Joakim Noah admits to using gay slur, aplogizes

[RockaFowler]

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/23/joakim-noah-apparently-caught-using-gay-slur/

After the game Noah admitted to his use of the gay slur and apologized for it, as reported by the Associated Press.

“I apologize,” Noah told reporters. “The fan said something to me that I thought was disrespectful, and I got caught up in the moment, and I responded. I said some things that I shouldn’t have said. I was frustrated and I didn’t mean any disrespect to anybody.”

That was good of Noah to do, the right thing to do. Own up to your mistakes. That’s not going to save him from the massive fine on the way, that precedent has been set.

After picking up his second foul early in the first quarter of the Chicago Bulls’ Game 3 loss to the Miami Heat, Joakim Noah was caught by TNT cameras using the same gay slur that Kobe Bryant directed at referee Benny Adams in April. TNT cameras followed Noah to the bench, where Noah was in an argument with a fan and appeared to call him a “f*****g f****t.”

[joeybee12]

1. Like classless father, like classless son...

He BETTER be fined 100k!

[RockaFowler]

2. We agree on something

Look, if Kobe was fined, so should Noah

[joeybee12]

3. Yup, and in a way this is worse, saying it to a fan as opposed to

a ref...no excuse for either, but players should never engage fans.

[Forkboy]

4. Oh, I dunno. There are times when engaging the fans can be a lot of fun.

Like this great moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8K7roZu3WU&feature=player_embedded

I never tire of watching Mike Milbury rip the guy's shoe off and then whack him with it lol. Here's a tip to Ranger fans: Don't steal a NHL player's stick from the bench and then hit him with it. :)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. I love people who "admit" shit that's ON FILM.

Fuck this weasel. And learn how to speak the King's English, you ignorant fuck ("I don't mean no disrespect to anybody")...

Looks like NBC Sports fixed the grammar for him (http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/23/joakim-noah-gay-slur-homophobic-chicago-bulls-nba-playoffs-tnt-miami-heat/)

:eyes:

[Mudoria]

6. 50k fine

they should also ban the fan from the rest of the series.

[era veteran]

7. A dickhead spoiled boy in college too.

[joeybee12]

9. Hey, like father like son...

I thought I'd only have to watch one d*ckh*ad Noah in my life, but no such luck.

[joeybee12]

8. I assume it was only $50K because he doesn't make as much as Kobe...nt

[RockaFowler]

10. I heard

Kobe was fined $50K for yelling at the Ref

[joeybee12]

11. $100K...maybe he got it reduced...I haven't checked...

It was $100K initially.

[RockaFowler]

12. No, I'm sorry

He got $50K for the slur and $50K for directing it towards the Ref

[joeybee12]

13. Interesting, I didn't realize they broke it up into sort of 2 fines...nt

[RockaFowler]

14. Here's what I found on the double fine

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-8525609

May 23 David Stern handed down the punishment for Joakim Noah.and the fine was half of Kobe Bryant's, $50,000. The league office commented on the difference between the two fines. NBA spokesman Mark Broussard told ESPN Chicago, "Kobe's fine included discipline for verbal abuse of a game official."



There is a little inconsistency regarding this fine, though. Look Noah and the rest of the league were warned after Kobe's incident that this would not be tolerated. You are on TV the whole time. There is no mistaking that there are cameras everywhere in that arena. Some people have to learn to control themselves. You see it in Baseball all the time. My God when we were kids how many times did you hear - We need a Pitcher not a Belly Itcher or Swing Batter Batter Swing?? The crowd may have taunted him, but a true professional should learn to block it out. As pitchers do every game.

[joeybee12]

15. You'd think the fine should go up since they were all warned...

Again, I wonder if it's only $50K since he doesn't make as much as Kobe...if someone like Rose or Wade or anyone in the same earning league as Kobe had done it, maybe it would have been more.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. The Word From The League Is. . .

. . .that Kobe direted it at an official, so that's why the fine was higher. I do, however, agree that fines should be proporational when we're talking about one guy making $20 million and the other guy $4 million.
GAC

[joeybee12]

17. Yeah, I hand't realized they had split Kobe's $100K into two parts, one for the

slur and one for saying it to an official.

[Capt. America]

18. Joakim Noah pees sitting down.

[JonLP24]

19. So do I

Less chance of missing the hole(My initial burst can be a little unpredictable sometimes), it is more comfortable, and I get some reading done.

[Capt. America]

20. TMI. I meant to suggest that the reason he pees sitting down is because he is a woman.

[JonLP24]

21. I kinda stole it

from Curb Your Enthusiasm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY4IMAM-j3U

Personally, I think you can come up with a better insult than suggesting he is a woman but that's just me.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Besides, He Wouldn't Say It To His Face

The guy is 6'11", weighs about 260 and can bench press over 400 pounds. He pull the captain's head off and kick it down the street.
GAC