Noah, whose father Yannick won the 1983 French Open tennis
championship, was the centerpiece of a Chicago defense which
held opponents to a league-low 91.8 points per game during the
2013-14 regular season.
The 29-year-old received 555 out of a possible 1,125 points,
including 100 first-place votes, from a panel of 125
sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada.
Roy Hibbert of the Indiana Pacers (with 166 points) and DeAndre
Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers (121 points) finished second
and third in the voting.
Noah averaged career highs of 12.6 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.4
assists during the 2013-14 season, helping the Bulls finish
fourth in the Eastern Conference with a 48- 34 record.
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles;
editing by
Julian Linden)
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