The H is not silent: New Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau cleared up another pressing issue when he told the media his last name is actually pronounced thib-bo-DOUGH. It's probably going to take a while for his players to catch on -- wholesale Rockstar hats they continued to call him "Coach Tibs" throughout most of the day.
"It's very weird," Deng said. "Kirk was a great teammate. Kirk played hard. It's going to be weird for me going into my first season without Kirk, just like how it was without Ben Gordon. There will be some adjustments.
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One of the most interesting subplots of this particular training camp will be how the Bulls adjust to playing without Kirk Hinrich. The veteran guard was traded in the off-season in order to clear room for free agents and there's no doubt his presence is going to be missed in the locker room.
While describing other aspects of his summer, Noah mentioned that his mom, Cecilia, started crying while they were in a taxicab on the way to the White House, remembering all the times she had taken him to basketball practice over the years. Noah was in Washington, D.C. in early August for President Obama's birthday party. wholesale POLO hatsA group of NBA stars played a pickup game with Obama and Noah revealed that Obama made the winning shot of the game.