Wenyen Gabriel Siblings: Meet Komot Gabriel And Karima Gabriel

Wenyen Gabriel has grew up amongst his siblings and together they have been able to weather several storms as a family.

The family had migrated from South Sudan during the civil war and since then, have made America their home.

Komot Gabriel

Komot is the younger sibling of Wenyen. He was only seven years old when the family escaped the South Sudanese civil war.

Karima Gabriel

Karima is also a younger sibling of Wenyen, and like her brother, she plays basketball and attended Trinity High School.

She also played basketball for two seasons at the Peddie School in New Jersey, where she averaged 16.8 points per game and became captain of her team in her senior year.

Karima played college basketball at DePaul University, where she studied at the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

She played a total of 18 games, averaging 4.2 minutes and 1.1 rebounds per game.

Who Is Wenyen Gabriel?

Wenyen Gabriel is a professional basketball player who hails from South Sudan.

Gabriel plays as a power forward the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA.

Born on March 26, 1997, Gabriel played basketball at Trinity High School in Manchester, New Hampshire for three years before moving to college to play with the Kentucky Wildcats.

So far, Gabriel has played for the Sacramento Kings, Stockton Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, Wisconsin Herd, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and now the Los Angeles Lakers.

As an high school student, Gabriel averaged 22.0 points per game, 14.0 rebounds per game, 7.0 blocks per game and 6.3 assists per game, in his senior season.

His collegiate career records 23 starts, 4.6 points average and 4.8 rebounds in 17.8 minutes, all in 38 games as a freshman.

As a sophomore, Gabriel tallied 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds in 37 games. He led the Wildcats with 40 blocked shots.

The Los Angeles Lakers offered him a two-way contract in 2022, and in the same year, the team converted the two-way contract into a standard contract to last the remaining season.