<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-joakim-noah-dishes-on-underrated-aspect-nikola-jokic-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joakim Noah dishes on surprisingly underrated aspect of Nikola Jokic’s game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Joakim-Noah-dishes-on-surprisingly-underrated-aspect-of-Nikola-Jokics-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Joakim Noah dishes on surprisingly underrated aspect of Nikola Jokic’s game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T13:40:48-08:00">November 26th, 1:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T13:40:48-08:00">November 26th, 1:40pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University while covering events like the 2023 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl and the Arizona State men's swim and dive team. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the glitz and glamour that comes with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic’s game, former NBA all-star Joakim Noah sees that as well. However, he believes that there’s an element to Jokic’s game that is severely underlooked. On the Young Man &amp; The Three Podcast, Noah shared <a href="https://youtu.be/5Dj5VvffqUI?t=467" rel="noopener">what makes the Denver big man as dominant</a> as he is.</p><p>“The altitude there is so real, you can think that you’re in great shape, you go to Denver it’s a whole other thing,” Noah said. “So he is training in that every day. By the time he gets to sea level, he has a third lung.<br><br>“I hated playing in Denver, thank God I had to only go there once a year. Playing in Denver, I could barely sleep, that’s how annoying the altitude was for me.”</p><p>Denver is nicknamed “The Mile High City” for <a href="https://nugglove.com/posts/every-nba-arena-ranked-altitude-above-sea-level-ahead-nuggets-jazz-showdown" rel="noopener">its 5,280 feet elevation</a>. While the Utah Jazz play at 4,265 feet in elevation, that extra 1,000+ feet makes a difference. Not to mention, if Jokic travels to somewhere like Los Angeles, his endurance is way better. Playing at 5,280 feet all season long conditions the body to thrive off of less oxygen. It forces your muscles to work more and enter cellular respiration.</p><h2><b>Joakim Noah understands the correlation between altitude and Nikola Jokic’s success with the Nuggets</b></h2><p>Again, the elevation makes a huge difference. Also, Jokic is third in the NBA in minutes per game (37.6) and has only missed three games on the year thus far. With an increase in minutes and productivity, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-michael-malone-mvp-voters-nikola-jokic-massive-performance">Nuggets big man knows when to turn it up</a>, especially in the fourth quarter. Noah explained how the correlation of playing in the altitude gives him leverage over his opponents.</p><p>“The altitude is real and Joker knows it,” Noah said. “That’s why it’s the fourth quarter, he runs the floor hard because he knows that’s called the game within the game, that’s winning basketball. Running the floor doesn’t show up on a stat sheet but when I saw another big man exhausted, I knew I had another gear. You have to win that fourth quarter and I think Joker does a good job of that.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-mvp-mondays-24-25-nikola-jokic-overtakes-jayson-tatum-anthony-davis">Jokic has played at an MVP level</a> and could win his third trophy within four years. He leads the league in rebounding and is second in assists as a center. Not to mention, Denver has improved drastically since the preseason and has found their rhythm. As long as Jokic remains in Denver, the altitude will play in his favor every single time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joakim Noah dishes on surprisingly underrated aspect of Nikola Jokic’s game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-joakim-noah-breaks-down-victor-wembanyamas-top-defensive-attribute');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former DPOY Joakim Noah breaks down Victor Wembanyama’s top defensive attribute');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Former-DPOY-Joakim-Noah-breaks-down-Victor-Wembanyamas-top-defensive-attribute.jpg"></figure><h1>Former DPOY Joakim Noah breaks down Victor Wembanyama’s top defensive attribute</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-18T12:56:23-08:00">November 18th, 12:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-18T13:14:57-08:00">November 18th, 1:14pm</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Victor Wembanyama <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-nba-legend-claims-spurs-victor-wembanyama-playing-against-little-people">has already emerged as arguably the NBA’s top defender</a> less than a month into his second NBA season. The San Antonio Spurs big man leads the NBA in blocks at 3.7 per game to go with 1.3 steals. He’s posted 48 total blocks, 18 ahead of the next closest players, Brook Lopez and Donovan Clingan.</p><p>At 7-foot-3 with an eight-foot wingspan, Wembanyama was known for his incredible measurables and fluidity entering the league. However, fellow Frenchman and former Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10_X2hfcNa0&amp;t=1296s" rel="noopener">pointed to another attribute</a> when describing the 20-year-old’s impact.</p><p>“I think his best skill is his intelligence,” Noah told Tommy Alter on The Young Man and the Three. “You can’t take away the fact that he’s 7-foor-4, he can jump to the sky, he can jump to the moon. He’s a hell of a player. His mobility, you can’t teach those things. Then you add in his IQ, him going to sleep early, reading books, all those things that we learn about him. I was blessed to meet his family. Big shout out to his mom and his pops as well for raising just like a good human, he’s solid all around. I think defensively, obviously, when you think you have an open three and Wemby is around, you might think you’re open when you’re not open.”</p><p>Wembanyama’s defensive impact will be at the center of the Spurs’ identity for the foreseeable future.</p><h2>Victor Wembanyama separating himself as NBA’s premier defender with Spurs</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Victor-Wembanyama-2.jpg"><figcaption>Scott Wachter-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The French phenom has carried a Spurs defense that ranks 12th in the NBA this season. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2024-25-nba-media-poll-victor-wembanyama-clear-defensive-player-of-the-year-favorite-over-rudy-gobert">is an overwhelming favorite to win Defensive Player of the Year</a> after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-rudy-gobert-2023-24-nba-defensive-player-of-the-year">losing the award to Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert</a>, another French star, during his rookie campaign.</p><p>Wembanyama is a -170 favorite to win the award, per FanDuel Sportsbook. The next closest player is Evan Mobley at +1000. Dyson Daniels is listed at +1200 amid a surprise start to the season, while Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis sit at +1500.</p><p>Wembanyama would be the third French player to win the award. Gobert is a four-time winner, three with the Utah Jazz (2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21) and one with the Timberwolves (2023-24), while Noah took home the honor with the Chicago Bulls (2013-14).</p><p>The Spurs felt Wembanayama’s absence during a 110-93 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. He missed the game due to a right knee contusion and is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-knee-injury-update-thunder-nba-cup-clash">listed as doubtful for Tuesday’s NBA Cup game</a> against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Former DPOY Joakim Noah breaks down Victor Wembanyama’s top defensive attribute

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/lakers-news-lebron-james-longevity-hilarious-joakim-noah-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers star LeBron James’ longevity draws hilarious Joakim Noah take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/LeBron-James-longevity-draws-hilarious-Joakim-Noah-take.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers star LeBron James’ longevity draws hilarious Joakim Noah take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-02T16:35:34-07:00">November 2nd, 4:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-02T16:43:38-07:00">November 2nd, 4:43pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There is good reason to believe that Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-year-22-dunk-cavs-home-fans-bonkers">LeBron James is actually a cyborg</a>. James has been playing in the best and basketball league in the world since 2003 when he was taken first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in that year’s NBA draft. Entire NBA careers of other stars have come and go since then, and James is still in the NBA, playing at an elite level in his 22nd season. It’s hard to fathom and explain.</p><p>Former NBA All-Star Joakim Noah, who last played in the 2019-20 season, gave a hilarious reminder of how incredible it is to see James still competing at a high level.</p><p>“To be dominant at 40 years old is pretty crazy, I mean I can barely walk to the bathroom and this guy is still dominating,” Noah said about LeBron James during a recent appearance on The Young Man And The Three podcast. “It speaks volumes on how serious he takes it and, you know, you got to give LeBron his flowers. It’s unbelievable.”</p><p>Noah has witnessed firsthand many of James’ best years in basketball, as his Chicago Bulls had several clashes in the Eastern Conference versus the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player’s Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. To see James continue to matter on the floor and not just as a bench ornament for a title contender is stunning for Noah.</p><h2><b>LeBron James’ longevity is hard to fathom</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lebron-James-drives-for-Lakers.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Noah started his NBA career in 2007 and played his first nine years in the league with the Bulls. He then suited up for the New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies, and the Los Angeles Clippers before hanging up his sneakers in 2021. He finished his career with averages of 8.8 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.8 assists across 672 games. For comparison, LeBron James has played in 1,498 regular-season games — and counting.</p><p>Since Noah retired, James has averaged 27.9 points on 52.1 percent shooting from the field, 7.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 1.1 steals through 188 games at the time of this writing. In his most recent game, James had 27 points on 9-for-17 shooting from the floor, 10 assists, six rebounds, and a steal in 36 minutes of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-vs-raptors-prediction-odds-pick-11-1-2024">Lakers 131-125 road win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night</a> — and he’s just about to turn 40 years old in November.</p><p>With how things are going for James, it won’t be a surprise if he plays at least a couple more seasons in the NBA, and that is going to leave Noah and others further stunned at the astonishing longevity of the NBA’s all-time leader in scoring.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers star LeBron James’ longevity draws hilarious Joakim Noah take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bulls-news-derrick-rose-gets-deeply-emotional-message-from-joakim-noah-after-retirement');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls legend Derrick Rose gets deeply emotional message from Joakim Noah after retirement');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Derrick-Rose-gets-deeply-emotional-message-from-Joakim-Noah-after-retirement.jpg"></figure><h1>Bulls legend Derrick Rose gets deeply emotional message from Joakim Noah after retirement</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-26T19:46:20-07:00">September 26th, 7:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-26T19:46:20-07:00">September 26th, 7:46pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Thursday morning, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-derrick-rose-officially-retires-after-16-seasons">Derrick Rose announced that he is retiring</a> from the NBA after 16 seasons in the league. Rose’s best days were tragically cut short by a torn ACL in 2012, and he was never the same player since. Regardless, Rose is leaving the game as the youngest MVP in NBA history, winning the award in 2011 with the Chicago Bulls as a 22-year-old, and he remains a fan favorite to this day for staying the course despite being ravaged by injuries.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/best-derrick-rose-bulls-moments">Rose is a beloved presence</a> wherever he goes, with fans of the Bulls, New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Memphis Grizzlies all having plenty of good things to say about the retired point guard — regardless of how long his stint was with those teams. Thus, it’s no surprise that some of the former teammates he went to war with the longest, such as Joakim Noah, was emotionally moved by the veteran point guard’s retirement announcement.</p><p>Posting on his official Instagram account, Noah <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1839488334600483033" rel="noopener">expressed just how much</a> Derrick Rose means to him, especially during their playing days together with the Bulls, and how he embodies hope.</p><p>“Hope is a powerful emotion. You always represented hope- in human form,” Noah wrote. “It was an honor, a privilege, and a real pleasure sharing the court with you. The memories will never be forgotten. Stories for days!!!”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Basketball or no basketball – WE ARE BROTHERS FOR LIFE!"</p><p>Former Bulls/Knicks teammate Joakim Noah reacts to Derrick Rose's retirement from basketball 🤝</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/JoakimNoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoakimNoah</a>/ IG) <a href="https://t.co/qt7HXTDn18">pic.twitter.com/qt7HXTDn18</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1839488334600483033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Joakim Noah continued by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAZvIxeupSx/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1" rel="noopener">conveying how thankful he is</a> to spend the best days of his career alongside Derrick Rose and how, despite falling short of their ultimate goal, the brotherhood they have built is one that will last for a lifetime.</p><p>“Our relationship grew even more when we faced adversity. We were never won a championship but as a teammate and a friend I just want to tell you I’m grateful. I couldn’t be prouder to have laced them up with you homie. You deserve your flowers and your respect Pooh. Thank you for the memories,” Noah added. “Basketball or no basketball – WE ARE BROTHERS FOR LIFE!”</p><p>It’s certainly an emotional day for Joakim Noah and the Bulls fanbase to witness Derrick Rose’s professional basketball journey officially come to an end. Rose is a warrior who fought to extend his career for as long as he could, but all good things come to an end.</p><h2>Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah transform the Bulls franchise</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Derrick-Rose.jpg"></figure><p>The start of the 21st century was not very kind to the Bulls franchise. Looking to rebuild following the end of their dominant 1990s, the Bulls struggled to become anything more than first-round fodder to begin the century. But then the lottery gods smiled upon them in 2007 and 2008, granting them the opportunity to draft Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose — with the latter being taken with the first overall pick even though Chicago only had a 1.8 percent chance to win the lottery.</p><p>Rose was an immediate sensation, and it became clear with the way he attacked the rim and made plays that the Bulls were going to rise to the top sooner than later. Noah then became the defensive anchor for the team, with Luol Deng emerging as one of the best two-way players in the league on the wing. During the 2010-11 season, the Bulls finished with the best record in the NBA, looking like a legitimate title contender in the process.</p><p>The Miami Heat then stopped them in their tracks, but the Bulls, evidently, was there to stay. They had the best record in the NBA again in the following season, but then Rose’s ACL tear dashed their championship hopes… for good. This, however, shouldn’t take away from Rose and Noah’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-tom-thibodeau-heartfelt-message-derrick-rose-after-retirement">transformative effect on the team</a>, and how the Bulls have struggled to reach these levels again after their departures.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bulls legend Derrick Rose gets deeply emotional message from Joakim Noah after retirement

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joakim Noah was one of the best defensive centers of his time. He was mobile enough to cover plenty of ground on the perimeter, and he was sturdy enough to withstand bulky scorers in the post. He was also an active passing lane pest and he protected the rim with ease. The Chicago Bulls would not have emerged as one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in the early 2010s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-joakim-noah-reveals-how-he-really-feels-about-lebron-james-failed-2010-recruitment-beef">had it not been for his contributions</a>.</p><p>However, Noah wasn’t always his best defensive self. He had to take his fair share of lumps, and he had to learn some of the tricks of the trade the hard way. After all, he entered the league with the Bulls during an era where Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, and Yao Ming, to name a few, dominated the paint. But the man who gave him a rude NBA awakening isn’t one of those three Hall of Famers.</p><p>Noah shared on the Knuckleheads podcast that a certain Los Angeles Clippers center by the name of Chris Kaman was the one who gave him the work and <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/news/joakim-noah-reveals-which-former-la-clipper-gave-his-welcome-to-the-nba-moment" rel="noopener">made him realize</a> that defending in the NBA was not as easy as it seemed.</p><p>“It was a guy I hadn’t even heard of before,” Noah recalled to hosts Darius Miles and Quentin Richardson. “We played the Clippers, and I’ve got to guard Chris Kaman. I’m like ‘man, I don’t even know who Chris Kaman is.’ … Left, right, on the block. Man, it was crazy. He was talking s**t too,” Noah shared.</p><p>During Joakim Noah’s rookie season, he was mostly a bench center who played behind Ben Wallace. Noah definitely learned plenty of helpful tricks from a four-time Defensive Player of the Year winner, but Kaman knocked him down a peg or two back in the early days of his playing career.</p><p>Kaman, of course, is no random center. During his peak, he was a nightly double-double threat and he could give any center the business on any given night. He has faded into obscurity thanks to the lackluster fashion with which he ended his career, but at the very least, he will live long in the memory of the former Bulls center.</p><h2>Joakim Noah was the Bulls’ heart and soul</h2><p>As mentioned earlier, the late 2000s to the early 2010s Bulls would not have been a rock-solid team if it wasn’t for the presence of Joakim Noah. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-ayo-dosunmu-sends-heartfelt-message-to-joakim-noah-after-intriguing-gesture-vs-heat">He was the team’s heartbeat</a> — a vocal leader who relished doing the dirty work and getting into his opponents’ faces.</p><p>Noah rounded out his game as well; he wasn’t just a defensive specialist, he also grew to become a very solid playmaking hub in his prime who even had the stones to carry the ball in transition. He peaked during the 2013-14 season; with Derrick Rose still hampered by his knee issues, Noah took on a larger two-way role, averaging 12.6 points, 11.3 rebounds, and 5.4 assists to go along with 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game — earning him the Defensive Player of the Year award as well as a fourth-place finish in the MVP race.</p><p>Injury problems cut Noah’s prime short. By the time he was 31 and with the New York Knicks, he looked like he was done playing at a high level. But Noah will be remembered for a long time for the passion he played the game with.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joakim Noah reveals welcome to the NBA moment

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