CSN's Chuck Garfien and Vincent Goodwill break down the Bulls' win over the Spurs and how Joakim Noah is dealing with coming off the bench in the Bulls Road Ahead, presented by Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Honda dealers.
Joakim Noah turned back the clock two years on Monday against the Spurs, logging eight points, 11 rebounds and seven assists off the bench in 23 minutes.
And while Noah would prefer to see more minutes, he's also said he's always been a team player and will do what it takes to win. The Bulls have done just that, going 10-5 as the calendar flips to December.
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How head coach Fred Hoiberg deals with Noah's minutes will largely hinge on how the reserve center is playing and feeling, said Insider Vincent Goodwill.
"How do you deal with someone who's so emotionally tied to this franchise and so emotionally tied to this locker room, and you ask him to take a different role?" Goodwill said he asked Hoiberg. "Can we have nights like this on a regular basis? I'm not even sure if (Noah) is sure he can have those type of nights, but when he does you can see the type of effect that he has on the rest of the team, on the building and on the game."
See what else Goodwill had to say in the video above.