<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Andres Nocioni insists he feels fine, but general manager John Paxson decided his forward will not play tonight when the Bulls host the New Jersey Nets. ''If I would let him, he would play,'' Paxson said of Nocioni, who will miss his 28th game because of right foot plantar fasciitis. ''But I'm going to hang on the side of caution, give him an extra couple days. My hope is that he practices a little bit in shootaround [today], runs around, and Saturday has good work. Then, assuming everything goes fine, he'll play Sunday in Toronto.'' Coach Scott Skiles said Nocioni and other members of the team worked for approximately 45 minutes Thursday, though the team did not have an official practice since Ben Wallace (sinusitis) and Tyrus Thomas (flu) were visiting doctors. Wallace is listed as questionable, Thomas as day-to-day.</div> Read more...
Heard him talk about it on Comcast Sports Net, we could have used it because Big Ben isn't going to play, and who knows about Tyrus right now. Anyways, hopefully he gets his conditioning back soon and will be ready to play.
Noce should be good to go on Sunday against the Raptors. They'll keep him out tonight just as a precaution and to allow him a few more days to get ready.
