Akoldah Gak is an Australian 6-foot-11 forward who developed through Basketball NSW and the Illawarra Hawks before progressing to the Cairns Taipans, Mexico City Capitanes and the Washington Wizards’ 2025 NBA Summer League group. The supplied provider record matches the verified athlete: NBA-linked forward Akoldah Gak, provider ID 1058092439, listed with Washington and associated with Illawarra/Australia. His most recently verified playing statistics are from the 2025-26 NBA G League season wit…
Akoldah Gak was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 12 July 2002 and is an Australian forward of South Sudanese heritage. He came through the Penrith junior basketball pathway and later attended Blair Academy in New Jersey, United States. Basketball NSW records identify him with Penrith and Illawarra, while the NBA G League lists him at 6 feet 11 inches and 225 pounds, with Illawarra/Australia as his prior basketball background.
Gak’s first major professional opportunity came with the Illawarra Hawks. He signed a three-year agreement in October 2020, initially entering the NBL as a development player during the 2020-21 season. The Hawks’ official profile described him as a rookie big man learning Brian Goorjian’s systems while completing his secondary education. He made 21 NBL appearances across his three seasons with Illawarra, with increased opportunities late in the 2022-23 campaign.
After his Illawarra period, Gak joined the Cairns Taipans for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 NBL seasons. He produced his most substantial NBL workload in Cairns, appearing in 43 games across the two seasons and averaging 6.3 points and 5.6 rebounds in the 2024-25 season according to the club’s player profile. He also played in Australia’s NBL1 competitions, including with the West Adelaide Bearcats in 2024.
Internationally, Gak represented Australia at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where he averaged 10.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists across seven games. He later appeared for the Australian senior national team in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers, averaging 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists over three games.
Gak played for the Mexico City Capitanes in the NBA G League during 2024-25 before joining Washington’s 2025 NBA Summer League roster. The Wizards subsequently signed him to an Exhibit 10 contract on 30 September 2025 and waived him on 5 October 2025. He was then listed with Washington’s G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, for 2025-26. His current NBA-provider status is supplied as Inactive; the latest directly verified playing record is the Go-Go’s 2025-26 G League season.
Gak’s first verified professional break was signing a three-year deal with the Illawarra Hawks in October 2020, initially as a development player. His earlier pathway included Penrith junior representation and a Blair Academy scholarship in the United States. A precise discovery date or single scout responsible for identifying him could not be verified from authoritative sources.
At the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, Gak averaged 10.0 points and 6.9 rebounds across seven games for Australia. In the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, he averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists in three senior international games. In the 2025-26 NBA G League season, he averaged 7.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists across 33 games for Capital City Go-Go. No major individual award or official record was included without a directly supporting authoritative source.
His defining career milestones include signing with Illawarra as a development player in 2020, receiving an opportunity with the Chicago Bulls in the 2022 NBA Summer League, representing Australia at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, joining Mexico City in the NBA G League in 2025, and being selected for Washington’s 2025 NBA Summer League roster before signing an Exhibit 10 contract.