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A top pick in next year’s NBA draft is playing for something much bigger

Nate Ament, an 18-year-old Tennessee freshman and projected top pick in the 2026 NBA draft, is carrying both high basketball expectations and his family’s legacy. The son of a Rwandan genocide survivor, he returned to Rwanda this summer to coach youth camps and hopes future success on the court will allow him to give back to his mother’s homeland.

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