25 Highest Paid NBA Players (2016-2017)

#25 Luol Deng

Salary: $18,000,000

Born in South Sudan and naturalized British citizen, Deng has played for the British national basketball team, and became an NBA All-Rookie First Team selection with Chicago Bulls in 2004.

LA Lakers’ small forward, two-time NBA-All Starr, Deng is the cover athlete for NBA Live video games in the UK.

Being involved in numerous charities, he is also a spokesperson for the UN World Food Programme.

On July 7, in 2016, Deng signed a four-year contract wit the LA Lakers, worth $72 million.

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