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The Chicago Bulls have chosen the Chicago native with the No. 11 choose within the 2024 NBA draft. He turns into the newest addition to a Bulls crew that has simply acquired Josh Giddey and will see a number of roster turnover this offseason.
Buzelis grew up in Hinsdale, Il, a suburb southwest of Chicago. He shared a message along with his future fanbase shortly after being chosen.
Matas Buzelis @tasbuzelis
Chicago, I am residence❤️ Let’s work #Bulls
Fans took to social media to praise Chicago for taking the local player and projected a bright future for him in a Bulls uniform.
He spent the 2023-24 season with the G-League Ignite, averaging 11.8 points, five rebounds and 1.7 assists in nine games. He fell slightly, as he was projected as the No. 8 pick by Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman in his remaining mock draft.
He joins a Bulls crew that went 39-43 in 2023-24 and fell within the play-in match. This was the second consecutive season that the Bulls missed out on the postseason, and it has not reached the second spherical of the playoffs for the reason that 2014-15 season.
The primary transfer of the offseason was buying Giddey, who Chicago acquired from the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder for Alex Caruso June 20. The Bulls will now look in the direction of a possible commerce for Zach LaVine, who has been concerned in commerce rumors since final offseason.