The 19-year-old Buzelis played for the G League Ignite this past season, averaging 14.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 32.0 minutes across 26 games
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00:00Well, you know we're fascinated by everything that happened
00:03I mean, I think that it's it's extraordinary that it's a local kid and that he's Lithuanian and that a K knows his family
00:10But that kid was supposed to go higher. I mean he
00:14Literally fell to the bulls. They just they I think a case said he was the best player on their board
00:20And they took the best guy on their board and you know as I watched the draft
00:26I know this was a confusing draft, but his name was right on the time
00:30Do you know best player available his name was sitting there for about four or five picks?
00:36Yeah, I mean I didn't listen in any of my pre-draft coverage once because he was a consensus at one point
00:44He was a top five pick right. I think though. I think he didn't slip much past six
00:50in most mock drafts, so I
00:52Will say philosophically this is kind of what the Bulls thought was going to happen was that
00:59Because it was such an unpredictable draft somebody that they really really liked would be there at 11
01:04They did have conversations both about moving up and moving back
01:08But ultimately they decided they just thought somebody that they really really liked would be there at 11
01:14they did definitely did not expect it to be this guy and you're right the
01:19storybook
01:20storylines of
01:22Lithuanian Chicago, and there's a lot to like and you know he he sounds like he's a guy who's ready to get into the gym
01:29And work, and that's that's what you like to hear from a young player