Former NBA star Luol Deng talks to the Olympics.com Podcast about South Sudan's basketball journey, FIBA World Cup 2023 hopes, and what it would mean for the African nation to qualify for the Paris 2024 Games.

Luol Deng on leading South Sudan to FIBA World Cup 2023: An exclusive on basketball, nation-building, and Paris 2024 goals

It's another exciting year of&nbsp;Olympics.com&nbsp;podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. Your host Tom Kirkland has worked at 13&nbsp;Olympics, reporting, hosting, and doing live commentary. The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content. We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our&nbsp;Olympics.com&nbsp;platforms. So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!

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Luol Deng on leading South Sudan to FIBA World Cup 2023: An exclusive on basketball, nation-building, and Paris 2024 goals

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