On Noah

I've already had my say about Joakim Noah, but if you're too lazy to click on the link, yes, I like the pick. I'm not sure what there could possibly be to complain about: There were only two legitimate low-post scoring threats in this draft (not counting Durant, who can score from anywhere, at anytime) and they were gone in the first three picks. So you pick up a guy who should be coming into his own at just about the time Ben Wallace is leaving out of his. If he can come in and play 15-20 minutes a game, that should allow you to rest Wallace and keep him healthy come playoff time. He also runs the court better than Wallace and can play above the rim on the offensive end. (For Big Ben, those days are over, hence all of his dipsy-doo, finger-rolling layup attempts.) Obviously, he's not going to give you the defense or the (possibility of) absolutely dominating rebounding like Big Ben, but he's no slouch in those areas and will certainly be better than Yi and/or Hawes on that count. Finally, when all is said and done, the Bulls needed to trade to get low post scoring coming into this draft. They might still need to trade to get low post scoring coming out of this draft, but now they have one more intriguing piece with which to bargain. That's very important.

UPDATE: Picked up Aaron Gray and JamesOn Curry in the 2nd. Seems like two wasted picks to me, particularly since my man Taurean Green was still out there. I know the Bulls were high on Curry, but I don't know why. Any guesses?

SECOND UPDATE: Seriously, how can you not like Joakim Noah?