   luol ajou deng (born 16 april 1985) is a british professional basketball player who currently plays for the miami heat of the national basketball association (nba). he has also played for the great britain national basketball team. a member of the chicago bulls from 2004 until 2014, deng was selected for his first nba all-star game during the 2011â12 season. born in what is now south sudan, deng fled the country with his family as a child, moving to egypt and then the united kingdom, becoming a british citizen in 2006. ==early life and education== deng was born in wau, sudan (now south sudan) and is a member of the dinka ethnic group. when he was young, his father aldo, a member of the sudanese parliament, moved the family to egypt to escape the second sudanese civil war.nba.com : luol deng bio page in egypt, they met former nba center manute bol, another dinka, who taught deng's older brother, ajou deng, how to play basketball while also serving as a mentor for luol himself.bulls: triple threat when they were granted political asylum, his family emigrated to brixton, south london. deng wa
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