(1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39) Wau, Sudan (in current-day South Sudan)
Nationality
South Sudanese / British
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
237 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school
St Mary's Roman Catholic (Croydon, London)
Blair Academy (Blairstown, New Jersey)
College
Duke (2003–2004)
NBA draft
2004: 1st round, 7th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career
2004–2019
Position
Small forward / power forward
Number
9
Career history
2004–2014
Chicago Bulls
2014
Cleveland Cavaliers
2014–2016
Miami Heat
2016–2018
Los Angeles Lakers
2018–2019
Minnesota Timberwolves
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA All-Star (2012, 2013)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2012)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2005)
NBA Sportsmanship Award (2007)
USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2004)
Third-team All-ACC (2004)
First-team Parade All-American (2003)
McDonald's All-American (2003)
Career NBA statistics
Points
13,361 (14.8 ppg)
Rebounds
5,468 (6.1 rpg)
Assists
2,042 (2.3 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Luol Ajou DengOBE (born 16 April 1985) is a South Sudanese-British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Born in what is now South Sudan, Deng fled the country with his family as a child, eventually settling in the United Kingdom. He became a British citizen in 2006, and has played for the Great Britain national team.
After playing college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, Deng was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team as a 19-year-old in 2005. The small forward was an All-Star with the Bulls in 2012 and 2013 before splitting the 2013–14 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. After just half a season with Cleveland, Deng joined the Miami Heat for 2014–15. He played two seasons for the Heat before signing with the Lakers in 2016. He spent his last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Deng has been the president of the South Sudan Basketball Federation since 2019. He is an assistant coach for the South Sudan men's national team and has previously served as its head coach.
Luol Ajou Deng OBE (born 16 April 1985) is a South Sudanese-British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named...
the picks to select Connecticut guard Ben Gordon and Duke small forward LuolDeng in the first round, and Duke point guard Chris Duhon in the second. Paxson...
Australian Rules Footballer Aldo Deng – former Sudanese cabinet member and South Sudanese statesman; father of LuolDeng Ataui Deng – model and niece of Alek...
fellow Sudanese refugee, former NBA player LuolDeng, the son of a former Sudanese cabinet minister. Deng later moved to the United States to further...
a former Sudanese politician and is the brother of former NBA player LuolDeng. The 6’11" center played his university basketball in Connecticut with...
F/G, Stanford (junior) Cortez Davis – F, Midland College (sophomore) LuolDeng – F, Duke (freshman) / Ben Gordon – G, Connecticut (junior) Devin Harris...
4/17/22, 5/23/22, 4/19/23), Dwyane Wade (4/25/10), Max Strus (6/4/2023) and LuolDeng (4/23/2016), possibly others before 2015 playoffs. Most 3-point shots...
with my old No. 4. That's why I wear No. 7." The Bulls also acquired LuolDeng in the same draft. Between Michael Jordan's departure in 1998 and Gordon's...
Maluach walking along the road. He attended a local camp organised by LuolDeng and started playing basketball. He later joined the NBA Academy Africa...
Citizenship Award, the first of four Cavaliers to win the award (Eric Snow, LuolDeng and LeBron James won the award in 2005, 2014 and 2017, respectively)....
Blairstown, New Jersey, where he played with another future NBA player, LuolDeng. Villanueva received All-American honors as a senior and was named New...
2007. Some of the primary contributors on those teams were Ben Gordon, LuolDeng, and Kirk Hinrich. The Bulls' new playoff streak ended in 2008, when the...
years. LuolDeng was born in Wau, a city in Sudan (South Sudan since July 9, 2011), but became a naturalized British citizen in 2006. "Chicago's Deng Wins...
the 2004–05 rookie class yielded four major contributors, Ben Gordon, LuolDeng, Chris Duhon and Andrés Nocioni. After a long drought dating back to Jordan's...
Gulwak. The South Sudanese can boast links to top basketball players. LuolDeng was a National Basketball Association star in the United States; at the...
Detroit Pistons. Two days after, Rose contributed 13 assists, helping LuolDeng score a career-high 40 points in a win against the Portland Trail Blazers...
Player ESPY Award Michael Jordan – 1993, 1997–1999 NBA Sportsmanship Award LuolDeng – 2007 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award Joakim Noah – 2015 NBA Coach...
Andersen, and Mario Chalmers as well as former rivals Danny Granger and LuolDeng. In the 2014–15 season, Wade missed seven consecutive games due to a hamstring...
Norris Cole, Udonis Haslem and Chris Andersen along with former rivals LuolDeng and Danny Granger. The Heat also drafted Shabazz Napier and James Ennis...
Dwyane Wade (4/25/10), Tyler Herro (9/19/2020), Max Strus (6/4/2023) and LuolDeng (4/23/2016), possibly others before 2015 playoffs. Most 3-point shots...
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