The Chicago Bulls and the New Orleans Pelicans face off tonight in which will hold a great matchup between Joakim Noah and Anthony Davis.
Earlier today Noah and Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau talked to ESPN Chicago about Anthony Davis, showing nothing but praise for the young star.
“He’s a freak,” Noah said after Saturday morning’s shootaround, in advance of Saturday night’s game between Pelicans and the Chicago Bulls. “He can shoot the ball — there’s not a lot of things he can’t do on a basketball court. He affects the games in a lot of ways. Even though his stats are crazy, there’s a lot of things that he does that you don’t even see on a stat sheet that affect the game. He’s a hell of a talent.”
“You don’t guard a great player in this league individually,” Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. “That’s impossible. So we’re going to have to have great team awareness. And [Davis is] so good in so many different areas. He’s great in transition, he’s great in the pick and roll. He’s become very effective in the post. He can face you up. His first step is lightning. He’s got great touch, he’s a real active second jumper, you can throw the ball to the top of the backboard, he can go get it. There’s not much he can’t do and he plays for the team. He plays to win.“
Anthony Davis is savage. He’s certainly an MVP candidate. It’s a shame that his team might not make the Playoffs otherwise he’d definitely have a chance to be MVP.
