Quick question: Who is the world’s most hated athlete? The easy answer, of course, is Barry Bonds. But after the Bulls took Joakim Noah with the ninth pick in yesterday’s NBA Draft, I think Barry might have finally met his match. I mean, Giants fans still like Bonds, right? Within five hours of John Paxson making Noah his fifth top ten draft pick since 2003, there were already three facebook groups made by Bulls fans bashing the selection. The group “All Against Joakim Noah on the Bulls Say I” already has more then 80 members, and “All Bulls Fans Who Want Noah to Be TRADED…ALREADY!!” features this post by Jeff from the prestigious Loyola University:

joakim noah is the gayest faggot alive, period. he has to have the scummiest hair i have ever seen, which goes along perfectly with his missing teeth and fugly ass face!!! not to mention he's good for nothing.

Yikes. And if that’s not bad enough, there’s another group called “Because the Bulls Drafted Joakim Noah…My Wrists Are Bleeding.” Take it easy there, Hawthorne Heights.

Seriously, what’s with all this Noah hate from Bulls fans? Of course everyone thought he was the biggest d-bag of all-time at Florida, but you know what, he’s our d-bag now. And believe it or not, he’s actually a pretty solid basketball player.

I love the selection of Noah, and I’m sure Ben Gordon and Luol Deng will to. The Bulls have been too business-like since Skiles and Paxson took over the team, Noah finally gives them a legitimate crazy guy, there first since Dennis Rodman. Sure, he’s not going to get 20 and 10 every night, but you know what, neither would anyone else who was still available at the ninth pick. Who did people want, Spencer Hawes? Spencer Hawes is a pussy. Would you really want your starting center to include “political debates” among his top interests? Plus, in a fight, Noah would WRECK Hawes. If I’m Pax, that’s a good enough reason to take Noah right there.

And yeah, the dude is a little ugly, but if anything, that’s just going to add intimidation. I think Bethlehem Shoals put it best:

“Noah… YOU LOOK LIKE EVERY SINGLE BATMAN VILLAIN ROLLED UP INTO ONE.”

That Shoals guy, he’s so smart.

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