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Memphis Grizzlies center Joakim Noah is having a career resurgence in Memphis and the former All-Star big man says his close friend and former Chicago Bulls teammate Taj Gibson is a big reason why. Noah played in only 53 games with the New York Knicks after signing a lucrative four-year, $72 million free agent deal […]

When the New York Knicks finally parted ways with big man Joakim Noah after a disastrous stretch, it looked like it was the end for Noah. However, he then signed with the Memphis Grizzlies and is actually somewhat resembling his old self. Okay; the operative word there is “somewhat,” because, as well as Noah has […]

Joakim Noah has seen both ends of the proverbial spectrum over the course of his career in the NBA. He has dealt with injuries, which led to surgeries, a suspension for performance-enhancing drugs and a disappointing stint with the New York Knicks. While playing with the Bulls, however, the former No. 9 overall pick became […]

It’s easy to forget Joakim Noah came in fourth in MVP voting for the 2013-14 season. There was a swift decline from there, though, culminating in a forgettable stint with the New York Knicks that featured a heated incident with former head coach Jeff Hornacek, multiple surgeries and a 20-game PED suspension. There was even […]

Memphis Grizzlies center Joakim Noah was back in Chicago on Wednesday, and when he entered the game, the Bulls fans gave their former big man a standing ovation. Joakim Noah spent the first nine years of his NBA career with the Bulls and was always a fan favorite. https://twitter.com/_MarcusD3_/status/1095857446013358082 Chicago drafted Joakim Noah with the […]

Memphis Grizzlies center Joakim Noah is having fun with his new team — despite not winning many games. The 12-year vet claims he’s feeling it again as the midway point of the NBA season approaches. Moreover, since the trade that sent Marc Gasol to the Toronto Raptors late last week, the Grizzlies will likely call […]

Joakim Noah’s short tenure with the New York Knicks was an utter disaster from start to finish, but the big man says he learned from it and is a better person and player now. Noah signed a lucrative four-year, $72 million free agent deal with the Knicks in the summer of 2016. Noah was born […]

Memphis Grizzlies center Joakim Noah is back in Chicago on Wednesday to take on the Bulls, so the veteran center linked up with Bulls Hall of Fame writer Sam Smith to talk about some of his favorite memories in a Chicago uniform. Joakim Noah spent the first nine years of his NBA career with the […]

The NBA is a business. Sometimes, this is a hard reality to swallow. Loyalty has become fickle and few and far between. Not only do players leave for free agency every few years, but teams will do whatever is in their best interest. Teams will trade whomever they like, oftentimes putting players in situations they […]

On Sunday, the New York Knicks hosted the Memphis Grizzlies in Madison Square Garden. Grizzlies veteran big man Joakim Noah made an appearance and was treated to a host of boos from the home supporters. Following his team’s 96-84 victory, Noah could not help but reflect on his time with the Knicks, admitting that he […]

On Sunday, Memphis Grizzlies veteran big man Joakim Noah made an appearance against one of his former teams, the New York Knicks. The game was held in Madison Square Garden as the visiting Grizzlies defeated the Knicks on their home floor, 96-84. Unfortunately for Noah, he was greeted by jeers from the home crowd, as […]

Following the Memphis Grizzlies’ win over the New York Knicks on Sunday afternoon, Grizzlies big man Joakim Noah admitted that he could have handled his situation in New York better, particularly with former Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek. Last February in Denver, Joakim Noah got into an altercation with Jeff Hornacek that reportedly turned physical, […]

New York Knicks fans do not exactly have much love for Joakim Noah, and they showed their displeasure with the Memphis Grizzlies big man during their meeting at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon, serenading him with boos when he entered the game: Joakim gets showered with boos in his return to The Garden Reminder: […]

Derrick Rose, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah, and Luol Deng — who were once teammates with the Chicago Bulls —  found themselves sharing the same court again but this time, they were wearing different jerseys. Rose, Gibson, and Deng are now members of the Minnesota Timberwolves while Noah is part of the Memphis Grizzlies. Just a […]

It’s quite an accomplishment to make it as an NBA player. Just 0.00000006% of the Earth’s population are actively in the league. Even the relative “worst” NBA players are world-class athletes, but some players are better than others. There are a group of players who are past their prime, or just never really had a […]

New York Knicks president Steve Mills says if it was up to him, the franchise wouldn’t have signed veteran center Joakim Noah during the summer of 2016. Phil Jackson, who was the Knicks president at the time, signed Joakim Noah to a lucrative four-year, $72 million free agent deal. Noah’s tenure in New York was […]

Joakim Noah’s short tenure with the New York Knicks was an utter disaster, and the former Defensive Player of the Year is opening up about why it didn’t work out in The Big Apple. Joakim Noah signed a lucrative four-year, $72 million free agent deal with the Knicks in the summer of 2016 after spending the […]

Joakim Noah had a tumultuous tenure with the New York Knicks, but the former Defensive Player of the Year doesn’t have anything bad to say about New York. Rather than dwell on the past, Noah is focused on his new situation with the Memphis Grizzlies. “I just don’t want to get caught up in negative […]

Memphis Grizzlies head coach J.B. Bickerstaff is excited about the possibility of putting two Defensive Player of the Year awardees together on the same court. With the team’s recent acquisition of Joakim Noah, Bickerstaff has shored up his frontline defense that’s led by All-Star center Marc Gasol. Omari Sankofa II of The Athletic wrote about […]

Count Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers among those happy to see that Joakim Noah has found a new NBA home after signing with the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. Noah played his first game this season on Thursday in a winning effort against Rivers’ team, tallying four points and three rebounds in 13 minutes. […]

Joakim Noah is back to playing basketball, with a new rekindled passion for the game that the league isn’t used to seeing in him. The Memphis Grizzlies knew what they were getting themselves into when they inked the former NBA Defensive Player of the Year to a deal for the veteran’s minimum earlier this week. […]

The last time we saw Joakim Noah on an NBA floor was January 23, 2018 against the Golden State Warriors. That was the game where Noah go into it with ex-Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek. That turned out to be the conclusion of Noah’s brief tenure with the Knicks after the veteran center signed a four-year, […]

It’s all systems go for Joakim Noah in a Memphis Grizzlies uniform. Noah has officially signed a contract with the Grizzlies after undergoing a team physical. The 33-year-old bruising big man is making an NBA comeback after the New York Knicks waived him before the start of the season. The @memgrizz have signed Joakim Noah. […]

Memphis Grizzlies All-Star center Marc Gasol is looking forward to playing with Joakim Noah. The Grizzlies are reportedly signing Noah to a veteran’s minimum contract, and his toughness and grit will definitely bode well in Memphis. Antoine Bancharel of Basket-Infos.com sat down with Gasol as he talked about how excited he is to have Noah […]

Free agent center Joakim Noah has agreed to a one-year deal with the Memphis Grizzlies for the veteran’s minimum, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Noah will travel to Memphis on Sunday and sign his contract early next week. The Grizzlies (12-8) have targeted Noah as backup center and scouted his progress throughout the whole […]

Though he hasn’t seen much playing time as of late, the Memphis Grizzlies are showing strong signs of interest in free agent center Joakim Noah, according to a report from Marc Stein of The New York Times. The Grizzlies are in talks with free agent big man Joakim Noah to sign the former Knick, league […]

The peak of Joakim Noah came while he was with the Chicago Bulls. His two-year stay with the New York Knicks was a complete failure for everyone involved. But after being waived by the Knicks, Noah has the opportunity to join another team and attempt to resurrect his career. Would a reunion with Chicago make […]

The New York Knicks would have preferred to trade veteran big man Joakim Noah, but the organization wasn’t willing to part ways with a first-round pick. Knicks general manager Scott Perry addressed the release of Noah on Tuesday, saying the team waived and stretched him because he wasn’t a good fit for the club moving […]

Former New York Knicks center Joakim Noah is bent on proving his worth as a quality big man. Chris Johnson, Noah’s trainer, says that the FA big man is down to 4-5 percent of body fat, and has already regained his bounciness and mobility. Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic wrote a column on Noah’s journey […]

Despite the rumors saying that Tom Thibodeau is looking to bring together former Chicago Bulls teammates to his Minnesota Timberwolves, the 60-year-old coach is not showing any interest in center Joakim Noah. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported this development from the Timberwolves’ camp. Minnesota’s Tom Thibodeau has shown no interest in adding Joakim Noah to his […]

It’s the end of a brief and unsuccessful era in New York. On Saturday morning, Adrian Wojnarowski and Ian Begley of ESPN reported that the New York Knicks have officially waived center Joakim Noah. Update: Sources with @IanBegley: Knicks will waive Joakim Noah today. https://t.co/5989RN1GUW — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 13, 2018 New York is […]

The New York Knicks are slated to waive center Joakim Noah unless a trade miraculously happens before the 15-man roster deadline hits on Oct. 15, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. The Knicks had been pursuing a trade early in the offseason, but they were faced with a relatively dry market […]

Joakim Noah knows the New York Knicks are going to part ways with him, he just doesn’t know when and it’s starting to frustrate the veteran center. Noah posted a picture on his Instagram story Friday expressing frustration with the Knicks, but quickly took it down. Joakim deleted this real quick 😳 pic.twitter.com/1GxSZ1UO6R — Ball […]

Reports have it that the New York Knicks are finally gaining some ground on waiving center Joakim Noah. While the 33-year old big man found it difficult to crack a consistent roster spot with the Knicks, Shams Charania of The Athletic has tweeted out that there are teams who have been expressing their interest in […]

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, sources say that the New York Knicks are close to an agreement that would waive Joakim Noah before media day on Monday. Sources on @TheAthleticNBA @WatchStadium: Joakim Noah and the New York Knicks are near agreement on his waive and stretch. Noah will not report to training camp […]

Despite all the drama between Joakim Noah and the New York Knicks dating back from last season, the two sides are working to find a solution for the former Defensive Player of the Year, according to Chris Mannix of Yahoo Sports. It has been reported that the sides are expected to part ways before training […]

The New York Knicks are expected to part ways with veteran big man Joakim Noah before the NBA season begins, according to a report. Per 2018 unwritten rules, Shams Charania broke the news on the mean streets of Twitter. Sources: The Knicks and center Joakim Noah are expected to part ways before training camp; team […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are one key player away from becoming the adored TimberBulls that head coach and president Tom Thibodeau so badly seems to desire. Yet a recent report from Marc Stein of The New York Times says the Timberwolves have no plans to pursue Joakim Noah, the one missing link to this former starting […]

Despite the newest signing of veteran forward Luol Deng, the Minnesota Timberwolves are unlikely to add to the mix just yet and bring in Joakim Noah to complete the former Chicago Bulls starting five under Tom Thibodeau. The Timberwolves plan to stay under the luxury tax this season even after signing Luol Deng, potentially staying […]