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Noa Essengue

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Noa Essengue
Essengue with Ulm in 2025
No. 24 – Chicago Bulls
PositionPower forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (2006-12-18) 18 December 2006 (age 19)
Orléans, Loiret, France
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight194 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2025: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Drafted byChicago Bulls
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021–2023CFBB
2023–2025Ratiopharm Ulm
2023–2024→OrangeAcademy
2025–presentChicago Bulls
2025→Windy City Bulls
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  France
FIBA U16 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2022 North MacedoniaTeam

Noa Essengue (born 18 December 2006; French pronunciation: [nɔɑ əsɛnɡe])[1][2] is a French professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Professional career

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Essengue was born in Orléans and played for the youth department of Orléans Loiret Basket as a child.[3] He began his professional career playing for Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball, a team affiliated with INSEP, in Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1).[4]

Essengue signed with Ratiopharm Ulm of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) on 21 July 2023.[5] He spent most of his first season assigned to OrangeAcademy, Ulm's developmental team.[6] In the 2024–25 season, playing for coach Ty Harrelson at Ulm, Essengue became a "key contributor" for the team, according to FIBA.[7]

On 26 June 2025, Essengue was drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the 12th pick in the NBA draft.[8] On December 3, Essengue was ruled out for the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury that required surgery.[9] He totaled just over six minutes in his rookie season, going 0-for-3 from the floor. In four games with the G-League Windy City Bulls, Essengue averaged 23 points, 8.5 rebounds in 30.8 minutes.[10]

National team career

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Essengue was named to the France under-18 national team to compete in the 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket.[11] He was named to the senior team for France's EuroBasket 2025 qualifier matches against Cyprus.[12]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2025–26 Chicago 203.0.000.000–.0.0.5.0.0
Career 203.0.000.000–.0.0.5.0.0

References

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  1. ↑ Noa Essengue: A dream in the making. Skweek. 16 November 2024. Event occurs at 00:00:30 – via YouTube.
  2. ↑ Get to know - Noa Essengue. Goatoguy. 5 April 2024. Event occurs at 00:00:16 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Sports - Noa Essengue, pépite du basket originaire d'Orléans, convoqué en équipe de France à 17 ans". La République du Centre (in French). 17 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Pantel-Jouve, Gabriel (9 June 2023). "Noa Essengue entre l'ASVEL et Ulm, Noah Manet vers LyonSO". BeBasket.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Lacoste, Alexandre (21 July 2023). "Le prospect Noa Essengue choisit Ulm plutôt que l'ASVEL". BeBasket.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Kern, Christian (3 March 2024). "Essengue-Energie reicht nicht! Ulmer verlieren überraschend". Südwest Presse (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Next Big Thing: Noa Essengue continues rise of future French stars". FIBA. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Bulls select Noa Essengue No. 12 overall in 2025 NBA Draft". Chicago Bulls. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Bulls rookie Noa Essengue done for the season, Billy Donovan says". NBC Chicago. 2025-12-03. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  10. ↑ "Bulls' Essengue to have season-ending surgery". ESPN.com. 2025-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  11. ↑ Bernucca, Andrew (20 August 2024). "NBA Draft: Noa Essengue, Ben Saraf, and Ratiopharm Ulm's 'Orange Campus'". SI.com. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Équipe de France : la première liste de Fauthoux avec Nolan Traoré et Noa Essengue (Bleus)". L'Équipe (in French). 17 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
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