Deng Better Think Twice Before Playing For Great Britain
Luol Deng struggled this season from wire to wire. After signing a huge contract (oops), he played like shit the first half of the season and eventually sat the last few months of the season with a stress fracture. Some people say he was faking it, or that he couldn’t play through pain and that he is some kind of pussy. I’m not saying either of those things, but he better allow his injury to heal this summer and come back to play in October:
While a real injury and extremely painful, if allowed to heal properly it won’t have any long-term effects.
So if Deng decides he must absolutely play for the British national team this summer, the Bulls ought to tell him not to bother coming back.
Not only does he risk injury by shortening his rest time, but he also insults his teammates who dug down and discovered a playoff spot, and then fought so valiantly against Boston for seven grueling games without him.
Deng is hurt and Deng is healing, but in order to gain his teammates’ trust again, he’s going to need a healthy season ahead, and it starts with a productive – and quiet – summer.
Damn right he better have a quiet summer. I’m not sure if the Herald has heard that he is actually considering playing for them, or this is just speculation. If he does play for the British National Team after ditching out on the Bulls the last couple of months, I’ll flip out. The city has already begun to turn on him and with the addition of Salmons, who is arguably a more effective player, Deng needs to play well to win back his fans and even some people in the Bulls front office (I’m guessing). Now if Paxson is able to trade Deng somehow, then he can go play on Mars for all I care. As long as the Bulls are paying him $71 million though, he better rest that goddamn leg.
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