Chicago Bulls' French forward #24 Noa Essengue (R), hugs head coach Billy Donovan before an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls' French forward #24 Noa Essengue (C), is introduced before an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls' French forward #24 Noa Essengue (C), is introduced before an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls' French forward #24 Noa Essengue (C), sits on the bench during the first half of an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 22: NBA and WNBA team members attend the 2025 Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute To Women In Sports awards gala celebrating the most accomplished women in sports and the girls they inspire at Cipriani Wall Street on October 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Augello/Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls forward #24 Noa Essengue, of France, warms up before an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls forward #24 Noa Essengue, of France, warms up before an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Chicago Bulls forward #24 Noa Essengue, of France, warms up before an NBA game against the Detroit Pistons at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on October 22 2025. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)