Tag: Joakim Noah

  • Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Keeps Influencing the Mood

    Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Keeps Influencing the Mood

    The moods swings the Chicago Bulls go through are directly linked to the optimism from the procedure Derrick Rose went through and the hope of him coming back before the beginning of the NBA playoffs, leading to a 96-89 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

  • Chicago Bulls – Awful Shooting Can Happen, But it Shouldn’t be So Terrible

    Chicago Bulls – Awful Shooting Can Happen, But it Shouldn’t be So Terrible

    On some nights the Chicago Bulls look like the best and deepest team in the NBA. On others? Like a group of guys barely familiar with the game of basketball, losing 97-77 at home to the Utah Jazz, which ends a three-game win streak.

  • Chicago Bulls – Convincing Without Overdoing it

    Chicago Bulls – Convincing Without Overdoing it

    Maybe life on the road is better, bouncing back from their frustrating home loss to the Dallas Mavericks with a 102-95 win against the crumbling Charlotte Hornets, showing once again the strength of this unit as a team, not having to rely on an especially great day from Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler or Pau Gasol.

  • Chicago Bulls – The Best Team in the NBA When Everyone is Healthy

    Chicago Bulls – The Best Team in the NBA When Everyone is Healthy

    The team most synonymous with injuries in the NBA over the last few seasons are the Chicago Bulls. However, when their regular lineup of Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Mike Dunleavy, Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah is healthy and playing, they just might be the best team in the league.

  • Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Finally Giving a Superstar Performance

    Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Finally Giving a Superstar Performance

    The Chicago Bulls are still waiting for some consistency and consecutive excellence from Derrick Rose, who put on his finest performance this season and maybe since his famous injury from over two years ago, leading his team to a 102-91 win over the Detroit Pistons.

  • Chicago Bulls – Can Win the NBA Championship, But Will They?

    Chicago Bulls – Can Win the NBA Championship, But Will They?

    The Chicago Bulls aren’t giving up on building a championship team around Derrick Rose. The addition of Pau Gasol to the improving Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson and Jimmy Butler make for the best supporting cast assembled around the former MVP since he won the award. Now all that’s left is actually staying healthy and carrying on his preseason form into the NBA’s regular season.

  • Chicago Bulls – Nikola Mirotic, Not Derrick Rose, Rules Preseason Debut

    Chicago Bulls – Nikola Mirotic, Not Derrick Rose, Rules Preseason Debut

    How seriously do teams take the NBA preseason? From the tension and borderline violence in the game between the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards, it seems that very seriously. Derrick Rose look good, Nikola Mirotic looked even better, but most of the attention went to Paul Pierce acting like a little kid in front of Joakim Noah and Jimmy Butler doing everything possible except for putting the ball in the basket.

  • NBA Playoffs – Chicago Bulls Can Move Back to Joakim Noah

    NBA Playoffs – Chicago Bulls Can Move Back to Joakim Noah

    One of the smartest things the Chicago Bulls managed to do in game 3 as they beat the Washington Wizards for the first time in their playoff series was to move away from having Joakim Noah run their offense from the post. Now that Nene is suspended for game 4, there’s every reason to at least try and going back to that.

  • Chicago Bulls – Joakim Noah in Some Mind Blowing Gifs

    Chicago Bulls – Joakim Noah in Some Mind Blowing Gifs

    There’s no doubt that Joakim Noah stepped up his game this season and became more than just a guy who defends well, brings out the cliché of 150% and has strange hair. He’s a borderline superstar now despite not scoring too much. A triple double machine who stands out no matter what, which makes him deserve to get a few hilarious illustrated gifs demonstrating just how special he is.

  • Chicago Bulls – Joakim Noah Makes Them Championship Contenders

    Chicago Bulls – Joakim Noah Makes Them Championship Contenders

    Usually a guy who isn’t a superstar can’t carry an OK team all the way. But Joakim Noah doesn’t have to produce huge scoring nights in order to make the Chicago Bulls a team someone you should consider as potential NBA champions, or at least the ones to come out of the Eastern conference, pulling off triple doubles left and right in order to prove so, the latest coming in a 102-87 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.