Joakim Noah was a charismatic star at Florida. Then he got drafted by the Chicago Bulls, a team that was supposed to be pretty good but is actually pretty dreadful. Noah has responded to the adversity of playing on such a cruddy pro team by turning into a yappy little bitch - despite a scoring average of 4.5 points-per-game in an average of 12.6 minutes-per-game.
Obviously, Noah still thinks he's a star, even though he's a benchwarmer on one of the worst teams in the NBA. That's why he thought it was okay to yell at one of his coaches, leading to his one-game suspension which was extended to a two-game suspension after a vote by his teammates. And that's why he's now making waves again, complaining to the media about someone on the team leaking news of a Tuesday locker room altercation between him and Ben Wallace, the teammate who allegedly led the push to get his suspension extended.
"You know what makes me mad, that somebody actually said and told you guys that there was a situation,'' Noah told Mike North of WCSR radio in Chicago. ''That's what makes me mad. That's the only reason why I'm doing this right now. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.
''For people to say we've had a clash ... this is the kind of stuff that divides a team. You guys write these stories and hype things up. It's crazy."
Noah is allegedly also bent out of shape at Wallace for laughing it up on the bench during one of the Bulls' recent losses (there have been a lot of them). Noah thinks the attitude on the team is not conducive to winning. Apparently Joakim thinks that, since his ass is planted on the bench most of the time anyway, he might as well coach the team. And perhaps he would also like to become general manager? His first move, no doubt, would be to trade Ben Wallace. Actually, that might not be a bad idea at this point. And while John Paxson ponders moving Wallace, perhaps he should also consider dumping Joakim, whose public calling-out of his teammates reeks of self-promotion more than leadership.
There's nothing wrong with a rookie being confident, even brash. But when said rookie does little to back that up on the court? It's time for him to shut his pie-hole.
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