<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-noa-essengue-postered-leaves-sportscenter-shambles');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bulls’ Noa Essengue getting postered leaves SportsCenter in shambles');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Chicago-Bulls-forward-Noa-Essengue-1.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bulls’ Noa Essengue getting postered leaves SportsCenter in shambles</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-15T13:57:04-07:00">July 15th, 1:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-15T14:15:58-07:00">July 15th, 2:15pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls have had a rough experience at NBA Summer League this season. However, no player got a worse break than rookie forward Noa Essengue. When the Bulls took on the Indiana Pacers on Monday, Essengue found himself on the wrong end of a poster dunk. Pacers sophomore <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-johnny-furphys-dunk-photo-goes-viral">Johnny Furphy skied over him in transition for a slam dunk</a> that went viral.</p><p>The dunk made waves around the NBA world and made its way onto SportsCenter. The face Essengue made after failing to meet Furphy at the rim was so funny that the hosts couldn’t make it to the commercial break before <a href="https://twitter.com/HaterReport_/status/1945142870370820491" rel="noopener">breaking down in laughter</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dawg SportsCenter really couldn’t even finish the segment due to uncontrollable laughter. Bro’s career is COOKED I fear 😭</p><p>“That’s the worst poster I’ve seen in my life”</p><p>“Is that real” <a href="https://t.co/b0JgEJuQKW">pic.twitter.com/b0JgEJuQKW</a></p><p>— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaterReport_/status/1945142870370820491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The play is a tough moment that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-noa-essengue-photo-goes-viral-after-getting-posterized">Essengue will not live down any time soon</a>. However, the 12th pick in this year’s draft has improved throughout his three Summer League games so far. Furphy might have put him on a poster on Monday, but Essengue out-performed him in the game, scoring 21 points on 7-for-14 shooting from the field.</p><p>Essengue’s draft stock steadily rose and he was the first foreign player selected in the draft. He joins a front line featuring young players like Patrick Williams and Matas Buzelis. While Monday’s game did not go his way, the young forward has shown promise that will earn him an opportunity when the NBA season begins this fall.</p><p>Furphy, on the other hand, has a tall task ahead of him next season. After the Pacers lost Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA Finals, the spotlight shifted to Andrew Nembhard. Furphy will fill the open spot in the rotation. If his poster dunk against Essengue is any indication, Indiana could have a star in the making.</p><p>Essengue’s face in the poster rendered the hosts of SportsCenter speechless. However, if he has the final say this season, he could emerge as one of the class’ best rookies.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-noa-essengue-photo-goes-viral-after-getting-posterized');   ga('set', 'title', 'Noa Essengue Bulls photo goes viral after getting posterized in Summer League');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Noa-Essengue-on-NBA-Draft-night.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Noa Essengue Bulls photo goes viral after getting posterized in Summer League</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-14T19:49:29-07:00">July 14th, 7:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-14T19:49:29-07:00">July 14th, 7:49pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna is an Associate Editor covering the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bulls</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bulls are getting an early taste <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/grading-chicago-bulls-noa-essengue-2025-nba-draft-pick">of rookie Noa Essengue</a>. He’s getting his first pro experience in via NBA Summer League. But he became the recipient of one poster dunk.</p><p>Johnny Furphy of the Indiana Pacers raced down the court with Essengue the last defender standing in the way. Furphy cocked back his right arm with the basketball in his hand. Then threw down this thunderous dunk that got the Thomas and Mack Center crowd jumping out their seats.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JOHNNY FURPHY WITH AN INSANE POSTER DUNK 🤯<br> <a href="https://t.co/KgAYzYQqRd">pic.twitter.com/KgAYzYQqRd</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1944894362665766964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Kansas star Furphy immediately went viral and trended after the insane dunk. But the French talent Essengue got roasted immediately.</p><p>NBA reporter Kevin O’Connor first shared a viral photo of Essengue’s not-so-flattering moment on X (formerly known as Twitter).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Johnny Furphy on Noa Essengue <a href="https://t.co/Mom22KXnnK">pic.twitter.com/Mom22KXnnK</a></p><p>— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/1944907555320320297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>And it wasn’t just the video and photo that became attached to Essengue. Fans delivered some serious troll jobs toward the 12th overall pick of the NBA Draft.</p><h2><b>Notable reactions for Noa Essengue viral Bulls Summer League moment </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Bulls-summer-league.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>One Bulls fan account officially wrote off Essengue’s rookie season.</p><p>“Noa Essengue hit rock bottom without playing a single minute of the regular season,” <a href="https://x.com/DieHardCBfans/status/1944906364884799926" rel="noopener">the account posted</a> in reacting to the viral photo.</p><p>Another fan feared the worst for the first-year player.</p><p>“I fear Noa Essengue will never recover from this,” <a href="https://x.com/ryanhammer09/status/1944909260909109258" rel="noopener">that fan posted</a>.</p><p>One more fan looked at Essengue’s game as a whole. Pointing out one “inconsistent” element from Monday’s contest.</p><p>“I still think Noa Essengue could be more active on all areas of the game. He’s played well, but the inconsistent motor is the thing that’s stood out the most so far,” the fan shared.</p><p>But not everyone was criticizing or trolling the 6-foot-10 talent. He nailed one deep three late in the first quarter. The Bulls also captured his midrange pull up form.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Noa looking like a seasoned vet on this midrange pull-up 👀<a href="https://twitter.com/NoaEssengue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NoaEssengue</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeeRed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SeeRed</a> <a href="https://t.co/08ZBWAjewv">pic.twitter.com/08ZBWAjewv</a></p><p>— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagobulls/status/1944886662238285975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Essengue entered the league <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/chicago-bulls/bulls-news-noa-essengue-pascal-siakam-comparison">drawing comparisons to Pascal Siakam</a>. He began the game with being on the wrong end of a dunk. But he ended the evening dropping 21 points with three rebounds and hitting all four free throw attempts.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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