The Bulls placed Joakim Noah on the inactive list for Friday's game against the 76ers after the rookie forward engaged in an angry exchange with Assistant Coach Ron Adams at the team's morning shootaround.

Two team sources said Noah kept forgetting plays and blowing assignments during the walkthrough, then snapped when Adams kept riding him.

Asked about the incident after the Bulls' 100-97 victory, Noah at first declined to comment. When pressed further on whether he regretted the incident, the rookie launched into a lengthy answer.

"Yeah, I regret it because it was stupid," Noah said. "I mean, honestly, I like the coach a lot, but I felt like he disrespected me and I went back at him and maybe I shouldn't have done that."

"We spoke about it. It's so stupid because I was just talking about how fortunate we are to be in this situation and things like that. I don't want people to think I'm somebody who takes advantage of people because that's not at all who I am as a person. At the same time, it happened. It's a learning experience."

"Maybe next time if I have a problem I can say it in a bad manner instead of just blowing up. I let my emotions get the best of me."

"It really, really [stinks]; that's all I can say," Noah said. "I'll learn from this and get better."