Luol Ajou Deng is a South Sudanese-British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star, and was named to the All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Deng is the brother of former NBA center Manute Bol, who taught Deng’s older brother, Ajou, how to play basketball.
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Luol Ajou Deng is a South Sudanese-British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star, and was named to the All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Deng was born in Wau, Sudan, and is a member of the Dinka ethnic group. His family fled to Egypt to escape the Second Sudanese Civil War. He became a British citizen in 2006, and has played for the Great Britain national team. Deng played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils before entering the 2004 NBA draft. He spent his last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. On 17 October 2019, Deng signed a one-day contract to retire with the Chicago Bulls. He is the brother of former NBA center Manute Bol, who taught Deng’s older brother, Ajou, how to play basketball while also serving as a mentor for Luol himself. The small forward was an All-star with the Bulls in 2012 and 2013 before splitting the 2013–14 season withThe Cleveland Cavaliers. He played two seasons for the Heat before signing with the Lakers in 2016. Deng is the father of two-year-old twin boys, Aiden and Aiden Deng, who were born in Sudan and South Sudan, respectively. He also has a younger brother, Ayo, who was also born in South Sudan and was born to a Dinka family. He has played in the European Junior Men’s Qualifying Tournament, averaging 40 points and 14 rebounds. At the age of 13, he played for England’s squad in the Euro Junior National Tournament, where he averaged 34 points and earned another MVP award.
He represented Croydon at the London Youth Games, and he was inducted into their Hall of Fame. At 14, Luol moved to the United States to played basketball at Blair Academy in New Jersey, where one of his teammates was future NBA player Charlie Villanueva. Deng accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Duke University. He averaged 30. 1 minutes and scored 15. 1 points per game en route to a berth in the 2004 Final Four. After one year at Duke, Deng was picked seventh overall by the Phoenix Suns, but was immediately traded to theChicago Bulls by prior agreement. Deng suffered a season-ending wrist injury late in his rookie season, but still made theNBA All-Rookie First Team to help the resurgent Bulls return to the playoffs for the first time in seven years. In the playoffs, he posted strong performances throughout March and April to help his team earn their second consecutive playoff berth. Deng had four straight double-double performances from February to March, with at least ten points and rebounds in each game. During his senior year, he was considered the second most promising high school senior in America after LeBron James. He was only the 10th freshman in ACC history to lead all freshmen in scoring, rebounding, and field goal percentage. Deng played in 61 games and averaged 11 points and 11 rebounds per game for the Bulls.
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