Whether Fred Hoiberg already has a deal in place to become the Chicago Bulls head coach still is subject to debate. His trolling of Bulls center Joakim Noah in 2013 is not.
Thescore.com posted a tweet Hoiberg, the Iowa State head coach, used in reference to Noah in 2013.
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The tweet is a photo of Noah as he prepares to take a shot. Noticing his unorthodox form Hoiberg issued his comment on it.
"Look away kids!" he said in response to the following photo:
Potential Bulls Coach Fred Hoiberg once mocked Joakim Noah's jumper on Twitter (via @FanSided) https://t.co/yQJKTdBFsI pic.twitter.com/HpOQTiKoBM— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) June 1, 2015
How Noah will respond to Hoiberg also is subject to debate.
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"This probably won't go over well with Noah, who's known to have a temper," thescore.com surmised, based on the tweet. "At least Hoiberg knows bad form when he sees it."
Larry Brown Sports, however, speculated that Noah wouldn't be upset with Hoiberg for a comment that took place two years earlier.
"We all know that Noah has a short fuse," Steve DelVecchio of Larry Brown Sports reported, "... but I doubt he holds anything against Hoiberg. In fact, Noah has admitted in the past that his jump shot is 'so ugly.'
"If nothing else, Hoiberg's old tweet should serve as an entertaining ice breaker in his new locker room."
The incident likely is a secondary concern at this point. Hoiberg, who is expected to be named the Bulls' new coach this week, will first have to answer whether he was in conversations with Chicago about its coaching vacancy before Tom Thibodeau was let go.
Reports have swirled that Hoiberg will get a five-year deal with in the neighborhood of $25 million. Along with the money comes a lot of time dealing with the media. And the media presence is a tad larger in Chicago than in Ames, Iowa.
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