Trade Radar · open rumor · Wednesday, November 4 · 17 h ago

Bulls Notes: Essengue, Buzelis, Starting Lineup, Claxton

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Noa Essengue hasn’t experienced much NBA success so far, but the Bulls still believe he can develop into a productive player, Julia Poe of The Chicago Tribune writes in a subscriber-only story. After being selected with the 12th pick in the 2025 draft, Essengue suffered a shoulder injury that required surgery and ended his rookie […]

Confidence

45%

Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−0	1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Noa Essengue

Bulls · F · 0.0 pts · 0.0 reb · 0.0 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $5.70M · next season $5.97M

Chicago Bulls

$164.3M · under the cap · 14 contracts · cap sheet

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