INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Cavaliers forward Luol Deng has won the J. Walter Kennedy Award, given annually to an NBA player for community service.

Deng has had a long commitment to philanthropic work in his native South Sudan. His recent public service announcement for EnoughProject.org urges peace in his homeland. Deng also established a charitable foundation in Britain, which granted his family political asylum.

Cavs coach Mike Brown says Deng's award is ''well-deserved. He has an amazing story.''

Deng says he's honored to receive the award, which is named after the league's second commissioner and has been handed out since 1975.