Heat Interested In Luol Deng

12:25am: In addition to the previously reported Heat, Mavs, and Hawks, the Clippers, Lakers and Bulls have all registered interest with Deng, tweets Sam Amick of USA Today.

12:06am: Miami’s Pat Riley has called Luol Deng‘s reps and registered his significant interest, a source tells Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports (on Twitter).  The Mavericks were the first team on the horn with Deng early this morning but, apparently, Miami wasn’t far behind.

Earlier this week it was reported that the Hawks are thinking about making a run at Luol Deng this summer.  The Hawks have $15MM+ to spend on free agents this offseason after their trade with the Raptors and Deng appears to be one of their prime targets.  However, it may be another team out of the Southeast Division that comes away with the Man from Sudan.

In 63 games for the Bulls and Cavs this year, Deng averaged 16.0 PPG and 5.7 RPG.  He finished with a combined 15.2 PER and, unsurprisingly, the numbers show that he performed better in Chicago.

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