Joakim Noah loved handing out assists from the center position.
Compliments?
That was a bit more difficult for the former Bulls big man to toss in someone’s direction, unless that person was named Derrick Rose or Noah’s college coach Billy Donovan.
“I think Coach Donovan is somebody who cares about his players, but really cares about his guys,’’ Noah told ESPN back in 2015 when discussing his days with Donovan at Florida. “I know that if something ever happened to me, I know that he would be there for me, and that’s a great feeling. I always felt like it was more than basketball with Coach Donovan.