Joakim Noah Ejected from Game vs. Kings, Drops F-Bomb on Each Ref Before Exit
By John Dorn ,
Updates from Tuesday, Feb. 4
Actions have consequences, as Joakim Noah has now learned.
After his outburst—and you could probably find a more extreme word to describe his reaction to being ejected—Noah has now been fined by the league, according to Yahoo! Sports' Marc J. Spears:
Bulls Joakim Noah Fined $15K for verbally abusing the officials upon his ejection during Bulls' 99-70 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Feb. 3
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) February 4, 2014
Those are some expensive F-bombs.
Noah has commented on his fine. Via K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune:
Noah on fine: "I think it was fair. It was a bad mistake on my part. I have to keep my cool under all circumstances."
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 5, 2014
Noah: "I could’ve easily been suspended for a game and that would’ve been really hard for me not to be able to be there for my teammates."
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) February 5, 2014
Original Text
Joakim Noah has never been one to keep his emotions bottled up. On Monday night, we saw a prime example of that going terribly wrong.
Noah wasn't exactly thrilled with the officiating during the third quarter of the Chicago Bulls' matchup with the Sacramento Kings.
So Joakim Noah picks up a 2nd tech, goes up to each ref and screams "f**k you", and gets escorted off the floor #Bulls
— Gettin Buckets (@GettinBuckets91) February 4, 2014
Noah offered a postgame apology for the incident, via the Chicago Tribune:
I shouldn't have acted that way. I apologize, I'm sorry to all three of the referees out there. They're trying to do their jobs. ... I hope they accept my apology and I hope we can move on from this.
The premature exit ended Noah's double-digit rebounding streak at 18 games, per K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune.
