Forward Thinking
On Wednesday night the Chicago Bulls selected French forward Noa Essengue with the 12th pick in the lottery. Essengue has a very small frame but is similar in length to last year’s lottery pick Matas Buzelis whom had a fair rookie outing, averaging 8.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assist in only 18 minutes per game. Head Coach Billy Donovan clearly has a “type” of player he prefers in his front court. Long, high motor guys who play aggressively above the rim. Essengue has been touted by many as a “project player” with a very high upside. Which implies to me a turning of the tide.
BULLS DOZED IN THE PLAY IN, AND AT THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR A REBUILD
Congratulations Bulls! If your goal was to put an inferior product on the court, make that inferior product as inaccessible as possible to your fans, trade away your best assets for pennies on the dollar, go into this draft with the lowest draft pick possible, and alienate lifelong fans… then you just completed another successful season.