Padiet Wang
South Sudanese basketball player (born 1998)
Padiet Wang (born January 13, 1998) is a South Sudanese-American former basketball player and a former member of the South Sudan national team. He received a lifetime ban from FIBA in 2025 for match fixing.
Early life
Wang was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to South Sudanese parents. Around age 2, his family moved to the United States, settling in the state of Colorado. There, Wang picked up basketball in elementary school and started playing competitively in middle school. Growing up, he went to Denver Nuggets games.
Wang played for Overland High School and was a two-time Colorado 5A state champion. After graduating high school, he joined the University of Colorado Colorado Springs's basketball team in 2016.
Professional career
In June 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Wang signed for German club Bayer Giants Leverkusen of the ProA, the national second division.
Wang started his professional career in Portugal, playing for Académica Coimbra in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB).
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