The basketballer from country Western Australia signs a contract with Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA after missing out on draft night.
What's next?A basketballer from country Western Australia is set to join the increasing number of Australian players on the sport's biggest stage after landing a deal with the NBA 's Oklahoma City Thunder .
He also represented Australia at junior level and played for the Boomers in the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup and the qualifiers for the World Cup in 2023. When the call came from OKC, Mr Ducas said his son feared not being able to trial would jeopardise his chances."He met with management and all the coaches," he said.Team officials told Ducas to stay tuned to the draft but his name wasn't called.
He said the signing was a dream come true after regular 900 kilometre round trips from Geraldton to Perth for state training as a junior."The early morning wake-ups, the five o'clock, six o'clock trainings where sometimes he didn't want to get out of bed and didn't want to do that sort of thing, and then now all that extra hard work is finally coming to fruition, so yeah, he's living the dream.
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