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Joakim Noah: Master of the Backhanded Compliment

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 27, 2011 7:00PM

Bulls Center Joakim Noah didn't have the best series against the Heat - few Bulls outside of Derrick Rose did, and even that's open to debate - but we have to give our favorite whirling dervish some propers for finding a way to dis Miami while admitting the Bulls got their collective ass whipped by them.

TNT's Kenny Smith summarizes it best: "(Noah) don't keep it real. He keeps it right."