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The Atlanta Hawks made contact with Luol Deng's representatives shortly after free agency opened per a report from CBSSports' Ken Berger. The Clippers and Mavericks also made contact per Berger.
The Hawks, Clippers and Mavs led the charge in contacting Luol Deng's reps tonight, league source confirms.
— Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) July 1, 2014
Deng is in Europe and is waiting to see which teams are interested before deciding what visits to take. He may not be in any rush as teams that fall short in the chase for LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony may become interested.
Luol Deng is in Europe, per source, waiting to see what teams are interested. Then he will decide which of those teams to visit.
— David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) June 30, 2014
Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski reported earlier this week that Deng is expecting a deal somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-12 million. At that time he was reportedly at the top of Atlanta's wish list.