Ook dit seizoen zal de leidende PG Rose nog geruime tijd door zijn blessure afwezig zijn. Tegen alle verwachtingen in echter, zal Deng waarschijnlijk wel vanaf het begin kunnen spelen. En ook Noah heet fit, en beter dan ooit, te zijn. Dat laatste doordat hij afgelopen zomer trainde onder de hoede van Superster Center Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Zijn blessure zal hem echter voor het verdere verloop van zijn carrière parten spelen, en veel aandacht vergen, zegt de (nog relatief jonge) Bulls Center in een interview in de Chicago Tribune. Hieronder een link naar dat interview. Je vindt daar tevens een filmpje met een interview met Richard 'Rip' Hamilton, die in zijn lange carrière (grotendeels bij de Detroit Pistons doorgebracht) juist vrijwel nooit geblesseerd was.
Link: Noah learns from the master
Joakim Noah has a scouting report on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
"At 65, his sky hook is still nice," Noah said Wednesday.
The Bulls' center owns this scouting report because Abdul-Jabbar reached out to Noah's camp this offseason and spent two weeks offering his Hall of Fame skills for tutelage in Los Angeles.
"It was very humbling," Noah said. "I feel a lot more polished offensively. Just because I worked with Kareem doesn't mean I'm going to be throwing in sky hooks from everywhere. But I learned a lot from him."
This knowledge extended off the court. Noah said Abdul-Jabbar shared pointers on yoga for offseason preparation and community service.
"He's a very interesting guy," Noah said.
This experience couldn't take place until Noah's gruesomely sprained left ankle fully healed. Despite warming up before the season-ending Game 6 of the Bulls-76ers playoff series, Noah admitted he had no chance of playing because he didn't feel 100 percent until "about a month ago." He added that "ankle rehab is something I think I will have to do the rest of my career."
This justified his painful decision to skip France's participation in the London Olympics.
"We had to fight really hard just to get into the Olympics (at the 2011 European Championships), so I know the country was really proud," Noah said. "To have to sit out was very disappointing. But I knew it was the right decision."
Take five: The surprise isn't that coach Tom Thibodeau said Kirk Hinrich, Richard Hamilton, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer and Noah are working as his starters in advance of Tuesday's exhibition opener. The novelty is that the notoriously tight-lipped Thibodeau revealed as much.
"We'll look at some different (rotation) stuff in the preseason to see what makes the most sense," Thibodeau said.
Flip flop: The Bulls reacted favorably to the NBA's anti-flopping rule. After one warning, players will be fined $5,000 for a second violation, up to $30,000 for a fifth and possible suspension for a sixth if video review shows "physical reaction to contact with another player is inconsistent with what would reasonably be expected."
"Dwight (Howard) is going to love that rule," Boozer said. "Most of the big men are pretty finesse but for powerful guys like myself, Dwight, Zach Randolph, Blake Griffin, guys flop on us.
"It helps our game. It puts pressure on guys to play better defense. We don't flop over here. We play D. If we take charges, it's a real charge. There are some teams that live and die by the flop."
Added Noah: "Flopping is annoying so it's a good rule. It's going to be hard to enforce because it's pretty opinionated."
Not surprisingly, the NBPA filed a grievance for "unilaterally imposing new economic discipline against the players without first bargaining with the union."
Layups: Thibodeau lauded Deng's first two days of camp: "When he plays, I can't see any noticeable difference (with his left wrist). … He's fine." …
"At 65, his sky hook is still nice," Noah said Wednesday.
The Bulls' center owns this scouting report because Abdul-Jabbar reached out to Noah's camp this offseason and spent two weeks offering his Hall of Fame skills for tutelage in Los Angeles.
"It was very humbling," Noah said. "I feel a lot more polished offensively. Just because I worked with Kareem doesn't mean I'm going to be throwing in sky hooks from everywhere. But I learned a lot from him."
This knowledge extended off the court. Noah said Abdul-Jabbar shared pointers on yoga for offseason preparation and community service.
"He's a very interesting guy," Noah said.
This experience couldn't take place until Noah's gruesomely sprained left ankle fully healed. Despite warming up before the season-ending Game 6 of the Bulls-76ers playoff series, Noah admitted he had no chance of playing because he didn't feel 100 percent until "about a month ago." He added that "ankle rehab is something I think I will have to do the rest of my career."
This justified his painful decision to skip France's participation in the London Olympics.
"We had to fight really hard just to get into the Olympics (at the 2011 European Championships), so I know the country was really proud," Noah said. "To have to sit out was very disappointing. But I knew it was the right decision."
Take five: The surprise isn't that coach Tom Thibodeau said Kirk Hinrich, Richard Hamilton, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer and Noah are working as his starters in advance of Tuesday's exhibition opener. The novelty is that the notoriously tight-lipped Thibodeau revealed as much.
"We'll look at some different (rotation) stuff in the preseason to see what makes the most sense," Thibodeau said.
Flip flop: The Bulls reacted favorably to the NBA's anti-flopping rule. After one warning, players will be fined $5,000 for a second violation, up to $30,000 for a fifth and possible suspension for a sixth if video review shows "physical reaction to contact with another player is inconsistent with what would reasonably be expected."
"Dwight (Howard) is going to love that rule," Boozer said. "Most of the big men are pretty finesse but for powerful guys like myself, Dwight, Zach Randolph, Blake Griffin, guys flop on us.
"It helps our game. It puts pressure on guys to play better defense. We don't flop over here. We play D. If we take charges, it's a real charge. There are some teams that live and die by the flop."
Added Noah: "Flopping is annoying so it's a good rule. It's going to be hard to enforce because it's pretty opinionated."
Not surprisingly, the NBPA filed a grievance for "unilaterally imposing new economic discipline against the players without first bargaining with the union."
Layups: Thibodeau lauded Deng's first two days of camp: "When he plays, I can't see any noticeable difference (with his left wrist). … He's fine." …
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