Joakim Noah reported to training camp Wednesday following the birth of his daughter

Veteran big man Joakim Noah missed Media Day and the first day of practice, leading to cries of “GLORY BOY” and “DIVA”, mostly from me while I browsed Twitter in my underwear, eating Goldfish crackers. But the former Bull had a wonderful reason to delay his trip to Knicks camp:

Sure, Noah gets to miss practice to be with his wife and daughter, but Seth won’t even give me the afternoon off after I make myself sick from eating too many Goldfish crackers. Double-standard!

Papa Jo returned to action with a vengeance, even though he still shoots a jumper that can only be described as “jazz-handsy”:

Intrepid P&T commenter “jrtallent” made turned the photo into a new NBA logo:

In his first training camp press conference, Noah was asked about comments made by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf that the organization no longer considered a “frontline center”. Noah took the high road, but he seemed wounded by the statement from his former boss. Per Marc Berman:

“He’s entitled to his opinion,’’ Noah said. “I feel I have no regrets about my time in Chicago. I gave it everything I had. To me that’s all that matters. I did everything I could for that organization. I thought it was a little bit of a low blow, but at the end of the day I have nothing but respect for that organization. I’m just excited for this new chapter of my career.”

Here’s hoping that new chapter includes a ton of victories over Reinsdorf and his precious Bulls.