New Orleans - Joakim Noah
Great pick.
Shocked he lasted this long. Young, long, athletic, plays defense and seems to be a winner.
Didn't realize how good he was until the series against him in the playoffs.
Noah annoys me, and he's not a great teammate. However, the kid can rebound and defend.
How is he not a great teammate? Is it because he yells a lot? I don't understand I've never heard this before.
He's had a couple of incidents of insubordination with his coaching staff.
He played here at UF and I don't think anyone ever said he was a "not great teammate". He's animated --- and I think Kobe will love that.
I think he might get on folks nerves b/c he came in with a little bigger view of himself big fish @ UF & son of Jannick, but i think he's figured it out.
(IIRC, this is what happened with him his rookie year that got him suspended. In hindsight was he that much worse than Ben Wallace at that point, though?)
Teammates will love him b/c I think he's sort of like Rodman --- a bird of a diff. feather who doesn't care about touches and actually likes to defend and rebound.
just my 2 cents.