• Joakim Noah
  • #13
  • Center - Forward
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2009 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
10.1
RPG
13.10
APG
2.3
EFF
+ 23.00
Born: Feb 25, 1985
Height: 6-11 /  2,11
Weight: 232  lbs. / 105,2  kg.
College: Florida
Years Pro: 2

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Background


Career Transactions: Selected in the first round (ninth overall) by Chicago in NBA Draft 2007 (06/28/07).

2007-08 (CHICAGO): Appeared in 74 games as a rookie and started 31 times … averaged 6.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.1 apg, 0.92 spg and 0.86 bpg in 20.7 mpg … shot .482 from the floor and .691 from the free throw line … in his 31 starting assignments, averaged 9.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.23 spg and 1.16 bpg in 28.3 mpg … registered eight double-doubles … had 174 offensive rebounds – the fourth most by a rookie in franchise history … 23 games of 10+ points … had 13 points and a career-high 20 rebounds (10 offensive, 10 defensive) vs. CLE (03/06) … made his first career start vs. MIN (01/29) and responded with 10 points and 13 boards … three games of 15+ rebounds, including one game of 20 boards … missed three games with a right ankle sprain (10/31, 11/02-11/03) … had three DNP-CDs.

College Career: Helped lead the University of Florida to back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007 … named Most Outstanding Player of the 2006 NCAA Tournament Final Four … was Second Team All-America as a junior and named First Team All-SEC his sophomore and junior years … set the NCAA Tournament record for blocked shots in a single tournament with 29 … ended college career with 1,124 points, good for 34th in Florida’s record books … finished ranked second all-time at Florida in career field goal percentage (.612) and rejections (186) … recorded 15 double-doubles as a Gator … shot .600 or better every year he was at Florida (Frosh: .600, Soph: .627, Jr: .607) … posted averages of 12.0 ppg, 8.4 rpg and 1.80 bpg and was selected to the SEC All-Tournament team his junior year … during his sophomore campaign, he posted a collegiate-best 14.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 2.40 bpg … he led the SEC, and finished third in the NCAA, in field goal percentage at .627 … scored 16 points (7-9 FG) and swatted a NCAA Championship Game record six shots against UCLA in 2006.


Personal


Personal: Name is pronounced JO-keem Noah … majored in Anthropology at Florida … father, Yannick, was the 1983 French Open champion and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame … mother, Cecilia Rodhe, was Miss Sweden in 1978 … is an avid Bob Marley fan … speaks fluent French … participated in the Kanye West Foundation’s Back to School Event for over 350 students … participated in a Read To Achieve reading time-out with the Chicago Lighthouse and the Hadley School for the Blind … created PSA for the Museum of Science and Industry … participated in Dick’s Sporting Goods “Shop with the Bulls” event during the holidays … hosted an in-classroom discussion with 23 students from Martin Luther King College Prep High School to celebrate the Martin Luther King Day holiday … participated in Field Museum’s George Washington Carver exhibit with 30 students from the James Jordan Boys & Girls Club in honor of Black History Month … in the summer of 2008, hosted a Bulls Day at the Taste of Chicago, where he signed autographs and led a basketball clinic for fans … attended the Chicago Bulls Basketball Camp for children held at the Bulls/White Sox Training Academy … attended the Bulls/Verizon Wireless Charity Golf Outing during the summer of 2008.

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