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Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

Luol Deng

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

This week we got a Bulls staple on the pod, as Luol Deng joins Q and D on Knuckleheads. As a kid who grew up in South Sudan and then Egypt, Luol looks back on his journey from Africa to Great Britain to America. He recounts how Coach K got him to come to Duke and discusses his Blue Devil experience. Luol also reflects on being one of the longest tenured Bulls ever, and looks back at those talented Bulls teams led by Derrick Rose — and just how special that stretch was for Chicago. He also touches on South Sudan’s performance in the Paris Olympics. Luol’s story is can’t miss — tune in!

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0:00.0

First of all, bro, we appreciate you being on the show.

0:04.0

We've been watching you since you was in high school, man, all your accomplishment, what you continue to do, man.

0:10.0

We praise and salute you, man.

0:12.0

And we definitely appreciate you coming on the show and rocking with us, man.

0:16.0

You wanted the stories we always wanted to tell.

0:19.0

We've been wanting to get you, so we're glad we got you on the show, man, to rock with us.

0:23.3

No, I appreciate it, man.

0:24.6

I'm a big fan of the show.

0:26.6

And now, thank you guys for having me, man.

0:28.6

You know, I appreciate Q for, you know, constantly in that communication.

0:33.9

I appreciate that.

0:34.8

So I'm just, I'm happy to be here, to be honest. I appreciate that. So I'm just, I'm happy to be here, to be honest.

0:38.0

I appreciate.

0:39.4

When you first got to the league, who's the first person to bust your ass?

0:44.0

You know, I knew this was going to be the first one.

0:49.1

You know, I always tell people, to me, the one guy that always stood out to me was LeBron. You know, my path with

0:56.5

LeBron has been, since I came to the U.S., he's there. I came to the U.S., he's the best play in high

1:02.5

school. He's a year ahead of me, but, you know, we came up around the same time. But I always tell

1:09.0

people, it's kind of like, you know, when I played with Derek Rose, his

1:12.6

MVP year, there's certain guys in the league that two points are just different than everybody

1:18.2

else's two points.

1:19.5

And, you know, with LeBron, with the fans and everything, you know, whether you're playing

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