Key Highlights
- He sustained an injury not for glory, but for the love of the game.
- AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNoh broke the news to me that he had suffered a shoulder injury and would be out indefinitely, without disclosing its extent.
- As I sat across from him, separated by a computer screen, I could almost feel the pain he was experiencing in his shoulder. Sporting News’ NBA writer Stephen Noh doesn’t just write about basketball; he breathes it.
- He loves the strategizing and execution behind it, as well as the way the players think and move on the court.
- His path to covering the game hasn’t been typical, with stops along the way as a teacher, a volunteer member, and even a professional poker player. Witnessing the G. O. A. T. No wonder Noh has been influenced by hoops — he grew up in the Chicago suburbs during the ‘90s — a period of time where the Chicago Bulls were the cream of the crop and stacking championships on the way to two dynastic runs.