NBA Autographed Basketball - Luol Deng #9 - Chicago Bulls

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FOR SALE: Luol Deng #9 - Chicago Bulls Autographed NBA Basketball - David J. Stern - Commissioner
Up for sale is a Chicago Bulls donated NBA Basketball autographed by former Chicago Bulls player, Luol Deng #9.
Luol Deng retired from the NBA after 15 seasons in the league in 2019. The veteran spent the first 9+ seasons of his career with the Chicago Bulls, where he was named to two All-Star teams. Luol
had the best years of his career playing for Coach Tom Thibodeau on a gritty Chicago Bulls team that earned him two straight All-Star selections in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, Luol was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers where spent the rest of the season. He then signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat where he  spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In 2016, Luol signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and played with them through the 2018 season. Luol spent his last injury plagued 2018-19 season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Unsigned going into the 2019-20 season,
Luol signed a one-day contract with the Chicago Bulls in order to retire with the team he played for most of his career on October 17, 2019.
Born in what is now South Sudan, Deng fled the country with his family as a child, eventually settling in the United Kingdom.
Luol Deng
accepted an athletic scholarship to attend
Duke University
, where he played for coach
Mike Krzyzewski
's
Duke Blue Devils basketball
team in
2003–04
. In one season at Duke, he appeared in 37 games and made 32 starts.
After one year at Duke, Deng entered the
2004 NBA draft
. He was picked seventh overall by the
Phoenix Suns
, but was immediately traded to the
Chicago Bulls
by prior agreement.  Luol also has be known for his charitable acts of kindness in South Sudan, the United Kingdom, and throughout the United States and is a spokesperson for the World Food Programme.
Luol's life is truly a success story, coming from a disadvantaged life as a child in Sudan, migrating to Egypt, then immigrating to England, then to the US, having a successful 15 year career with 5 NBA teams, and now a philanthropist.  What
an amazing short synopsis of one of the greatest players to ever come from the continent of Africa.
This basketball truly has an autograph that carries an amazing connection to one of the greatest athletes to ever come from Africa.
No returns accepted. This item will be shipped via USPS Priority Mail.