Two semi-humorous Bulls links

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 15, 2007 6:09 PM CST

Couldn't shoehorn these anywhere else:

"Is Nocioni the Most Posterized Player in the NBA?" (note: this was posted before Bob Horry's throwdown today. BTW, nice staredown by him when they're down double digits. Washed up has-been.)
Picture of Wallace destroying Marc Jackson on the front of the Hornets official site.

Update [2007-1-15 19:38:0 by Matt]: Here's the aforementioned Horry dunk from today's game.

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I would guess...

part of Noc getting "postered" so much is his willingness to go up against someone despite the small chance he might make a play. Most guys would just give up on a guy dunking.

by tyger1147 on Jan 15, 2007 6:52 PM CST reply actions

not a shot blocker

Noc gets dunked on because he can't jump or block shots and he tries for charges

by NY Chicago Fan on Jan 15, 2007 6:54 PM CST reply actions

Watch those clips...

he wasn't trying to draw charges on any of those. That's flopping.

by tyger1147 on Jan 15, 2007 6:56 PM CST up reply actions

I don't get this obsession with being posterized or whatever. Going up to block a dunk, but avoiding the foul, and the guy making the dunk seems to me nothing to be ashamed of. But I'm not an NBA player so I guess I don't get it. Maybe Nocioni should just start shoving the guys in the side with his off-hand and slamming them to the floor. Guys might stop dunking on him then.

by tyger1147 on Jan 15, 2007 6:55 PM CST reply actions

and he'd be SENDING A MESSAGE

(sorry, couldn't resist after the Posey fiasco ;-))

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 15, 2007 7:56 PM CST up reply actions

Nocioni

The reason Nocioni gets posterized so much is his unwillingness to give up easy buckets. It's the same thing with Mourning, except Mourning occasionally stuffs the dunk right back in the guys face. One of the few enjoyable things associated with the Heat.

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by sam urai on Jan 15, 2007 9:57 PM CST reply actions

Nocioni

agree with most the comments that nocioni just goes for it everytime even when there is lil chance that he will be able to block the shot. It doesnt have to do much with how high nocioni jumps, in fact his vertical leap is pretty good for a white 6 7 guy with facial hair. Its mostly that he isnt that tall or have a large wingspan and he often tries to block shots from difficult angles or positions.

Anyways, its kind of funny. Everytime there are those highlight reels for games on tnt or things like that, the bulls always seem to be on the wrong side of the court, mostly nocioni getting dunked on.

by Sambossanova on Jan 15, 2007 11:22 PM CST reply actions

I hate how often the Bulls get shown

on the short end on all the highlights shows! It seems like even when the Bulls win all the highlights are of the other team, then at the end it's like "Oh, yeah, but the Bulls won." Plus they always seem to get shoved to the end of the show.

by wjb1492 on Jan 16, 2007 9:24 PM CST up reply actions

Eventually...

...Tyrus Thomas can alter that a bit.

Deng 4 MVP, 2008!

by corey williams corey benjamin on Jan 16, 2007 11:37 PM CST up reply actions

Nocioni

He will make a stop or a block like 2% of the times, so I think that he has more balls than the average NBA player who will step aside to get out of the photo.

by Chilai on Jan 16, 2007 3:47 AM CST reply actions