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The 20-year-old South Australian big man has returned to Australia and joined the Illawarra Hawks for the 2023/24 NBL season, as he chases his NBA dream.

The impressive 6'10 centre grew up in Adelaide and that's where he began his basketball journey, including a stint as a development player with his hometown Adelaide 36ers in the 2021/22 season.

On the back of that he headed to college to attend the University of California Riverside and in his season there with the Highlanders in 2022/23, he produced 11.8 points and 6.0 rebounds across the 34 games.

He was the Big West Freshman of the Year, but elected to not return to UC Riverside and initially came back to Adelaide to help the West Adelaide Bearcats win an NBL1 Central championship.

He ended up producing 21.1 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists a game while shooting at 59.3 per cent from the floor and now has signed a deal with the Hawks for the next three NBL seasons, but it wouldn’t surprise to see him enter the NBA before that is up.