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2025 NBA Draft Grades by Experts Mostly Positive on Bulls' Noa Essengue Pick
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Three French players were selected on Thursday 27 June in the second round of the NBA draft, bringing the total number of tricolored elected officials to six with the first round on Wednesday, a new record.
2025 NBA Draft grades by experts mostly positive on Bulls' Noa Essengue pick
The Bulls continued to take the long road in rebuilding the team (which might be frustrating to fans after all these years) by taking Frenchman Noa Essengue in the first round of the NBA Draft. “He’s the second-youngest player in the draft; he’s a skilled power forward who has the skills to score,” Bulls general manager Marc Eversley said. “He’s excellent in transition, and he can play above the rim. He’s got great hands and a great feel for the…
the Bulls don't have a philosophy, they have a roster
A couple news items dropped from the draft, putting Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Everlsey’s comments this offseason into further context. While only Eversley spoke after the first round on Wednesday, it was an example of “organizational alignment” that AK publicly touts: The message, per usual, doesn’t make sense, but it has been consistent: the Bulls don’t currently have stars, but feel you don’t need too many stars (let alone superstars) to ach…
ESPN analyst heaps praise on Chicago Bulls 2025 draft
The Chicago Bulls may not have taken the players they were expected to in the draft. They might have also passed up a potentially franchise-altering deal to trade down in the first. But they still seemingly aced the draft. At least one NBA insider believes they did. ESPN insider heaps praise on Chicago Bulls for ’25 draft class NBA: Draft The Chicago Bulls passed on Derik Queen and Kasparas Jakucionis, two players who were linked heavily to the …
After Noa Essengue, Joan Beringer and Nolan Traoré, three other Habs were selected in the second round of the draft, bringing the number of French taken this year to six.
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