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On Wednesday, Luol Deng practised with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time after his trade from the Chicago Bulls.

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SOUNDBITE (English): Luol Deng, Cleveland Cavaliers Forward:

"It was a surprise. You know, I had, I just, I've been very lucky to, you know, not a lot of guys can say, you know, they've been with one organisation for so long and such a great organisation. It's just, I was definitely surprised, I don't think, you know you hear stuff, you hear rumours, you know they say some of it's true, some of it's not but when it happened, you know, I just, I couldn't believe it. It took a while to hit me but you know it's not like I'm, you know, I'm stopping from playing basketball - I just, I've been traded from one great organisation to another one and, you know, it's just, you know, that book's closed and I'm really looking forward to, you know, starting brand new and, you know, get going."