I know it’s irrational to hate a teenage college student that I’ve never met, but, man, I don’t care.
I hate his poofy hair and his poofy lips. I hate his whiny pout when he (too, too rarely) gets called for one of his many many fouls. I hate his chest banging bullshit. I hate the way he moves, with his gangly legs. It is to the point where I need to turn away from the TV whenever they show his highlights. I want nothing more than for UCLA to break his heart, and leave him curled up on the floor at center court, crying like the baby he is.
Don’t forget to hate him for the millions of dollars he passed up to stay in college another year, or the millions more he will make in the NBA whether he leaves after this year or after he has used up all his eligibility. When it comes to sports I believe that you are allowed to hate for whatever reason you want or for no reason at all. If you have a rational reason, more power to you.
I do know what you mean about his hair though, that is one dude who needs a trim.
I’m still pretty pissed at Joakim for that crushing of UCLA last year. How did he get to be so ugly when his mom was Miss Sweden? I mean, Yannick was a pretty handsome guy.
I’ve got UCLA beating Florida and then winning the whole damn thing. I’m in first place in my NCAA pool and won 12 out of 12 picks in the sweet 16/elite 8. This is the first time I’ve ever entered a March Madness pool. I even managed to pick UNLV over Wisconsin.
Man, if you see Noah in person (like I do wandering around campus) he’s even goofier looking in real life. He’s all out of proportion and gangly, it’s pretty hilarious. Despite which he has a ridiculously hot girlfriend. He is one goofy lookin’ motha fucker though.
Don’t you worry, I got my money on the Gators trouncing UCLA (again).
He’s a 6’11" power forward for the University of Florida. He was MVP of the Final Four in 2006. He’s the goofy looking love child of Yannick Noah, the 1983 French Open Tennis Champion, and Cécilia Rodhe, Miss Sweden 1978. I hate to admit it, but he’s a pretty good hoops player and will probably go as a lottery pick.
Props to the Gator nation, and I am sure he is a nice kid, but I too am tired of his chest thumping and ugly faces when his team scores. Annoying as hell. His dad’s a good-looking guy… don’t know what happened with him. And his mom is a supermodel!
So, Joakim: cut the goofy ponytail, stop goobering up every time you score - hello, you’re the reigning national champs - it should look as if you’ve done this before. Other than that I got nothin’. He’s a good player on a great team. They could well repeat this year. Me, I’ll take my burnt orange towel and cry in the corner, dreaming of the remote possibility that Kevin Durant was so hurt by being bounced out of the tourney in the second round that he’ll return to Austin for another campaign.
I had Texas in the Final Four (along with UCLA, Memphis and my Gators – two out of four ain’t bad), so this really hurt me. But I don’t mind seeing an OSU v Florida rematch in the final.
But you all go ahead and hate on Joakim. Your hate only makes him stronger. He’s sort of like the hulk that way. Apparently the UCLA cheerleaders were calling him ugly in last year’s final, which got him really going.
He seems like a decent kid, it’s hardly his fault if he ain’t pretty, which must be even tougher when you have good looking parents. I do think it’s fairly petty to rag on a big, semi-awkward teenagers looks, so I’m glad he’s got a hot girlfriend. Good for him. It must suck going through that age under the national spotlight.
I agree - make whatever personal attacks on him you want, but in person (and in interviews) he’s actually pretty down to earth and does not come across as cocky. He does have a phenominal amount of energy on the court though, and I think that shows through in his play and personal style.
I give him kudos for staying in college for one more year when he could have left on a high note. He really seemed to want to see his team make it to another championship.
