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• NBA Notes: Bulls, Isaac Okoro, Thunder, Dariq Whitehead, Kings

Bulls It looks like the Bulls have found their fifth starter, at least for now. Per Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times, Isaac Okoro has emerged as the frontrunner to round out Chicago’s starting five alongside Josh Giddey, Coby White, Matas Buzelis, and Nikola Vucevic. Head coach Billy Donovan praised Okoro’s defense and said he’d […] The post NBA Notes: Bulls, Isaac Okoro, Thunder, Dariq W...2025
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• Bulls Notes: Okoro, Vucevic, Williams, Dosunmu
Entering the preseason, it seemed obvious that Josh Giddey, Coby White, Matas Buzelis, and Nikola Vucevic would be part of the Bulls‘ starting lineup, but the fifth spot in that unit remained up for grabs. As Julia Poe of The Chicago Tribune (subscription required) wrote when she explored the topic earlier this week, Isaac Okoro, […]...2025
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• Bulls rising star poised for breakout year after early career struggles

Less than a year ago, Matas Buzelis was a raw, promising rookie still trying to find his footing in the NBA. Now, on the eve of his sophomore season, he looks like a player ready to make the leap....2025
• Fantasy Basketball Breakout Candidates: Top Options for 9-Category Leagues

Discover breakout stars for your 2025-26 fantasy basketball draft. From Matas Buzelis to Amen Thompson, find players poised to deliver high returns....2025
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• Best Fantasy Basketball Sleepers 2025-26: Undervalued Players to Target

Expert fantasy basketball sleeper picks for 2025-26. Get draft day advantages with undervalued players like Jakob Poeltl, Ausar Thompson, and Matas Buzelis....2025
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• The Chicago Bulls exercised Matas Buzelis’ 2026-27 team option
Last season, the Chicago Bulls finished with a 39-43 record. That was ninth in the Eastern Conference. Chicago has missed the playoffs in three consecutive seasons. Additionally, they’ve missed the postseason in seven of the last eight years. The Bulls are eager to get over the hump and become serious contenders in the East. That’s […] The post The Chicago Bulls exercised Matas...2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future

Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams that just feel hopeless right now. Fortunes can change quickly in the NBA, and you only need to look at the two teams in the 2025 NBA Finals for proof. The Thunder ended the 2021-2022 season at 24-58 overall. The Indiana Pacers finished that season 25-57. Three years later, the two franchises played a Game 7 for the championship. That’...2025
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images These six NBA teams are going nowhere fast. What does it mean to be stuck in NBA purgatory? The easiest definition is a team that isn’t good enough to win a playoff series, but also won’t be bad enough to get a crack at a franchise-changing prospect at the top of the NBA Draft. In fairness, the flattened odds in the draft lottery have consistently failed to rewa...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with latest rumors after combine, college withdrawals

Photo by Mathias Renner / City-Press GmbH Bildagentur via GettyImages Here’s an updated 2025 NBA mock draft. It’s hard to believe the 2025 NBA Draft is just around the corner when the basketball world has all of its energy focused on the upcoming 2025 NBA Finals. The shift from the end of the playoffs to the start of the offseason happens almost instantaneously, and if the insiders are to ...2025
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• Cooper Flagg’s 6 best landing spots in NBA Draft lottery, ranked

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Let’s rank the best landing spots for Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA Draft lottery. Not all NBA Draft lotteries are created equal. A year ago, when the Atlanta Hawks jumped from up from No. 10 to win the lottery, there was no sure-fire No. 1 overall player sitting there as the obvious prize. That’s not the case this year: the teams entering the lottery are...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images Here are our NBA awards picks for the 2025 season. The 2024-2025 NBA season will mostly be remembered for something that happened off the court. Luka Doncic getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers will never make sense no matter how many times fans see him in purple and gold. Dallas’ epic collapse in the wake of the deal will ...2025
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• Bulls Notes: Buzelis, Jones, Giddey, Ball
If there’s a “rookie wall” for Bulls forward Matas Buzelis, he crashed through it Saturday night, writes Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times. Buzelis scored a career-high 31 points in a convincing win over the Lakers, shooting 12-of-18 from the field and 5-of-10 from three-point range. It was a welcome breakthrough for Buzelis, whose playing […]...2025
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Cooper Flagg is ready to define the next generation of basketball superstardom

Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images How Cooper Flagg is growing into the next generation’s version of an NBA superstar. Cooper Flagg walked into USA Basketball practice with nothing to lose and everything to prove. He was just about the youngest person in the building, competing against more mature and more accomplished players with far greater pedigrees. He entered the scrimmages ...2024
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• 7 NBA Rookie of the Year candidates, ranked by likelihood of who will win award

Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year award. The 2024 NBA Draft class was always a bit underwhelming, but that should make this year’s Rookie of the Year race even more wide open. The lack of a consensus top prospect a la Victor Wembanyama last year means that almost anyone can make a run to ROY this season, draft position be da...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated projection with latest rumors after NBA Finals

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Here’s how we think the 2024 NBA Draft will actually play out. The 2024 NBA Finals are over with the Boston Celtics emerging as champions. The league is now ready to turn the page to next season, starting with the 2024 NBA Draft. The first round of the draft is happening on Wednesday, June 26 on ESPN starting at 8 p.m. ET, and for the first time, th...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Perfect picks for every team

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock draft. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder in the 2024 NBA Draft. An entire draft cycle has come and gone without the emergence of a clear No. 1 overall prospect. This is the type of draft bound to cause massive disagree on individual boards for executives even within the same team. A few storylines have emerged. Three young...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Instant projection after Hawks’ stunning lottery win

Here’s our instant projection of the 2024 NBA Draft with the order now finalized after the lottery drawing. The order for the 2024 NBA Draft is finally set, and the Atlanta Hawks are the lucky winners of the lottery with the No. 1 overall pick. The Hawks entered the drawing with the 10th-best odds overall with a three percent chance at the first pick, and somehow cashed it in. The Washington Wizar...2024
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"Matas Buzelis, F, Chicago Bulls: The Bulls rookie already knows what it’s like to be an All-Star Weekend hero after hitting a game-winner in the Rising Stars Game last year while playing for the G League Ignite."

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"Matas Buzelis and Ron Holland — the top recruits in Bronny’s grade — decided to bypass college for the G League Ignite."

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"Matas Buzelis and Ron Holland will both play for the G League Ignite next season, and begin the draft cycle at the top of our board."

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"The G League Ignite has landed a commitment from forward Matas Buzelis, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

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• NBA Notes: Bulls, Matas Buzelis, Timberwolves, Julius Randle, Pacers

Bulls The Bulls have exercised their third-year rookie scale team option on forward Matas Buzelis, locking in his salary for the 2026-27 season, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac. Buzelis, last year’s 11th overall pick, will make $5.46 million in 2025-26 and is now guaranteed $5.72 million the following season. Chicago will have until November […] The post NBA Notes: Bulls, Matas Buzelis, ...2025
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• Bulls Exercise Matas Buzelis’ 2026/27 Option

The Bulls have exercised their third-year rookie scale team option on forward Matas Buzelis, tweets Keith Smith of Spotrac. The move guarantees Buzelis’ salary for the 2026/27 season. Last year’s 11th overall pick will earn $5.46MM in his second NBA season in ’25/26 and is now locked into a $5.72MM salary for ’26/27. Chicago will […]...2025
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• Bulls Exercise 26-27 Team Option For Matas Buzelis

The Chicago Bulls picked up their 2026-27 rookie scale team option for forward Matas Buzelis. This is the third-year option for Buzelis. He'll be under contract for $5.7 million for next season. As a rookie, Buzelis averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game. The 6-foot-10 forward started in the Bulls final 31 games. During that 31-game stretch, Buzelis averaged 13 points, 4.5 r...2025
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• Matas Buzelis, Tari Eason and other top sleepers to target
These are the under-the-radar players to know about in fantasy basketball drafts....2025
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• Dunc'd On: More Clippers Circumvention Evidence + Josh Giddey Signs; CHI Outlook With Will Gottlieb

Nate reacts to Pablo Torre's latest reporting indicating that Clippers co-owner Dennis Wong made a suspicious investment in Aspiration shortly before Kawhi Leonard was given an overdue payment by the ailing company. Will Gottlieb of CHGO is our guest to discuss Josh Giddey agreeing to a 4-year/ $100 million restricted free agency contract. We break down how the Bulls did in terms of value and what...2025
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• Collin Murray-Boyles is NBA Draft’s analytics darling who wants to prove he can fix his shot

Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images Collin Murray-Boyles is a short big man who can’t shoot. He’s still one of the best prospects in the 2025 NBA Draft. Joshua Staley knew he was getting a smart and skilled player when Collin Murray-Boyles showed up as a freshman at AC Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Staley had coached Murray-Boyles’ older brother James to a state champion...2025
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• Bulls Notes: Buzelis, White, Dosunmu, Jones, Expectations, Giddey
Bulls forward Matas Buzelis averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game while appearing in 80 contests as a rookie. He’s aiming for a major award this season, according to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun Times. “I want to win Most Improved Player this year,” Buzelis said. “That’s what I’m striving […]...2025
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• Bulls Notes: Buzelis, Jones, Giddey, Ball
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• LeBron James ‘Little Rusty’ In Return As Bulls Blowout Lakers
LeBron James made his return to the Los Angeles Lakers lineup after a seven-game absence due to a left groin strain. He could do nothing to help prevent a dominant Bulls performance, though, as Chicago piled up 146 points in a 31-point victory. Coby White scored 36 and rookie Matas Buzelis had 31. Josh Giddey […] The post LeBron James ‘Little Rusty’ In Return As Bulls Blowout Lak...2025
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• NBA Rising Stars 2025 rosters and format, explained, featuring rookies and sophomores

Photo by Jamie Sabau/NBAE via Getty Images Who are the next stars of the league? The NBA Rising Stars challenge has taken on different looks over recent years. From a USA vs. World format to the current four-team round robin form, the NBA has tinkered with the Rising Stars game year over year. However, what doesn’t change is the fact that the NBA is laden with young stars, ready to showcas...2025
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• NBA All-Star 2025 predictions and preview for dunk contest, 3-point shootout, and more

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Here are our predictions for the 2025 NBA dunk contest, three-point contest, and skill challenge. The 2025 NBA All-Star Game is here with a bizarre new format, a no-name dunk contest, and Damian Lillard going for a three-point shootout three-peat. Before the main event gets underway on Sunday, All-Star Saturday features the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Conte...2025
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• Collin Murray-Boyles is NBA Draft’s analytics darling who wants to prove he can fix his shot
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• Ron Holland’s NBA Draft stock shouldn’t be defined by G League losing

Photo by Alex Nahorniak-Svenski/NBAE via Getty Images Don’t let Ron Holland’s one season in the G League fool you. The 2024 NBA Draft prospect has always been a winner. Duncanville High School head coach David Peavy stood outside the locker room after the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game ready to congratulate his star player on the symbolic close to an incredible high school career. When...2024
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• NBA Draft rumors on Hawks, Bulls, 1 player rising, and 1 falling

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Here are the latest rumors floating around the 2024 NBA Draft. It would make sense if the 2024 NBA Draft leads to more volatility in terms of trades and against-the-grain picks than a typical year. SB Nation has been covering this draft class since the day after the 2023 draft, and the only thing evaluators can agree on with this group of players is th...2024
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• Chicago native Matas Buzelis declares for the 2024 NBA Draft

Chicago native and G-League Ignite star Matas Buzlelis is declaring for the 2024 NBA draft, he confirmed on X (formerly Twitter). Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report the news. Buzelis, 19, was born and raised in Chicago. His parents are both Lithuanian-born and former professional basketball players; his father for the Lithuanian Basketball League. Initially a strong swimmer, he......2024
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• Top NBA draft prospect, Chicago native Matas Buzelis reacts to potentially being drafted by the Bulls

Chicago native and G-League Ignite star, Matas Buzelis, grew up in the suburbs as an avid swimmer. And his family isn’t short of athletic genes; or, basketball genes. Both his parents played basketball in Lithuania. His mother played for youth Lithuanian national teams. His dad played for multiple clubs in the Lithuanian Basketball League. Buzelis’ grandparents both grew up basketball......2024

• NBA mock draft 2024: Bronny James headlines class in open race for No. 1 pick
Here’s your first look at the 2024 NBA Draft. There’s no franchise savior sitting at the top of the 2024 NBA Draft on par with Victor Wembanyama. Instead, next year’s draft class features a wide range of candidates who could conceivably emerge as the No. 1 overall pick. Now that the 2023 draft is behind us, it’s time to look ahead at the players expected to be selected in the first round of the 2...2023
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• Bronny James’ best option is still entering 2024 NBA Draft, not returning to college

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Bronny James doesn’t need college basketball. Why he should enter the 2024 NBA Draft despite his mock draft projections. Bronny James has always dealt with a level of scrutiny reserved only for those whose government name is literally LeBron James Jr. As the son of one of the greatest players of all time, Bronny has played under harsh spotlight si...2024
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• Meet the 2023 boys McDonald’s All-Americans, starring Bronny James and wide open race for No. 1
Let’s meet this year’s boys McDonald’s All-Americans, where there’s a wide open race for the No. 1 player in the class. The 2023 boys McDonald’s All-American Game has some obvious points of intrigue as the top high school basketball players in the country come to Houston for the annual All-Star showcase. This has long been considered a star-making event as the last chance for players to make impre...2023
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• Matas Buzelis signs with G League Ignite: Five-star SF is potential No. 1 pick in 2024 NBA Draft

Buzelis had more than a dozen options but is signing with G League Ignite to prep for the NBA Draft...2023
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• Sources: Five-star Buzelis picks G League Ignite

The G League Ignite has landed a commitment from forward Matas Buzelis, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Buzelis,a 6-foot-10 forward, is the No. 11 player in the ESPN 100 for the Class of 2023....2022
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• Duke basketball might have its best superteam ever in 2025

Duke doesn’t need Coach K to keep recruiting at an elite level. The Blue Devils’ next superteam is coming, and it might be their most talented ever. Duke men’s basketball hasn’t just maintained its elite recruiting pull since legedary head coach Mike Krzyzewski finally retired in 2022 — it’s arguably gotten even better. New head coach Jon Scheyer landed the country’s No. 1 recruiting class in 2023...2024
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• G-League Ignite lands top 2024 NBA Draft prospects Matas Buzelis, Ron Holland
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• Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Week 20 Streaming Targets

Will Matas Buzelis' production continue during the fantasy playoffs? RotoWire expert Adam King offers his top waiver wire targets for the stretch run....2025
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• NBA Notes: Bulls, Isaac Okoro, Thunder, Dariq Whitehead, Kings
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• The Chicago Bulls exercised Matas Buzelis’ 2026-27 team option
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• Everything you need to know about the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The NBA Draft lottery is here. We’re drawing ever closer to the 2025 NBA Draft, and with it a transformative player who could turn around a franchise. A total of 14 teams have a chance to win the No. 1 overall pick, with five organizations having a 10% chance or better to landing the first pick. Find our most recent mock draft from Ricky O’Donnell here....2025
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Updated 1st round projection after March Madness

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Here’s our latest projection of the 2024 NBA Draft now that March Madness is over. The 2024 NBA Draft cycle opened this summer with massive uncertainty over would who emerge as the No. 1 player in the class. With college basketball season now over, and UConn again reigning supreme, it feels like we’re no closer to a consensus answer. The lack of an obvio...2024
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