Joakim Noah

Joakim Noah

Noah with the Bulls in 2014
No. 13 – New York Knicks
Position	Center
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1985-02-25) February 25, 1985 (age 32) New York City, New York
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	United Nations International (New York City, New York) Poly Prep (Brooklyn, New York) Lawrenceville (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
College	Florida (2004–2007)
NBA draft	2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2016	Chicago Bulls
2016–present	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA All-Star (2013–2014) All-NBA First Team (2014) NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2014) 2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2013–2014) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2011) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2015) 2× NCAA champion (2006, 2007) NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2006) Consensus second-team All-American (2007)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  France FIBA European Championship 2011 Lithuania Team

Joakim Simon Noah (/ˈdʒoʊ.ə.kɪm/ JOH-ə-kim; born February 25, 1985) is a professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in New York City to a Swedish mother and a French father, he holds American, Swedish and French citizenship. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators, winning back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. The Chicago Bulls selected Noah with the ninth overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft. Noah is a two-time NBA All-Star, and was named to the All-NBA First Team in 2014, when he also was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year.

Noah was born in New York City, to Cameroonian−French singer and former world No. 3 tennis player Yannick Noah, winner of the French Open in 1983, and Cécilia Rodhe, Miss Sweden and fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 1978. His grandfather Zacharie Noah was a Cameroonian professional soccer player, winner of the Coupe de France in 1961. Noah lived in Paris, France from 1988 to 1998 and returned to New York City at age 13.