Noah showing his personality
Most of my favorite players have always been guys with personality. Who likes boring people? Not a Bulls fan.
Joakim Noah is becoming one of my favorite players. He plays hard every minute of the game and at the same time shows a personality. Whether it is talking thrash about Cleveland or looking at the crowd with an energized look when he swats a ball at them, he is showing Joakim the person.
Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Lebron James and Dwight Howard are just a few players who show a little or a lot of personality.
Noah has transformed himself into one of these players during the season.
The guys from HHR and Blogs with Balls got the opportunity to spend a day with Noah. I am extremely jealous. My friends at Yardbarker.com thought it would be great to email me the video to rub it in. Thanks guys.
Noah seemed to be a real chill guy. I can’t believe he tried to get one of them to wear the bowtie. I couldn’t stop laughing.
Noah’s words about Cleveland may back fire
One of the first things TNT aired at the beginning of game 2 was Joakim Noah’s comments about Cleveland. He called the city boring, saying he doesn’t go out in Cleveland because there is nothing to do except look at factories. If other players played in Cleveland, besides Lebron James, then sure say what you want. The comment may work to bother other star players.
Not in this case. This little comment about the city may back fire for Noah and the Bulls because of Lebron. James grew up in Ohio and has said nothing but good things about the city and state during his six years as a member of the Cavaliers.
Noah is getting booed every time he touches the ball and the fans cheer every time he commits a foul or misses a shot. I don’t mind it at all. Sometimes having a villain is a good thing. In this case, I think it is great for Noah to show some kind of edge but against Lebron? Why make a beast mad? Lebron can already dismantle Chicago by himself, Noah doesn’t need to add fuel to the fire.
Hopefully, Noah will play with this edge, not just work his mouth. James will play aggressive on a different level than he usually does. Wonder if there is going to be a welcoming crew for Noah when he gets back to Chicago?
Nasty game leads to .500 record
The Bulls are at .500 for only the 5th time since the end of November. They pulled it off in a nasty game against the Indiana Pacers.
They have suffered bad loses to bad teams. Which includes the Sacramento Kings winning after being down 35 points. Yeah, the Bulls gave away the win to the second largest comeback in NBA history.
They have also had some good wins against good teams in this stretch. They left arenas victorious against San Antonio, Orlando and took two games from New Orleans with Chris Paul.
Yesterday’s game seemed like a sealed .500 victory. The Indiana Pacers are the sixth worst team in the NBA. Danny Granger, their best player, has been hurt for most of the season. When he has played, there are signs of lingering pain.
The Bulls did not come to play. The board grabbing presence of Joakim Noah was exposed. They looked bored to say the least and were lucky to come away with the 109-101 win to become even with a 25-25 record.
Noah is needed. He will be greeted with open arms by everyone when he returns after the All Star break.
Top 5 plots in Chicago Bulls first preseason game
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- Vinny del Negro: This will be Vinny del Negro’s first game as a coach in the NBA, let alone the head coach of one of the league’s youngest teams. The Bulls line up is filled with plenty of potential. Their are a number of young guys on this roster that could be potential stars in the NBA, it will be interesting to see how he handles the squad.
Nothing but rumors and more rumors around Chicago Bulls
Over the last week not a lot of new news has surfaced surrounding the Chicago Bulls. Ben Gordon remains a free agent. Kirk Hinrich and Andres Nocioni have yet to be traded.
Although nothing has happened, that doesn’t mean the rumors and analysis on what the Bulls should do have stopped. Different ideas and possibilities have surfaced throughout the internet over the previous week, non of which appear to be that certain.
Here are a few over the rumors, analysis and other news that has come about over the last week or so.
- The Bodog Beat blog reported rumors of a possible trade between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls. The trade would send Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to Chicago in exchange for Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah and Larry Hughes. They are now reporting that trade talks between the two trade have halted. The Beat also posted their ten reason why to bet on the NBA this year and number two on their list appeared the Chicago Bulls: “2. Chicago Bulls – The Bulls were expected to be an NBA title contender last season before completely tanking. With No. 1 pick Derrick Rose in tow will this season be any brighter for the Bulls?”
- The fans at Bleacher Report provided some Chicago Bulls analysis as well this week. Michael Whittenberg gave his 2008-09 Chicago Bulls season preview. Michael believes the Bulls will finish in 8th place in the Eastern Confernece with a 42-40 record. The only question I have about that, is when was the last time all 8 teams that made the play-offs in the EC finished with a record above .500? Adam Miller also gave his intake on the on going Ben Gordon-Chicago Bulls standoff, saying its a ‘no-win situation’ for either side.
- BetUs.com also provide their 2008-09 Chicago Bulls season preview. Theres a lot of betting terms that I kind of fail to understand. They have the Bulls at +1100 to win the Eastern Confrence and +2500 to win the NBA Championship.
- Diabolo at BlogaBull.com gave his view on Vinny del Negro and the Bulls in 08-09. Much of which has to due with the Vinny’s first year as a coach and getting the locker room to ‘jell’ together.
- And last, but not least, from the UK the Great Britan national team has Luol Deng back on the court. In case you missed some previous news, after Deng signed his new deal with the Bulls, the company who insures players contracts elected not to insure Deng because of injury problems which kept him from being able to play with the Britain team. Last week though he was re-insured, and has began playing with the national team. As you’ll see on this UK news site, the basketball section is filled with praises for their GB team and Luol Deng
Hope this helps you get caught up on everything thats been going on. My 2008-09 Chicago Bulls preview is currently being worked on and can be expected in the coming weeks.
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