad on July 31. Lastly, the South Sedan men's basketball unit will face Serbia on Aug. 3.

South Sudan enters the Games bearing the additional responsibility of being the only African men’s basketball team to qualify – Nigeria qualified for the women’s competition.

South Sudan basketball introduced itself to the world July 20, a week before basketball started at the Paris Games. The team led the United States by as many as 16 points in an exhibition.

Wenyen Gabriel, who played high school basketball at nearby Wilbraham & Monson Academy, was born in Sudan but left the country as a refugee when he was just 2 weeks old. Two South Sudan players ...