Steve Kerr: Joakim Noah is the 3rd best player in the NBA

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  1. KingSpeed

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    He just said this on NBA Radio. Says Noah has major impact on both sides of the court. In a big game 7, you want him on your team. What do you think? I was surprised. I like Noah though. He also said Chicago can beat Indiana in a playoff series.
     
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    Hmm.... I respect Steve Kerr, but that's a fairly silly statement.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Third best is a bit of hyperbole, but I would love to have Noah on our team.
     
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    Kerr tends to make some pretty interesting statements after seeing a game where a player just plays out of his mind. Did the same thing when LA went off on a game he was announcing

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    I think he's incorrect.
     
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  6. KingSpeed

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    Who do you guys think IS the 3rd best player? Chris Paul? Love? Griffin? Aldridge?
     
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    CP3 and I dont think there is anyone breathing down his neck to pass him at the moment

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    Who is #2?
     
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    I think Paul George stats wise can make a case. One of the few players with ORtg above 100 and DRtg below 100.

    http://bkref.com/tiny/kl3aK
     
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    Noah did have a great game and he is a very good player. But I would be pretty shocked if Chicago beat Indiana in a playoff series.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    This year? LeBron.

    BNM
     
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  12. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Noah, 3rd best? No way. He's in the running this year for 3rd best defender, but unless the guy is the BEST defender in the league by a large margin, he needs to score more than 12 ppg to be considered a top 3 player.

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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Hey, Steve, Jimmy Carter called. He wants his delusional senility back...
     
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    Blasphemy.

    http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/stor...dent-leading-chicago-bulls-unexpected-heights

    With his build, sometimes bad feet and the pony tail, it's entirely possible if you're of a certain age to compare Noah to Bill Walton -- perhaps the best passing big man ever. When I asked Noah who he thinks of when he hears the phrase "great passing big man," he listed Divac and Brad Miller. The question now becomes how long and how consistently Noah can have this impact on the game offensively, which the Bulls absolutely need if they're going to score against defenses much better than that of the Knicks. And if Noah does keep rolling along at this clip -- this was his second triple-double in three weeks -- is he really one of the 10 best players in the NBA?

    "I think that he's playing phenomenal," Bulls forward Gibson said Sunday following the game. "I think that he could have had a couple more triple-doubles this year if he really wanted to. He's so unselfish as far as his rebounding ability every night. And his scoring ability now this year, I think that he could do that every night.

    "He's having a hell of a year. He's pushing us, we're pushing him. We're having fun. We're making each other better. And the sky's the limit for him. He still hasn't even reached his ceiling yet." Increasingly, however, even the sharpest basketball insiders have taken to eliminating big men from certain discussions. The recent Mount Rushmore discussions focused almost exclusively on all-court players and ran away from Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, George Mikan and Shaquille O'Neal. Most award ballots don't even require voters to include centers, which is a dramatic deviation from decades past.

    But if centers are part of the discussion, I'd have Kerr's back in making the case that Noah is having at least as big an impact on the game right now as Dwight Howard. The easy thing is to throw Howard's numbers out there because his 19 points, 12.5 rebounds per game and 55 percent shooting trumping has Noah in those departments. However, Noah isn't a liability at the foul line (72.4 percent to Howard's 54.8 percent) and his assist numbers (4.6 per game to Howard's 1.9) are tangible statistical advantages.

    (My note: his assist numbers since Jan. 1, 2014, 29 games, is 5.9 per game)

    EDIT: 7.4 APG the last 10 games.
     
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    I wouldn't say 3rd.

    Durant
    Lebron
    George
    CP3
    Griffin

    (As much as I hate putting Griffin there)... that'd be my top 5. Noah has been playing well, and Chicago has been playing good ball... but beating Indy? Shoot... they haven't even lost 4 games at home yet this year.
     
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    Durant
    not based on what I'm seeing on my TV right now

    LeBron is still #1

    All 30 GMs would pick LBJ over Durant to play for them next season.
     
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  17. KingSpeed

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    If Clips have 2 of five best players and a hall of fame coach, how come they don't have one the NBA's top 6 records? Paul is top 5, sure. Griffin isn't.
     
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    I seriously had a brain fart. I can't believe I forgot KD!
     
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  19. KingSpeed

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    Hahahahaha! That's so awesome.
     
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    Paul missed a lot games due to injury. They are red hot right now
     
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