He is 18, 6 foot 4, shooting guard.
Plays for Knox D League and looking to go to college.
Can shoot the ball well and was a member of the U/17 Australian team.

I doubt Deng will ever make the Australian team however he could become a solid player in the NBL.

Remember that he does well in juniors because there is barely anyone else his size. Also take into account that the best under 20's players don't play in the nationals tournament due to NCAA rules.

In the NBL his lack of strength will be exposed and his advantage of height will be gone with guys taller or a similar height.

Having said that the Sixers should seriously target him as a development player next year. He would bring excitement and interest to the organisation with a strong support of local Sudanese followers.

"I was there" at the Nationals and to say the quality was below last year is irrelevant.These are the best players in that age group in the country.The NCAA rules do not play a part.Majok Deng was by far the best player for SA but only in the first half when he scored almost all his 23 points.In the 2nd half he was taken out of the game completely by the Vic's players No 7 & 8.As for Taylor Dyson his stats speak for themselves.Not just at these Nationals but also in the D League (topped the season scoring)and National Schools Competition.As for "me ball" Anonymous,what are you on about, he is a shooting gaurd, thats his job on court.Just in case you did'nt know,the highest score wins the game!!

After watching many of the mens games I think that the Vics seemed to hang onto the ball a lot and scoreing for themselves seemed to be the priority.
This seemed to start at the point and left little time on the shot clock as their PG did a lot of dribbling for little gain and last option was to give it to a shooter when no options left.Most of the inside scoreing was from rebounds or when the bigs took it upon themselves.I thiink it was Dyson who had a really sweet shot and when Australian basketball is screaming gor genuine go to shooters is a player that should be developed.
Suer you may not get the whole deck of cards but he seems to have the confidence and ability to finish naturally and if I was coaching him I would give him the licence to pull the trigger at will

@Iwasthere. New NCAA rules have kept some players from playing and hence lowered the standard of the U20 competition this year. It's not up for debate. Though I was also there, and there was still some pretty amazing talent there.

The real story of the tournament was Majok Deng.

Give me a break. He scored 21 points in the first half. Number 7 (Venky Jois SEABL youth player of 2011 - Championship not D League)defended him out of contention. That may be why he was awarded the Bob Staunton Medal.

New NCAA rules have kept some players from playing and hence lowered the standard of the U20 competition this year. It's not up for debate.

No way. If you were there, you know that is not true. Sure Daniel Hill couldn't play because he did Year 12 over two years and needed to enrol with EWU to avoid losing a years eligibilty but NSW didn't make the final last year either. Mitchell Riggs left for the US early but wasn't a certainity to make the team. The Victorian team was a tight talented bunch including Taylor Dyson. Don't forget the defensive skills of Owen Odigie, Lucas Barker and Anthony Fisher. Great team effort by the Victorians.

Taylor will be playing with Hartford in Div 1 NCAA next year.

The kid can go. If you had bothered to watch him recently you would notice he has lifted his defensive intensity, and improved as a scorer - not just a shooter any longer.

As for Lucas Barker - another kid who is proving he has got it. Very much in the Josh Wilcher mold though - short lefty who is a legit scorer and reasonable defender and will be good at SEABL but struggle for opportunities in the NBL I imagine.