We have a little emotional balance for you, Bulls fans. The Associated Press reports Joakim Noah was arrested in Gainesville at 2 a.m. this morning for alleged possession of marijuana and carrying an open container of amber-colored alcohol. (Crown and Coke? Dos Equis? Who knows?) Jo was subsequently released, but faces minor possession charges.Noah had an uneven rookie season in Chicago -- he typically played well when he got minutes, but he really didn't see many minutes in the first few months, and he had numerous incidents with coaches and teammates. Scott Skiles yelled at him for talking to the media early on; a shouting match between Jo and an assistant coach led to a one-game team suspension, which was extended into a two-game suspension by regulators Ben Wallace and Adrian Griffin.
Discipline this time around will be left to Florida authorities, the NBA, and John Paxson, as the Chicago Veteran Disciplinary Commission has been relocated to Cleveland and Seattle, and the Bulls still don't have a coach.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-25-2008 @ 6:54PM
Ryne Nelson said...
Noah's a God in Gainsville. This is like arresting Michael Jordan in Chapel Hill.
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5-25-2008 @ 7:30PM
Janet said...
Hey, Tom - give him credit for playing well (not unevenly ) over the second half of the season. The only reason he didn't do much in the first part of the season was that he didn't get to play much. He was pretty consistently good once he got some playing time.
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5-25-2008 @ 10:56PM
Maya said...
Headlines like these remind me of how hypocritical our laws and our society are regarding personal use of marijuana. How many athletes do we see going to strip clubs and drinking to excess and this kid has presumably a joint in his pocket and headlines everywhere.
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5-26-2008 @ 12:28AM
George B Vieto said...
The Bulls have another headache on their hands.
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5-26-2008 @ 7:41AM
petejayhawk said...
Hey Ziller...FWIW, the Tribune's article states that it was cognac.
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5-26-2008 @ 9:49AM
insomniac said...
Chicago Tribune reporting that it was cognac in the cup, tho I prefer to think that when police asked him what he was drinking he replied, "I'm just doin' it big, all day, all night. You don't know what I'm talkin' about, but my boys know what I'm talkin' about..." and then he was hauled off to jail.
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5-29-2008 @ 12:55AM
gritty said...
lolz:
http://grittyandclutch.blogspot.com/2008/05/joakim-unable-to-make-it-to-pay-n-spray.html
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