3 Reasons Matas Buzelis should be the Bulls starting power forward in 2024-25
The rookie has looked more than capable, while the incumbent … not so much.
Matas Buzelis unexpectedly slid out of the top 10 of the 2024 NBA Draft. The Chicago Bulls couldn’t have been more ecstatic.
The franchise ended the Illinois native’s freefall, grabbing him with the 11th pick. After a mostly disappointing season with the now-extinct G League Ignite last year, question marks surrounded several aspects of Buzelis’ game.
Projected as a promising shooter coming out of high school, he shot just 27.3 percent from three during the regular season with the Ignite. He flashed as a 6-foot-10 forward who could flourish in transition but didn’t get many opportunities to show it.
Maybe the idea of Buzelis rather than his actual production was why he fell in the draft. Regardless, he’s now in Chicago, and with only a week left until the regular season begins, he’s quickly becoming one of the steals of the draft.
In fact, he’s shown enough already to have earned the Bulls’ starting power forward spot on opening night in New Orleans. Here’s a trio of reasons why.
