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  "path": "/jeffrey-epstein-appeared-to-be-a-big-joakim-noah-fan",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T15:51:57.000Z",
  "site": "https://defector.com",
  "tags": [
    "Capital",
    "NBA",
    "eva dubin",
    "jeffrey epstein",
    "joakim noah",
    "josh harris",
    "Kristaps Porzingis",
    "no not that one the other david stern",
    "peter mandelson",
    "sending realgm.com links to your friends",
    "avant-garde jump shooter",
    "friend of Ghislaine Maxwell",
    "One of them"
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  "textContent": "The Tom Thibodeau–era Chicago Bulls were a special team, a rockpile collection of asskickers dedicated to playing a rapidly obsolescing style that nonetheless proved extremely effective. Thibs surrounded a young Derrick Rose with a bunch of incredible defenders, most notably avant-garde jump shooter and 2014 Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah, in an endearing attempt to win every game 70-57. It didn't quite work, but did earn the Bulls the respect of a nation. I loved those teams, as did the anti–LeBron James bloc, defense enthusiasts, and apparently, according to emails released by the Justice Department a few weeks ago, Jeffrey Epstein.\n\nUnlike many NBA-affiliated people, whom we will get to shortly, Noah himself appears in the emails only as a subject, and only twice. The first time was in 2010, when Eva Dubin—Epstein's ex, friend of Ghislaine Maxwell, and wife of hedge-fund billionaire Glenn Dubin—sent a RealGM article (for the record, this is the only time a RealGM.com URL appears in the files) about Noah's 2010 contract extension to a bunch of people, including Epstein. One of them responded, \"He better take care of momma!!\"",
  "title": "Jeffrey Epstein Appeared To Be A Big Joakim Noah Fan"
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