Noah at it again (locker-room incident with Wallace)

[FoDrizzle]

What a moron. Who does Noah think he is with all this attitude? Someone like Andre Iguodala being pissed with the team is sort of understandable, but a Joakim Noah who has the ugliest jumpshot in the NBA and didn't make a FG for 10+ games? Noob.

[magpies]

There must be more to it, for a team to take this measure he must have done more or he is not like by his team mates.
I wish more teams take the discipline of players into its own hands. It is a harsher penalty when given by team mates

[Papa T]

Joke Him No Ahhh is so easy to dislike! I would have given up my season tickets had we drafted him. What an arrogant butthead!!!!!!!!!

[paul]

Noah has got a screw loose, no doubt about it. Speaking of stunner's, anyone watching NYK and Detroit? I just caught a glimpse at the score, what the hell is going on over there?

[jokeboy86]

Noah continues the tradition of Gadzuric, Redick, Cleaves, Dee Brown, and other very good college players who's game just doesn't fit the NBA. Noah will probably end up in the D-league. Remember those people who after Florida's first title said he could've been the top pick in the draft?

[Badger-in-Exile]

This to me is an amazing story. I can't recall something like this ever happening.....I liked Noah as a player, but I guess that loose screw of his is starting to manifest itself....John Paxson in the space of a year has gone from genius to goat....

...starting to manifest???

Said it in June: the guy's a douche. Has been, is, probably always will be. (Few things bug me more than silver-spoon kids who play at being punks because they can get away with it.) And I continue to think he was, is...but might not always be...way overrated as a basketball player (not to be confused with "athlete").

[Chuck Diesel]

Not a stunner for me. I sat across from Noah at a media table in Orlando and thought he was the most immature 22 year old I had ever come across. All the old dorky media guys ate up his little act and called Noah a "character", but Sparky and I saw right through him.

[paulpressey25]

Updated Wednesday, January 16th:
Apparently Noah was going to get in a fight last night with Ben Wallace.

Henry Abbot at True Hoop has it all:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-2 ... icago.html


And from Sam Smith....

"....Falling to 14-22 and hardly competitive, several Bulls players on the bench late seemed relatively indifferent to the result. It was perhaps a worse message than the events of the evening, which were discouraging as well.

Apparently it led to a dispute in the locker room as rookie Joakim Noah complained about the attitude on the bench and argued with veteran Ben Wallace. One witness said Luol Deng had to step between them to ease the tension......

[Andrew34r]

Updated Wednesday, January 16th:
Apparently Noah was going to get in a fight last night with Ben Wallace.

Henry Abbot at True Hoop has it all:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-2 ... icago.html


And from Sam Smith....

"....Falling to 14-22 and hardly competitive, several Bulls players on the bench late seemed relatively indifferent to the result. It was perhaps a worse message than the events of the evening, which were discouraging as well.

Apparently it led to a dispute in the locker room as rookie Joakim Noah complained about the attitude on the bench and argued with veteran Ben Wallace. One witness said Luol Deng had to step between them to ease the tension......

Why couldnt Deng just let Wallace take his frustrations out on Noah???

[europa]

Updated Wednesday, January 16th:
Apparently Noah was going to get in a fight last night with Ben Wallace.

My money's on Wallace.

[HeyIt'sMe]

Noah's been solid for the most part when he's played and I guarantee would easily outperform Wallace if he got his minutes. The kid will be a good NBA player, he's just tired of his idiot teammates laughing it up on the bench when they're getting clubbed by double digits every game.

[Debit One]

Can you imagine what a HORRIBLE beating Noah would take from Ben Wallace?

[jerrod]

Can you imagine what a HORRIBLE beating Noah would take from Ben Wallace?

wallace is a shell of his former self and noah's got tons of energy from not playing. i'd give it to noah


but there would be a lot of hair pulling



and honestly, if the attitude on the bench is the reason for the fight, then i think noah's right

[MikeIsGood]

Wallace plays as a shell of his former self, but he's still ripped. He'd beat the hair off of Noah's head without even putting forth much effort. I see Noah as being the kind of person to come out flailing. More of a distraction than an actual threat.

[BuckFan25226]

What a tool, the guy is a loose cannon.

[trwi7]

Well first of all I'd like to say what a great glue guy Noah is. Second of all Wallace wins this hands down, whether he's washed up or not.



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[REDDzone]

Yea Noah's a glue guy.

Being a tool just sticks with him wherever he goes.


Seriously though, back to back fights with assistant coach and starting center? Nice. Atleast nobody can deny that he is a winner.

[blkout]

One of the first things I was ever taught was know how to pick your fights. I'm guessing Noah missed that lesson...





Crazy

[Kerb Hohl]

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wallace is a shell of his former self and noah's got tons of energy from not playing. i'd give it to noah


but there would be a lot of hair pulling



and honestly, if the attitude on the bench is the reason for the fight, then i think noah's right

I can't give Noah any ounce of respect in this argument. Even though it is just from TV events, I feel like the guy would suck in a locker room full of NBA players. He is a rich kid who was given everything growing up and tries to act like he is from the hood. His rant about "You don't even know" after the last National Title made the hair on the back of my neck rise, it was the most anger I've felt from some sort of interview ever. The guy also ripped the ball out of Stallings the Vanderbilt coach's hands in a game. When his teammate was giving a dignified response about winning the SEC title Noah did that god awful dance. He just flew off the handle at a coach a few days ago.

Now he's showing up late for practice, too?

So when the team is losing, even if he is right and the attitude on the bench is not good...how can you respect an argument like that coming from him? I would punch him in the face on the spot if he was a d-bag 99% of the time and tried to tell me my business like that...regardless of what kind of effort he puts in on the court.

[jerrod]

i think you guys are discounting the effectiveness of a spastic, flailing 6'10" person with long arms

he'd probably take out half the team