The Chicago Bulls have a very important game tonight versus the Washington Wizards and rookie forward Andres Nocioni will not be suiting up.  Nocioni was suspended for elbowing the Pistons? Tayshaun Prince in the forehead in Monday?s loss to Detroit.

"I'm disappointed in the decision to suspend someone for something that was inadvertent and unintentional," Bulls? GM Jim Paxson said in a phone interview. "I think a very unfair characterization of Andres is out there and some people have stepped out of bounds by calling him names.

"A coach (Miami's Stan Van Gundy) called him a punk. [Detroit's] Larry Brown called him a cheap-shot artist. The league feels they have to make a statement, but they're listening to the elite teams in the league and we end up getting hurt because of it."