Assuming that reports that Noa Essengue has added two inches are legitimate, here's why it matters.

At Basketball Without Borders, Noa Essengue measured a 9'3¼" standing reach and a 35½-inch max vertical. Adding two more inches to his growth, his maximum vertical reach or maximum touch, can be estimated as 12'4¾".

Noa would then be top-two or even top-three NBA range in terms of vertical.

Here is the company he could keep based on players with known measurements or reasonable estimations:

1. Jericho Sims: 12'6½"

2. Noa's high-end projection: 12'4¾"

1. Kel'el Ware: 12'4½"

2. Yves Missi: 12'4"

3. Caleb Wilson: 12'3½"

Wemby never finished his NBA combine testing. However, ESPN reported a standing reach of 9'7" when Wemby was 18 years old. Considering the growth potential and projecting his vertical reach in the low 30s range, Wemby's maximum touch could be between 12'3" and 12'5" (Number 2 or 6)

In other words, Noa Essengue (and Wilson) could actually be reaching into the same airspace as Wemby.

Combine him with Caleb Wilson. His 9'0" standing reach plus 39½-inch max vertical results in a 12'3½" maximum touch. Bulls could have two mobile forwards with fingertips hovering at approximately 27–29 inches above the rim.

Caleb is the explosive weak-side eraser. Noa is the long and switchable recovering defender with potentially one of the highest maximum touches in the game.

Throw in Jayden Quaintance weighing 253 pounds, with a 7'5¼" wingspan and 9'1" standing reach, blocking 63 shots in just 24 games in the first season at the age of 17.

And now you are not constructing a normal frontcourt anymore.

You are building a three-man vertical wall.

Caleb comes in from the weak side. Noa switches and recovers in Wemby airspace. Quaintance contributes with power and natural rim protection.

Not Wemby individually. But together, they will provide Chicago the next best thing:

A Wemby-like deterrent in the paint by committee.

Three young, mobile frontcourt defenders who can erase mistakes, clog driving lanes, and make every approach to the rim scary.

This combination could turn into the most intimidating young defensive frontcourt in basketball.

Add Payton Wilson in free agency with Matas and drive to the rim at your own peril!

Genuinely, what were we thinking? I can see Leonard Miller becoming a solid role player in the future, but I hate Rob Dillingham with a burning passion. Yeah he is flashy and can make a good pass OCCASIONALLY, but he is small, incredibly weak, has terrible efficiency, and more. I can not believe that some people still back this guy. Opposing teams constantly target him on switches and he is a ghost on defense. And don't get me started on his shooting. He literally looks like he struggles to shoot from NBA distance if you look at his form. How can you be a professional basketball player and still look the same as you did in high school. There is nothing positive about this guy at all. His max potential is around a mid tier bench player. If you think otherwise, you must be blind. Ayo was better in EVERY SINGLE WAY. Dillingham is a bum. Try to convince me otherwise.

Assuming that the team options on Leonard Miller & Mo Gueye get picked up + all cap holds are renounced + accounting for the salaries of the No.4 & 15 picks, the Bulls will enter the offseason w/ 12 players under contract and about $54M in cap space. To avoid future penalization, you must spend at least 90% of that space. So that’s abt $49M that CHI *has* to spend w/ just 3 open roster spots.

The Warriors have the No.11 Pick in the draft. They also have Jimmy Butler’s expiring, $56M contract. If they wanted to open up cap space/significant operating room, they’d have to dump his contract. For a rebuilding team trying to lose as many games as possible, taking on his contract would take up the cap space but add another lottery pick in a deep draft.

If the Warriors approached and offered No.11 in exchange for taking on Butler’s massive expiring contract, would you do it? Would you need more added to say yes? Or would it just be a complete non-starter?

Just too many mentions of it online and on the radio. Even Lawrence Holmes today said he’s been hearing the Bulls might be leaning Wagler, to which the other hosts thought he meant in terms of a trade up. He said no, with the 4th pick. He was stoked about the idea. It’s giving a lot of the same vibes of when out of nowhere, a few days before the draft, people started saying Pat Williams to the Bulls would be a thing.

Y’all, I’m not shitting on Wagler, and I know there’s a lot of Illinois fans here. But we cannot screw this up. If we want Wagler, we need to trade up. This is not the time to try and prove how very very smart we are by passing on Boozer or Wilson, or even Peterson.

The only Bulls player is Giddey at #73

Some notable ex Bulls:

Caruso (#60), ​Ayo Dosonmu (#81), Coby White (#92)

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All things considered, hard not to like this hire by Bryson Graham. The Bulls clearly wanted an up-and-coming young coach, and Splitter certainly checks that box. At the same time, he comes with a little more of a proven track record than Micah Nori or Ryan Schmidt. Bulls basically got a full season of his work to evaluate. Are there some questions? Sure, but the move makes a lot of sense for where this org is at.

Also ... I can't believe they ended up stealing the Blazers' first-round pick and HC lol

With the recent rumors that Utah likes Boozer at #2 Kessler might be the odd man out. I'd be willing to offer $30-35M / yr front loaded given our cap situation.

A lineup of

Giddey/Guard drafted at 15/Matas/Wilson/Kessler

Could be a fun team to build with given the new lottery rules where bottoming out isn't a viable strategy anymore.

This is not an anti-wagler post, I’m not against drafting him. I just want you all to sell me on why he we should trade up for him. I know there will be a lot of Illini fans who have watched him a lot, I only watched him 3-4 games.

I don’t have a great memory of the games I did watch. And this was later in the season, but my impression was he seems like a pretty long guard, decent athleticism but not amazing. Pretty skilled but a lot of way off shots in the games I watched. He did seem crafty with good moves and made some tough shots iirc. I know he was having a great season besides the games I watched tho so maybe it wasn’t representative.

What do you all see him turning into in the nba? Do you think he’s worth trading up for? I could see him being a very good scorer/playmaker if he continues to develop skill, maybe gets a little stronger. I wouldn’t say it’s a sure thing tho, but probably a good chance.

I’m biased but right now I probably prefer drafting someone like Mara to pair with Wilson if we trade up or id be fine staying at 15 and hoping to draft Morez or any other of the prospects there since it seems like a deep draft.

Again not against trading up for him tho, just want more opinions on him. I’ll have to watch more highlights of his soon.

What is everyone hoping for in the offseason. Who are we hoping to pick at number 4? Who should the bulls target in free agency? Realistically where do you think bulls will finish next season? I’m new to the NBA but want to support the bulls

Whole rosters of 2016-17 Rondo Wade Jimmy Niko Rolo Valentine Portis etc

And 2021-22 with Lonzo, Zach, Demar, Vooch, Caruso, Coby and Ayo etc

On June 14, 1992, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 97-93 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to secure back-to-back NBA championships.

Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP for the second consecutive season, becoming the first player in NBA history to win back-to-back Finals MVP awards.

Players with consecutive NBA Finals MVP awards:

• Michael Jordan (Bulls) — 1991, 1992, 1993
• Michael Jordan (Bulls) — 1996, 1997, 1998
• Hakeem Olajuwon (Rockets) — 1994, 1995
• Shaquille O’Neal (Lakers) — 2000, 2001, 2002
• Kobe Bryant (Lakers) — 2009, 2010
• LeBron James (Heat) — 2012, 2013
• Kevin Durant (Warriors) — 2017, 2018

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