<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> It wasn't a case of cheaper by the dozen for Joakim Noah, who began Monday by bringing the team veterans the wrong doughnuts as part of the rookie's right of initiation.</p> But Noah finished the day by putting his money where his mouth was during the team's workout.</p> ''It wasn't even my day,'' Noah said of the Dunkin' Donuts delivery instead of the team's preferred Krispy Kremes. ''They looked very upset. That was one of the problems. They don't say Dunkin' Donuts, they just say, 'We don't do Dunkin' around here.'</p> ''Actually I did something I shouldn't have done on the court -- started talking trash a little bit. [The veterans said], 'Oh yeah, talk trash, we'll take your per diem.'''</p> Coach Scott Skiles is hoping Noah's actions speak as loud as his costly words when the Bulls begin preseason play tonight in LaCrosse, Wis., against the Milwaukee Bucks.</p> ''What [Noah] does, he does well,'' Skiles said. ''He's a good ball-handler, he's a good passer. He's going to be a very good defender. He just has an awful lot to learn like any other rookie. It's just going to come down to how quickly [he picks up] the things we are trying to do.''</div></p> Brian Hanley / Suntimes</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <p class="News">Bulls rookie Joakim Noah was in a surprisingly good mood following Monday's practice, considering he'd just had his lunch money stolen.</p> <p class="News">"I got my per diem taken from me today," Noah told reporters at the Berto Center. "I did something I shouldn't have done on the court, started talking trash a little bit."</p> <p class="News">Of course, the NBA per diem of approximately $105 per day might as well be Monopoly money, considering the league's pay scale. But having it confiscated by one of the Bulls' veterans wasn't Noah's only problem.</p> <p class="News">There also was trouble with the doughnuts one of the rookies delivered to the locker room Monday morning.</p> <p class="News">"I keep telling him, 'No Dunkin' Donuts. We need Krispy Kreme every day,' " Ben Gordon said with a smirk. "Jo's been doing a good job, but today I saw some Dunkin' Donuts in there. I don't know who did that. I'm going to have to take their per diem. You've got to teach these guys the hard way."</p> <p class="News">Reminded that Dunkin' Donuts is a team sponsor, Gordon insisted the quality of doughnuts has nothing to do with the rookies' morning ritual. There happens to be a Dunkin' Donuts less than a mile from the Berto Center. The nearest Krispy Kreme is eight miles away in Mundelein.</p> <p class="News">Noah said he's often told, "We don't do Dunkin' around here."</p> <p class="News">Anything to make a rookie's life more difficult.</p> <p class="News">"Everybody on the team, the majority, prefers Krispy Kreme for some reason," Gordon said. "It's not even about the taste. It's just further away, so it gives the rookies more trouble."</div></p> <p class="News"><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"I think Tyrus has been playing great, too," Noah said. "To me, it's not about starting or being the first person off the bench. I just want to work as hard as I can and help this team win basketball games."</div></p> <p class="News">Mike McGraw / Daily Herald</p>
Found this link in another forum. It's the Krispy Kreme questions.</p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QukduVhRFuY</p> Seems like the team likes Noah alot....btw I miss being able to watch Comcast Sportsnet </p>
Definitely not much hype for Thomas at all last year.</p> Noah looks pretty thick in that video. The rumor of him putting on 14 pounds in muscle might be true.</p>
