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Chicago Bulls | #14 | Forward

Matas

Buzelis

PPG

3.9

RPG

2.1

APG

0.2

PIE

4.7

HEIGHT

6'10" (2.08m)

WEIGHT

209lb (95kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

NBA G League Ignite

AGE

20 years

BIRTHDATE

October 13, 2004

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 11

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

6'10" | 209lb | 20 years

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 11

BIRTHDATE

October 13, 2004

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

NBA G League Ignite

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2023-24 (NBA G LEAGUE IGNITE): Averaged 14.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 1.9 apg, 2.1 bpg and 0.9 spg in 32.0 mpg through 26 regular season games (all starts) … shot .445 from the field, .273 from three and .679 from the free-throw line … tallied six double-doubles ... scored 20-plus points five times and double figures on 20 occasions ... tallied 10 games with three-plus blocks ... ranked tied for fourth in the G League in blocks per game (2.1) ... was one of three G League players to average at least 14.0 ppg and 2.0 bpg ... logged season highs in points (24) and blocks (four) alongside 13 rebounds at the Windy City Bulls (3/1).

BEFORE NBA

2022-23 McDonald’s High School All-American 2022-23 Gatorade Kansas Boys Basketball Player (Sunrise Christian Academy) 2021-22 Gatorade New Hampshire Boys Basketball Player (Brewster Academy)

PERSONAL LIFE

A Chicago-area native, Buzelis played his senior high school season at Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas. He was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Kansas Boys Basketball Player of the Year after averaging 15.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 1.6 bpg. Led Sunrise to a 22-8 record and the Final Four of GEICO Nationals. As a junior at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, he was selected as the 2021-22 Gatorade New Hampshire Boys Basketball Player of the Year and won the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class AAA Tournament championship.