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The Chicago Bulls select Matas Buzelis with the No. 11 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft | NBA on ESPN



The Chicago Bulls select Matas Buzelis with the No. 11 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft | NBA on ESPN

[Music] with the 11th pick in the 2024 NBA draft the Chicago Bulls select matis buellis from Chicago and the NBA’s g-league team ignite this is so special for Matas buellis who grew up really just outside of the Chic of Chicago you can already hear the Bulls theme song chills I get chills I’m not going to lie every time I hear single time and I imagine he is as well he played a myriad of sports growing up gymnastics swimming which is still a part of his workouts in soccer both of his parents played professional ball in Lithuania and he told our Adrien wowski that in Lithuania basketball is a religion he of course is coming from the g-league ignite who struggled a bit this season a 2 and 32 record but he said he picked the ignite because he wanted to play NBA rules he wanted to shoot NBA 3es here Andrea he wanted to play against NBA veteran competition he wanted to be challenged in other words and I talked to Anthony McClish who was over G League ignite all season and he said mest buellis was the best when it came to professional habits he picked them up the easiest out of all of those young guys and you already see the emotion from modus how special I mean can you imagine Jonathan he is going home in his home in the NBA Malika NBA Scout scour the globe searching for Wing players like Matas buellis 6’1 in shoes a frame that that will F out significantly in time an NBA dunk contest caliber explosiveness he brings outstanding instincts as a rim protector developing playmaking creating off the bounce passing ability and all kinds of Versatility defensively on the perimeter now the big question is the jumper he made just 27% of his threes this year but there were some shooting indicators we’ve seen in previous settings he shot 43% for three as a high school senior Malika NBA teams will bet on Lithuanian genes all day pound for pound it’s the best top it’s the top country in the basketball World Chicago Bull’s president of basketball is our tourist Kisha who happens to be Lithuanian himself but he was born here he grew up in Chicago he was and that’s why look at the emotion that Mattis buellis has when he hears that he is heading to Chicago he also his father is a physiotherapist and this is his brother I mean look at how emotional you’ve been in their shoes Richard it is emotional and it is just emotional for the entire family and this is also the love and the work that you’ve all put together to watch it happen [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Watch as G-League Ignites’s Matas Buzelis gets drafted by his hometown Chicago Bulls with the No. 11 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

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49 Comments

  1. Stfu this better not be Malika Andrew's that's why the Boston celtics work divestor and swirler chasing zaddy failure you can't bring a good Man down lmao 😂😂😂😂

  2. My hometown is Elmhurst IL. My highschool team is the York dukes and We play the hinsdale central devils because it’s our conference opponent and they have a poster of him in the gym

  3. With the eleventh pick in the 24 draft the Chicago bulls go all white starting lineup… I'm done with this organization.

  4. After seeing the kid play against Cooper Flag and finding out he was a hometown product, I said I'm give him a chance. Couldn't be no worse than another year of Pat Williams at the four.

  5. I hate what the Bulls have done since MJ and Scottie left but my gut tells me this guy is gonna be a good player.

  6. From Pound for Pound the best basketball country in the world Lithuania. What a professional comment that was! Buzelis is a product of US basketball system though as Linas Kleiza rightly stated. That aside you can tell he worked hard for this but the hard work only begins. I hope to see him play for LIETUVA someday and win the EUROBASKET. All da best!!!

  7. I’m Lithuanian fallow bulls since Jordan played he should be good project kid has future !🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇺🇸

  8. Chicago Bulls termasuk beruntung dalam draft pick tahun ini,karna dengan modal pilihan no 11 bisa mendapatkan matas buzelis.
    Seharusnya buzelis ada di top 7.
    Semoga buzelis bisa lebih baik dari Lauri markkanen.

    Selamat utk Bulls 🎉🎉🎉

  9. Best of luck in NBA Matas!Lithuania is proud of you! Expecting you to play for national🇱🇹l🏀 team one day!

  10. being born in america doesnt make you american only american citizen. blood versus piece of paper he is pure lithuanian.

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