"One day after the Tribune reported Luol Deng's interest in playing in Europe is intensifying, a British web site reported Besiktas in Turkey is a strong candidate to sign Deng.

Citing sources close to Deng in London, www.mvp247.com reported Deng is drawing strong interest from the Turkish team that already has signed Deron Williams. Deng also has been linked to an ACB team Bilbao."