The Chicago Bulls selected Noa Essengue with their 12th overall selection in the 2025 NBA Draft. It came as a slight surprise, as many expected the Bulls to take a center, as Nikola Vucevic is aging,

The Bulls selected Noa Essengue with the 12th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, and it could end up being a great pick. For a while leading up to the draft, it was sounding like the Bulls were going to take Derik Queen.

Bulls first-round draft pick Noa Essengue shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected 12th overall during the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on June 25, 2025. When you give now, you're automatically entered to win two premium seats to the Crosstown Showdown on July 26. See rules