Joakim Noah - Check The Hate

[video=youtube;vxQIhULjw3c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxQIhULjw3c[/video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxQIhULjw3c

[FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]This video combines a variety of clips throughout Jo-No's a.k.a. Stick Stickity's career. Joakim symbolizes what Chicago Bulls basketball is, has given everything to the city, and hopefully the Bulls will resign him. This is a sequel to Rtbulls' Derrick Rose - Check The Hate video (really recommend watching it) for Joakim Noah.[/FONT]

You keep a guy like Jo for the right price, it's a no-brainer.. The key difference here is that some fans seem to think 2016 and going forward, Joakim can be that same player he was a few seasons ago. The fact is, he's had setbacks and he's getting older. He has downplayed his setbacks. Jo plays hard therefore the miles racked up quick. Like Noc, he went from being a menacing player, a total x-factor and compliment to the team, to this guy who was a step behind, rendering him a liability on both sides of the court. Unlike Noc, Jo has height, and could still be a role player for another 5-or-so seasons.

That number on the contract is everything. If you can re-sign him for fair market value, then you do it. But fully knowing, and he also has to fully know, you are no longer building part of the schema or team around him, that he has hit that part of his career where he has to do it in the locker room, he has to do it off the bench, he has to mentor and help new guys bring him closer to a title. A lingering knee issue and a patched up shoulder is enough to ruin any player's career. Also enough to signal that you will not be starting front court on any championship team with the current NBA landscape.

Crystallas said:

You keep a guy like Jo for the right price, it's a no-brainer.. The key difference here is that some fans seem to think 2016 and going forward, Joakim can be that same player again. The fact is, he's had setbacks and he's getting older. Jo plays hard, so the miles racked up quick. Like Noc, he went from being a menacing player, a total x-factor and compliment to the team, to this guy who was a step behind, rendering him a liability on both sides of the court.

That number on the contract is everything. If you can re-sign him for fair market value, then you do it. But fully knowing, and he also has to fully know, you are no longer building part of the schema or team around him, that he has hit that part of his career where he has to do it in the locker room, he has to do it off the bench, he has to mentor and help new guys bring him closer to a title. A lingering knee issue and a patched up shoulder is enough to ruin any player's career. Also enough to signal that you will not be starting front court on any championship team with the current NBA landscape.

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Very well said.