Noa Essengue Scouting Report

Noah Essengue (2025) Scouting Report

Noa Essengue Player Profile:

From: Ratopharm Ulm

Age: 18

Position: SF/PF

Height: 6’9”

Weight: 194 lbs

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Strengths:

Offense:

- Good athleticism

- Great offensive versatility; can play a variety of roles

- Effective rim runner

- Lob threat

- Works well through handoffs

- Deep offensive bag when attacking rim (Euro-steps, step-throughs, spin moves)

- Good speed and footwork allow him to dominate in transition

- Good positional offensive rebounder

- Finishes well on putbacks

- Solid shot mechanics project him to improve as a shooter

- Pick-and-pop threat

- Has flashed playmaking ability

- Strong pass vision (reads cuts and kick-outs well)

- Makes good use of his offensive gravity

Defense:

- Uses frame effectively

- Moves well laterally

- Elite anticipation

- Great off-ball defender

- Rare ground coverage

- Fantastic second jump

- Switches well on ball screen

- Swallows smaller ball handlers with his frenzy of limbs and quick feet

- Does extremely well to stay in front

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Weaknesses:

Offense:

- Poor free throw shooter

- Attempts too many threes for skill level

- Would benefit from developing a runner/floater game

- Lacks self-creation ability

Defense:

- Tends to get off the ground too early

- Lackadaisical rotations

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Player Projections:

Floor: David Eubanks / Backup

Ceiling: Shawn Kemp / All-NBA

Realistic: Evan Turner / Very good role player

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Analysis: