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The Bulls announced Wednesday that Joakim Noah will be shut down for three weeks as he battles plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

Noah has been plagued with the condition since mid-January. He has already missed 10 games and, at minimum, will now miss 10 more.

There is no guarantee Noah will be healthy when this three-week window ends either. At the very least, he will need heavy conditioning to return as Noah admits he falls out of shape quickly when he isn’t playing.

No matter how this non-surprising news is diced, it’s a major setback for the Bulls at a time they are playing nine straight games against teams with either winning records or in the playoff hunt.

Chicago Tribune

I would pay money to see Derrick Rose play basketball, even if I lived in a cardboard box because he’s just that sneaky good. Joakim Noah smelt this nasty dunk from the bench.

This kid is good!

Last night, the Bulls got beat like they stole something by the Cavaliers 87-101 and Joakim Noah clearly frustrated by the beat down occurring coupled with LeBron James auditioning for FAME throughout the game. Had some choice words for LeBron calling him a “b*tch” when he was at the free throw line and  Noah was on the bench.

As you can see, this got the King’s attention. After the game according to Yahoo! Sports, James had this to say about the incident.

“It’s nothing against the Bulls and it’s nothing against Joakim or none of those guys,” he said. “It’s nothing about showboating on a team. I’ve seen it happen all last year. I think he (Noah) was more frustrated about the way he played as an individual. He didn’t help his team win.”

I guess the dancing LeBron did on the court, extended to his after game answers too — there I said it.

via NQTC + Yahoo! Sports

The month of November has given us plenty-o-sweet facial jams even a geeky kid wearing a retainer would dig. So why not watch them all in a montage over a hip-hop beat.

Hell yeah is right!

Joakim Noah, qui joue pour l’équipe Chicago Bulls, est sur le couvert de GQ France.  Il est sur le couvert avec son père, Yannick Noah, un chanteur et un ancien joueur professionel de tennis. 

via Huffington Post

The Chicago Bulls got the stuffing beat out of them 86-105 by the Utah Jazz for Thanksgiving and like Lindsay Lohan after a night of drinks, it wasn’t a pretty picture. When Joakim Noah picked up his 5th foul in the 3rd with the Bulls already trailing by 14. Noah decided that it was the sneaky towel boy that was cursing the Bulls and not Chicago’s 42% field goal percentage.

The towel boys reaction is freakin’ hilarious!!!

via @jose3030

If Greg Oden is trying to mirror certain aspects of Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing’s game, last night he got off to a great fabulous start. First, Joakim Noah put down a nasty Pippen like dunk in his face and then an inspired Derrick Rose went baseline with ferocity to double Oden’s pleasure.

Don’t go feeling to bad for Oden though, the Blazers blew out the Bulls 122-98 and he finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds.

See Joakim Noah’s nasty work after the jump.

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To quote, English writer and critic Edith Sitwell. “Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.”

With that quote, I give you the All-Eccentric team. To make this squad you had to be on a NBA roster in the past year and be considered borderline crazy to the untrained eye.

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Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

Ever since the Celtics got Kevin Garnett, Boston versus whoever in the first round of the playoffs has given the eventual loser of the series hope. After the Bulls took the Celtics to multiple overtimes and eventually took an L in game 7. Optimism in Chi-Town about their ball club hasn’t been this high since Michael Jordan played. Read More »

The Bulls got bounced from the playoffs after seven games with the Celtics in easily the best first round series I’ve ever seen in my life. So the Bulls players have nothing to hang their heads about and it’s time for them to off-season party. Judging by these pictures of Joakim Noah on the beach in St. Barts with his mystery topless girlfriend, the partying is well underway!

More of the Joakim Noah and his mystery girlfriend after the jump.

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