Deng ready to earn big contract
Published 7/31/2008 by BY JOHN JACKSON Staff Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times Bulls
Now that hes signed the biggest contract in Bulls history ($71 million guaranteed over six years) Luol Deng says he is focused on earning it both on and off the court. I take basketball very seriously. I look forward to [putting] the team on my shoulders and getting back to a new era, getting the team back to where we need to be," Deng said today at a news conference.
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