Luol Deng Talks About His Injury Status

Ugh. Yet again, reports have surfaced that Luol Deng is still not ready to play organized basketball after suffering a right-leg stress fracture back during the Carter administration (okay, it was actually back in February, but it seems like it has been that long). The Bulls have their first preseason game on October 6th against Utah, and Deng won't risk playing for Great Britain...

by Tom ZillerFiled under: Bulls, FIBA, NBA InjuriesYou knew it would come to this eventually: the Bulls, who agreed to pay Luol Deng a handsome sum of money through 2014, have decided the player, who missed several months of 2008-09 action with a leg injury, is not healthy enough to play with Great Britain's national team this summer. The Daily Mirror reports the Bulls won a...

LONDON (AP) -- However desperate Luol Deng is to play at the Olympics, the Chicago Bulls forward won't jeopardize his fitness to help Britain ensure it clinches a spot at London 2012.

Bulls forward Luol Deng will not rush playing for the British Olympic team as he recovers from a leg injury.

Here's one thing I have learned over the years following the NBA from multiple markets: the hometown team's fans will overvalue their own players to embarrassingly high levels. That's why living in Portland and being from Cleveland is quite unique. I get the Blazers crammed down my throat 24/7, yet the internet allows me to stay dialed in with the Cavs. Local honks in Oregon will...

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Bad news for fledging Team Great Britain’s Eurobasket 2009 chances: Luol Deng joins former Chicago Bulls teammate Ben Gordon in the “out” category. Deciding that his stress fracture injury has not yet properly healed, Deng decided to sit this one out. Gordon decided as early as last August that he wouldn’t be joining the makeshift squad [...]

Luol Deng confirmed Monday what the Bulls brass had said: He won't play for Great Britain this summer.

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Unicaja fans will find something more than a little familiar with Team Great Britain’s big guys in Eurobasket 2009, as both Robert Archibald and the just-acquired Joel Freeland were officially named to the national squad this week. The announcement follows in the wake of Luol Deng’s announcement that he would be taking August off to rest [...]