http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/4433 Recent articles about Luol Deng en-us Game:  Cavs (13-5) vs.  Chicago Bulls (7-9) Broadcast: TV: ESPN Radio:  WAKR (1590 AM); WTAM (1100 AM), WHBC (1480 AM) Starters: Cavs:  LeBron James (F); J.J. Hickson (F); Shaquille O’Neal (C); Anthony Parker (G); Mo Williams (G).  Luol Deng (F); Taj Gibson (F); Joakim Noah (C); John Salmons (G); Derrick Rose (G) Injured: Cavs: Leon Powe (knee) – OUT Bulls:  Kirk Hinrich (left thumb sprain);  [...] Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:43:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Gameblog_Cavs_vs_Chicago_Bulls/1681280 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Gameblog_Cavs_vs_Chicago_Bulls/1681280 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Gameblog_Cavs_vs_Chicago_Bulls/1681280 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/b/5/b55f491110c6838160b00a545e7d1b2ffebe4cae/small/1d.jpg CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Pregame from The Q: Projected starting lineups: Bulls: Derrick Rose, John Salmons, Luol Deng, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah Cavs: Mo Williams, Anthony Parker, LeBron James, J.J. Hickson, Shaquille O'Neal Officials Ken Mauer, Sean Wright, Gary Zielinsk •... Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:31:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Cleveland_Cavaliers_vs_Chicago_Bulls_Windhorst_Beat_Blog/1680537 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Cleveland_Cavaliers_vs_Chicago_Bulls_Windhorst_Beat_Blog/1680537 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Cleveland_Cavaliers_vs_Chicago_Bulls_Windhorst_Beat_Blog/1680537 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/c/fc2843d3728c73efc40fe844988027ff060c7da7/small/PicImg_CelticsBulls_0bf0.jpg By Paul M. Banks and H. Jose Bosch It’s a Tweet at a thon. not a Tweet a thon, but a Tweet at a each other a thon. It’s one of the NBA’s greatest rivalries, Bulls-Pistons, always a good time, even when the teams’ combined records are 12-20, as they are tonight. So TSB’s resident Bulls and Pistons experts are going at it, with only the mediums of Twitter and Wordpress between them. (PMB) Bulls-Pistons It’s on HJB. Let’s see what you got with no Rip an... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:13:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Bulls_Pistons_Tweet_at_a_thon/1670483 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Bulls_Pistons_Tweet_at_a_thon/1670483 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Bulls_Pistons_Tweet_at_a_thon/1670483 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/4/a4c917bf413667dd104b47183e23e031b0202f1f/small/Picture_1.png By Paul M. Banks Heading into this season, Luol Deng had been regressing. Not just stagnating, regressing. Especially for a guy who signed a six year deal worth $71 million, $80 including incentives. After statistically peaking across the board in 2006-07, Deng suffered a step backward in ’08, and then another even worse year in 08-09 that was cut drastically short by injury. After major off-season injury, I bet the Bulls organization was hoping for a refund on that contract. But that’s all ... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:28:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Coming_Correct_this_Season/1635740 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Coming_Correct_this_Season/1635740 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Coming_Correct_this_Season/1635740 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg Harrison Barnes: The Iowa high school senior has selected UNC. He’s a 6-foot-8 SG/SF hybrid who is being compared to Luol Deng and is already projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Barnes is expected to bring UNC another National Title. This is just another example of Roy Williams beating up [...] Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:16:24 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Prized_Recruit_Barnes_Going_to_UNC/1559484 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Prized_Recruit_Barnes_Going_to_UNC/1559484 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Prized_Recruit_Barnes_Going_to_UNC/1559484 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg I would have to say watching Luol Deng belt out “Fame” is probably the highlight of my day.  Enjoy the Bulls Totally 80’s tapes! h/t: Rule 5 Draftee Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Chicago_Bulls_2009_2010_Team_Goes_80s_On_Us/1519932 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Chicago_Bulls_2009_2010_Team_Goes_80s_On_Us/1519932 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Chicago_Bulls_2009_2010_Team_Goes_80s_On_Us/1519932 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg The Line: The Quote: Former Bulls coach Scott Skiles: “We got physically dominated by Deng tonight. We just couldn’t do anything with him. There was no pressure on him. Then we froze when they pressured us defensively. When they took the lead, and we were making as many mistakes as we did, it’s hard to come [...] Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:26:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Luol_Deng_Would_Like_You_to_Know_He_8217s_Back/1496998 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Luol_Deng_Would_Like_You_to_Know_He_8217s_Back/1496998 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Luol_Deng_Would_Like_You_to_Know_He_8217s_Back/1496998 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg The players voted captains for this season (ht: Chicagoist, of all places), and your winners are holdovers Hinrich and Deng, and new captain...Jannero Pargo Lindsey Hunter [I swear that post originally said Pargo]. This process and result never manages to get less lame. I know they're mostly in charge of talking to the officials, but is it that crazy for the captains to perhaps include your best player (Rose) , or the actual vocal defensive leader (Noah)? And this raises the Lindsey Hun... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:45:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Bulls_elect_captains_and_more_Bulls_season_predictions/1440068 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Bulls_elect_captains_and_more_Bulls_season_predictions/1440068 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Bulls_elect_captains_and_more_Bulls_season_predictions/1440068 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/6/d/6dc1bd882998096cbabc4227cb4dc172e97095fb/small/Premiere_of_Deon_cbb4.jpg Doug nails it in reacting to the news that Luol Deng sat out of a practice this week. While nothing to get that nervous about, Deng is, by definition, not 100%. But that said, I'm all for precaution in training camp and preseason. It's just another reminder how tenuous predictive success is for this team...a lot of things have to go right. And a bonus link for you: By the Horns did an interesting study on not just Derrick Rose's assists last season, but what types of shots he... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:34:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Deng_not_100/1281868 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Deng_not_100/1281868 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Deng_not_100/1281868 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg Luol Deng answers CNN’s “Top Ten” in this video. He talks about his iPod tunes, his favorite food and his biggest inspirations in basketball. One of the players he mentions as an inspiration is someone whose career path he is starting to follow: Grant Hill. Get healthy and stay that way, Lu. We need you [...] Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:57:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_CNN_Interview/1144068 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_CNN_Interview/1144068 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_CNN_Interview/1144068 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg Dime Mag has a great piece titled “The Top 10 Guys That Need to Break Out This Season“. For the story photo on the site they chose none other than Luol Deng. Of Deng they write: After signing a monster deal before last season, Deng played in only 49 games and had his worst season across the [...] Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:39:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Must_Take_That_Next_Step/1092241 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Must_Take_That_Next_Step/1092241 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Must_Take_That_Next_Step/1092241 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg Luol Deng talked about his injury and the Olympics, and he said all the things Bulls fans want to hear. From NBA.com: “It’s a very tough decision not being able to play (in the Olympics) but it was just a tough year last year with my injury. The fracture of my leg was such a serious [...] Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:37:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Talks_About_His_Injury_Status/889661 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Talks_About_His_Injury_Status/889661 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Talks_About_His_Injury_Status/889661 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg 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's national team before then.Deng says he's "almost there"in terms of being able to run and p... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Deng_Still_Not_100_Set_To_Miss_Time_With_Great_Britain/888880 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Deng_Still_Not_100_Set_To_Miss_Time_With_Great_Britain/888880 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Deng_Still_Not_100_Set_To_Miss_Time_With_Great_Britain/888880 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/091fa95dbd3b2f95a6f74467b01ef5e4944492e1/small/barneswall_main.jpg According to ESPN, Luol Deng won "The Nicest Guy in the NBA Award" (or something like that) today. After hearing the news, Deng, like the good guy that he is, lied about how much the award meant to him... Thu, 03 May 2007 22:53:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Is_a_Nice_Guy/13447 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Luol_Deng_Is_a_Nice_Guy/13447