Deng, Jerry Deng

F from FSU. FFFSU


[Edited on April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM. Reason : Stole your thunder Dms!!! ]

[Edited on April 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM. Reason : It's rumored his cousin is Luol Deng, people are saying ]

4/25/2025 12:33:36 PM

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"NC State just added an intriguing weapon out of the transfer portal in Florida State 6-foot-9 forward Jerry Deng, who shot 37% from three-point range last season for the Seminoles. Deng began his career at Hampton, where he averaged 10.1 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 39% from three as a true freshman. This past season he played just 15.4 minutes per game but was still able to average 7.0 points and 1.9 rebounds on 37% shooting from three and 57% shooting from two. He finished the season strong, scoring in double digits in four of the team’s last five games, including 16 points in 20 minutes against North Carolina."

4/25/2025 12:38:22 PM

Good shooting numbers. Low mins per game.

4/25/2025 1:42:02 PM

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"It's rumored his cousin is Luol Deng, people are saying"

This was my immediate thought when I first saw his last name, but the only source I can find for the claim is Gemini/Google. I suspect is may be a hallucination. Luol Deng does appear to have multiple cousins who have been involved in collegiate basketball. But if you specifically google for those cousins, this guy's name doesn't appear in any articles.

4/25/2025 2:01:18 PM

Hopefully it's not racist to say that they kinda look alike??

4/25/2025 2:20:22 PM

Here's a 2nd source

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"dmspack oh we back 26065 Posts user info edit post Cousin of Loul Deng committed. Publicly. [Edited on April 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM. Reason : His name is Jerry ] 4/25/2025 12:31:34 PM "

4/25/2025 2:20:58 PM

ALERT

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"NC State landed a commitment from Houston transfer Terrance Arceneaux. "

4/25/2025 2:26:33 PM

PI!!!!1

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"Houston transfer guard Terrance Arceneaux (6’6?/205) has committed to NC State. This season, he averaged 6.5 points and 2.7 rebounds, shooting 44.3% from the field and 33.7% from three. After seeing action in 34 games as a true freshman in 2022–23, Arceneaux redshirted his second season after suffering a season-ending Achilles tendon injury, appearing in only 11 games. In Year 1, he earned a spot on the AAC All-Freshman Team. Arceneaux was a 5-star prospect in the 2022 recruiting class, with Rivals ranking him as the No. 27 overall player nationally and the No. 11 small forward. ON3 and 247Sports both rank him as a 4-star transfer portal prospect, with the former ranking him as the No. 76 overall player in the portal and the No. 18 shooting guard."

4/25/2025 2:26:35 PM

^

4/25/2025 2:33:12 PM

missed it by 2 seconds.

4/25/2025 2:37:50 PM

I refuse to reveal my sources on the Jerry/Loul relation.

4/25/2025 2:44:41 PM

Is it Luol Deng? Are you Luol Deng?

4/25/2025 2:47:56 PM

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"Hopefully it's not racist to say that they kinda look alike??"

4/25/2025 3:59:15 PM

I don't want to hear anything from you regarding that

4/25/2025 5:20:03 PM

Whoa buddy I'm not the racist one here!!!

4/25/2025 5:24:56 PM

^^^^Hmmm no denials

4/25/2025 5:39:20 PM

I’m issuing a retraction. I no longer stand by my original reporting that claimed Jerry and Luol Deng are cousins. To be clear, I am not saying that they are not cousins. But I am also no longer saying that they are cousins. Please respect my decision.

4/25/2025 6:42:53 PM

This 7' JUCO player randomly decommitted from Miss St. today. Apparently he is Australian but went to HS in Winston Salem -- so maybe there's a NC connection calling to him? Some of his highlights are a bit for a 7' guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ7mTtFQ2os

4/25/2025 11:37:46 PM

He took an unofficial visit with Keatts in 2023: https://packinsider.com/2023/10/02/nc-state-hosted-3-basketball-recruits-this-past-weekend/

Going JUCO seems to have kept him under the radar a bit. Seems like a 7' guy that can rebound, block, and shoot from 3 like he can would have been more highly rated. He also has some Chet Holmgren-esque ball handling ability (though he also has some Chet Holmgren-eque turnover rates).

JUCO stats: https://www.fswbucs.com/sports/mbkb/2024-25/bios/machot_chol_nv4r?view=career&pos=sh

[Edited on April 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM. Reason : .]

4/26/2025 12:11:33 AM

Wish he had Wemby ball handling ability

[Edited on April 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM. Reason : Basically wish he was wemby]

4/26/2025 2:03:27 AM

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"TAMU has more money than almost every other university. Like many Texas colleges, they have a shit ton of oil money. Plus SEC money. Plus a huge alumni base. Plus they are a literal cult. There is no overlap in coveted assets because they are getting them all!"

TAMU getting yet another coveted asset over us. Marcus Hill to TAMU

4/27/2025 7:47:09 PM

If only someone could tell us what they have that we don't!

4/27/2025 8:03:12 PM

I'm sure of one thing they have that we don't now. The most exaggerated height measurement in all of college basketball.

4/27/2025 8:53:59 PM

Good news, Tyler Harris REMAINS silently committed to NC State! Unfortunately he is now loudly committed to Vanderbilt, but that's prob just bc he's worried about comparisons to the other Tyler Harris

4/27/2025 8:57:47 PM

https://www.backingthepack.com/2025/4/28/24419186/talking-transfers-what-about-the-front-court

Some interesting tidbits in here. Allegedly we have made James Scott a seven figure offer and he and Trey Parker might be a package deal (same agent, same hometown). Would be pretty sweet if we got Scott and got Parker back too.

Also, there's some supposed mystery international big man they think is close to signing. I kind of hope that's the Chol Machot kid -- he looks promising.

4/28/2025 2:53:30 AM

Chol Machot is making 60.4% of his shots and only taking 4-5-7.5 shots per game. If he bumped his numbers up/down to 50% fg made on 10 shots per game, that would be quite effective as a big man. We gotta get those rebound numbers up to DD range though.

4/28/2025 11:27:25 AM

Has anyone connected him with nc state in 2025?

4/28/2025 12:10:09 PM

Yes. In this very thread. Like three posts up.

[Edited on April 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM. Reason : Yeah I have no idea if we’re in the mix. Never heard of him tbh!]

4/28/2025 12:17:45 PM

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"Has anyone connected him with nc state in 2025?"

Here's your razor-thin connection:
Chol Machot
Year: RS Freshman
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia

BackingthePack said:

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"there is buzz about an unnamed international (“man of mystery”) big man that the Wolfpack is reportedly close to signing"

4/28/2025 3:14:47 PM

https://packinsider.com/2025/04/28/memphis-all-american-transfer-guard-pj-haggerty-is-considering-nc-state/

I'm half convinced Will Wade's crew is purposefully helping drive prices of top players up to make the teams with bigger budgets burn through cash they could have otherwise used on higher quality role players.

^ Yeah, I only mentioned him because I like his stats/highlights and he went to HS in Winston so there's an NC connection. I haven't seen a single mention about him outside of the Miss St. decommitment -- all the media analysts seem hyper focused on the last handful of top transfer portal guys.

[Edited on April 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM. Reason : .]

4/28/2025 3:25:22 PM

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"I'm half convinced Will Wade's crew is purposefully helping drive prices of top players up to make the teams with bigger budgets burn through cash they could have otherwise used on higher quality role players. "

lol. yes instead of actively trying to make his team better, he is spending his time communicating with players he has no intention of signing. galaxy brain will wade

4/28/2025 4:28:48 PM

It would be making his team better by making the second level guys those teams are also after cheaper. Duh.

4/28/2025 5:00:20 PM

Yes that is all much more plausible than just getting beat out for desired players

4/28/2025 5:02:34 PM

It was a joke dude. It seems weird we'd even be in the mix for such an expensive guard when we need a high level big. Do I have to spell out the whole joke for ya?

4/28/2025 5:08:44 PM

You are really bad at jokes

4/28/2025 5:14:26 PM

You're really bad at interacting with other humans. <--- not a joke

4/28/2025 5:31:15 PM

Is Dame Sarr the mystery international guy? Maybe we outbid Duke

Or maybe Luka found some eligibility loophole and he’s committing after the Lakers get knocked out

4/28/2025 7:10:08 PM

Backing the pack said the mystery international guy was a big. Baba Miller is another possibility.

4/28/2025 8:59:58 PM

Big man strictly in reference to position, or big man just taken literally as in their size? If it’s the latter instead of the former, then Luka’s definitely ours

4/28/2025 9:37:01 PM