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Joakim Noah Is NBA-Bound

Mar 12, 2007 – 9:56 AM
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There's no "official" announcement, but in effect, Noah's made it clear that this year's tournament run will be his last in a Florida Gators uniform. (Fans of other SEC teams, you may begin rejoicing now.) This looks like something filmed over the past summer. Noah talks about "living the good life, going back to school," and was filmed in Brooklyn, where Noah likes to play street ball. But the key words are, "Next year when I declare for the draft... "



Draft outlook: How high will he go? Sure, for most of the year he hasn't had his '06 form, but he's really heated up lately. The Gators are poised for a potentially deep tournament run, which would only improve these odds: DraftExpress.com has him at 3 overall, NBADraft.net at 6 and ESPN's Chad Ford at 5.

What does Vitale think now? Remember Vitale's little phone-in radio show gaffe, in which he was overheard chatting with his breakfast party about how Al Horford was a better/hotter prospect than Joakim Noah? Hmmm.

There may never be a more colorful figure in college basketball than Joakim Noah. Depending on your perspective, this is either a very good or very bad thing.
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