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Noa Essengue knows how to wait for his moment.

That’s almost all he has been allowed to do since arriving in Chicago as a lottery draft pick this summer. And when he made his debut Saturday night against the Washington Wizards, that’s how spent the majority of his 3 minutes, 53 seconds on the court.

Watching. Waiting.

For almost four minutes, Essengue was mostly a passenger to the flow of the game. He sprinted down the court and into the corner on every transition play, kept his hands near his gut, palms out in case an unexpected pass came hurling his way. His eyes tracked the ball as it swung around the arc, feet pacing into his correct spacing as if he were following a choreographed path. When a shot went up, the rookie followed dutifull

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