Matas Buzelis Celebrated by Hometown Chicago Bulls Fans During 2024 NBA Draft | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

BROOKLYN, NY - JUNE 26: Matas Buzelis smiles during the 2024 NBA Draft - Round One on June 26, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2024 NBAE (Photo by Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty Images)

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The Chicago Bulls have selected the Chicago native with the No. 11 pick in the 2024 NBA draft. He becomes the latest addition to a Bulls team that has just acquired Josh Giddey and could see a lot of roster turnover this offseason.

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Welcome home Chicago’s own, Matas Buzelis! <a href=”https://t.co/C0W9Ct6v2n”>pic.twitter.com/C0W9Ct6v2n</a>

Buzelis grew up in Hinsdale, Il, a suburb southwest of Chicago. He shared a message with his future fanbase shortly after being selected.

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 joins a Bulls team that went 39-43 in 2023-24 and fell in the play-in tournament. This was the second consecutive season that the Bulls missed out on the postseason, and it has not reached the second round of the playoffs since the 2014-15 season.

The first move of the offseason was acquiring Giddey, who Chicago received from the Oklahoma City Thunder for Alex Caruso June 20. The Bulls will now look towards a potential trade for Zach LaVine, who has been involved in trade rumors since last offseason.

First appeared on bleacherreport.com

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