Joakim Noah Needs to Be Accountable, Avoid Contract as a Scapegoat for Poor Play Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls is not happy about his slow start in the 2011-12 NBA season. He's a high intensity player who sometimes lets his emotions get the better of him. Noah told the Chicago Tribune : "Sometimes you feel like because you're given so much money you're expected to do things. That's not the right mentality to have as a player." Sounds like a good problem to have ...
Joakim Noah's FINGER GUNZ .Gif Gets The Post It Deserves We've seen finger gunz before. Former Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas did it first, in the wake of a now-famous incident involving teammate Javaris Crittenton in which Arenas brought multiple unloaded handguns into the locker room after a gambling wager gone awry. Most didn't find the joke as funny as Washington's clown prince, and in the face of the ensuing shit-storm, Arenas busted out finger ...
Joakim Noah admits that the expectations of his contract were getting to him There is a difference between being in workout-shape (all pumped up, brah) and in game-shape, with all the running and jumping and quick reactions. Joakim Noah, by all appearances, seemed to be in more of the former entering this truncated lockout-addled season. He then started the season slowly, appearing out of sorts and hesitant and removed from the sort of brio that has marked his engaging ...
Video: Joakim Noah meets Kobayashi, champion eater and Wing Bowl contender The video of the meeting between famed competitive eating champion Takeru Kobayashi and Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah is as funny as you think it will be, with a stern looking Kobayashi posing for pictures with a closed fist as if he was promoting a heavyweight bout as Noah hung loose, and with Bull Brian Scalabrine acting all "Brian Scalabrine" in the background. Take a look: It's this ...
Joakim Noah Says Pressures of Contract Extension Hurt His Play Joakim Noah tells the Chicago Tribune that the big contract extension he signed last season has messed with his head this year: “Noah for the first time revealed the five-year, $60 million extension he signed in October 2010 and which began this season contributed to his struggles.
Joakim Noah admits expectations of big contract got to him Joakim Noah is making a lot of money this year — $12 million. It’s the first year of the extension to his rookie deal he signed last year, meaning he has gone from making what you and I think is a lot of money to making what other NBA players think is a lot of…
Joakim Noah’s shooting has been off, but Bulls aren’t worried Bulls center Joakim Noah stuck around, shooting jump shot after jump shot after all but one of his teammates had left the floor at the Berto Center after practice Thursday. Again and again, Noah fired up what might be the quirkiest shot in the league and the most original shot of any Bull since Bill Cartwright retired. It’s as much a two-handed set shot as it is a jumper. He doesn’t shoot it so ...
Bulls’ Joakim Noah just needed more time to get going Those nightly questions about why Joakim Noah is off to a slow start can finally stop. In the last five games, Noah has averaged 13.2 points, 12.6 rebounds and shot 64.1 percent from the field.
Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer Are the Chicago Bulls Best Frontcourt Combination Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer have been under fire for poor performances this season but they still remain starters and the best possible frontcourt combination on the Chicago Bulls roster. Monday night, Noah looked like he got back on track, scoring 16 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the Bulls victory against the visiting New Jersey Nets .  Carlos Boozer nearly had a double-double with 14 ...
How Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah Can Earn Back Their Fourth-Quarter Minutes Much has been made in the past week about the struggles of the Chicago Bulls frontcourt. Last week, much of Noah's foul trouble stems from Boozer:  “I think one of the issues is that he’s getting into a lot of early foul trouble because he’s trying to help his buddy [Boozer] out. [Boozer] won’t move his feet, so Joakim is getting a lot of fouls...[Bulls head coach Tom] Thibodeau, who demands ...
