Friday, April 16th, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  65 responses

Joakim Noah: Bulls Looking to Shock Cavs, the World

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Nearly everyone — and certainly yours truly — expects the Cavs to sweep Chicago in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. The Bulls qualified for the postseason on the last possible day; Cleveland had the best record in the L (by far); and some guy named LeBron James is involved.

Joakim Noah doesn’t care about any of the above, he’s ready for the Bulls to not only put a scare into Cleveland, but seems to believe they have a shot at winning the series.

Noah tells the AP that people shouldn’t be surprised if something similar to last season’s epic Bulls/Celtics series repeated itself:

The way Joakim Noah sees it, everyone else could be in for a big shock. Particularly LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

“Everybody thinks we’re going to get our (butts) whipped. And you know what, we’re going to try to shock the world. That’s what we’re going to try to do. That’s pretty cool, I think.” Beating Cleveland in the first round of the playoffs would be nothing short of stunning, the most dramatic and unlikely twist in a season that’s seen its share.

LeBron and the Cavs heard Noah loud and clear, and tell him to be careful what he wishes for, because he’ll definitely get it. James says Cleveland is a “different monster” this postseason.

Noah will have his opportunity to shock the world, but the reality remains that starting this Saturday, Cleveland has much bigger fish to fry.

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  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    I say Cavs in 6 but I’m just really happy the Bulls made the playoffs so Rose and Noah and can get some more playoff experience under their belt as well as Gibson getting some for his first season.

  • Omxniyeince

    The the baby Bulls D-Rose will upset the Akron Hammer’s Cavs lol

  • Jalepino Sausage

    Kobesexual awearness is strong on this page :-=)

  • ThatGuy

    I want to see Rose just dominate the whole series by calling for isos everytime down the court then owning whoevers guarding him

  • jpen

    just hate seeing lebron and his dance troupe disrespected the bulls earlier in the season. i think that made this bulls team inspired to have revenge on this cavaliers team.

  • http://wrwood1@aol.com WOODY

    Lebron and his merry men are so irritated with Noah and the Bulls that they’ll show no mercy. Shaq is lighter and really hungry. A dangerous group. And Noah is really ugly.

  • Shawn

    Raptors woulda beat the Cavs…Just sayin’

  • Fitz

    noah talks way too much

  • http://www.nba.com/suns Dacre

    …and doesn’t play nearly enough tennis? – Bulls have something instore for the Cavs. Hinrich and Rose win the battle over Delonte West and Mo. Hinrich gets worthy of 2nd team all defensive thisyear. If they can run West and Mo off their 3point spots they will stand a good chance of doing something right – Shaq will need need to battle for 20-10 to have a remote chance of helping out in a series. Brad Miller LOVES the idea of getting amongst it for a 7 game series with the big criole. Varej’ and Noah cancel each other out in a mess of hair and soap-operatic angst. The Coachs are as crap as each other and really, it comes down to LeDance* winning single handely if everything else goes the Bulls way. Cleveland will win 4-2 but it will be an incredible series to watch.

  • Bryan

    Cavs will take this easy. Though I would love to see Noah and the Bulls stop all this foolish dancing. Seriously, how big of a douchebag is Lebron James?

  • http://springbored.net letsmotor

    @ Dacre: are you saying shaq needs to go 20-10 to have a “remote chance” of making an impact. he only had 12 and 5 today, and he clearly had a positive impact for his team. if he plays the entire series like he played today, an upset is extremely unlikely. how great would an upset be though? especially if paired with the thunder beating LAL (which I think is much more likely than the bulls beating the cavs)? think of how mad david stern would be!

  • http://www.nba.com/suns Dacre

    @letsmotor – prior to todays game; with the little play Shaq has had for the Cavs this season (only started two games along with Jamison?) I was sure that Shaq would need to put in a LARGE effort (hence the 20-10 measurement) to help this team in a playoff series against the Bulls. His 12 and 5 appeared very big for them. Note though, the 3 turnovers he had? THAT was what I feared would hinder the team. Giving awaay a possession a quarter almost. But hey, I’m very happy to see the ‘Big Upsize’ slimmed down and looking quick out there….
    An upset will be had!!! (Orlando AND CLeveland can’t both make it to the NBA finals…).
    O_o

  • jone

    noah is a bum… he keeps on complaining about KG… about Lebron… that goes to show you how much he knows about basketball… you never make a statement like that… don’t ever ever make LBJ angry… you just put the nail in the bulls coffin.

  • ClydeSays

    Bulls have talent & play decent defense. I don’t expect them to get swept, but talking isht to the media won’t help them win games. It’ll just be locker room material for Assistant Coach Brown & his team.

    IF the Bulls still had Gordon & the Cavs were missing one of their starters, (like the Celts series last year) they would have an outside shot at an upset. Maybe.

  • http://minusthebars.blogspot.com don

    I think Jay Z said it best: Men LIE. Women LIE. Numbers don’t LIE.

    Joakim Noah, you need more people.

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