How GOOD is Matas Buzelis Actually?

[@cwixgee]

Who’s here after the bulls took him

[@bradenpaynter2952]

I’m so happy we didn’t get a pg

[@sjmcrossover4113]

Im here let's go bulls

[@CyleJackson-ny9tp]

Me

[@ledbetter1179]

Good pick for the bulls !

[@felipecuenca635]

Lets go

[@graydontron1718]

He’s only 19 . He’s a high school kid . Bulls got a good one

[@Sportivations]

💯💯

[@WarOfWords810]

He’s way more Shifty than those NBA comps. His pace with the ball, handles and athleticism gives him high upside .

[@Sportivations]

I think the Franz Wagner one is a very good comp. What's your take?

[@markdafunky1]

Fell to 11, landed with the Bulls. I see nothing wrong here 🙌

[@Sportivations]

Playing for the hometown aye!

[@davidmolina9166]

NOW LET'S GO BULLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sportivations]

What did you think about the Caruso trade? Do you think Giddey will be huge for the Bulls?

[@emiliothepoet]

@@SportivationsI think Giddey and Matas will play well off each other and when you have multidimensional players it will only improve the team. At minimum should be fun to watch

[@antonioesquivel9266]

Music too loud, makes it hard to hear commentary.

[@dikrantorian1311]

You must be like me, over 50 🦻. 😂

[@Sportivations]

Thanks for your feedback, we're constantly trying to improve and such feedback are super important for us.

[@RobertasOlšanovas]

So Valančiunas is better then Sabonis or what happened here?

[@DimoSmugrev]

Exactly what i thought lol.

[@Sportivations]

He's a better post defender and shot blocker, but Sabonis is definitely better in all other aspects of the game

[@ZalgirinisVilniaus]

​@@Sportivationsand that Lithuanian national team scout doesnt sound Lithuanian. Our national teams scout is Boston Celtics foreign scout Benas Matkevicius

[@Mayor720]

Welcome to the Bulls

[@randomthoughts8276]

This dude is the real deal

[@Sportivations]

He's now home in Chicago!!

[@lukasmirandas4144]

He's Lithuanian but he's from the Chicago area

[@Sportivations]

You're right

[@theragman32]

He is of Lithuanian decent but he is an American. Born in Chicago.

[@Sportivations]

Yeah but apparently he'll play for the Lithuanian national team

[@shredofmalarchi]

He said that later in the video.

[@LJay8755]

Should i take him 8th in dynasty fantasy league?

[@Sportivations]

Definitely!!

[@Not-so-cool-name]

Matas, Giddey, Cody 😊

[@3912James]

You mean Coby.

[@alleycat5452]

Bitim 2 if they play him

[@dikrantorian1311]

That's our Big Three! 😂

[@Sportivations]

Who's playing which position?

[@CobyWhite456]

@@SportivationsPG:Giddey/SG:Coby/SF:PWill/PF:Matas/C:Vooch(might change)

[@nilehawkins7878]

Daaa Bulls!

[@mccraejoey82]

Well I hope he balls out right away I'm tired of my bulls not winning

[@Sportivations]

At least they're in the East, I think they can make the play-in. What's your take?

[@commonsense3921]

Kinda weird to play for Lithuania National team when he was born in Chicago and grew up in the Suburbs, Guess his parents influence him to do it.

[@Androsmack]

In most sports you can represent a country if you have Grandparents born there.

[@mandogarcia7905]

What's wrong with that everyone plays and has pride for America and their homeland. In the southwest suburbs of Lemont, lockport and Homer glen the Lithuanian community is very strong and help and support any race in their programs thruout will county.

[@Sportivations]

Embiid only arrived in the US at 16 and will play for team USA, and there might be even better examples but yeah... that's how it is, they can't refuse to have that kind of talent on their roster!

[@shredofmalarchi]

Both of his parents played professionally in Lithuania. He is fluent in the language. I'm cool with it, man.

[@aaguilar061289]

Buddy got that Giannis potential

[@shake6321]

bro come on. he is 6-7 with a 6-10 wing span. gianni’s is 7 feet with a 7-3 wingspan. gainis can guard anyone. matas won’t even be able to guard Sfs. he is an athletic mike dunleavy.

[@Knightryda11]

@@shake6321bro cmon he’s 19 he’s gonna grow 7+ he’s alredy almost 7feet

[@blau8612]

​@@shake6321I think that an athletic Mike Dunleavy could be a great player in today's game! In addtition, Buzelis seems to be able to create off the dribble, so he could become an allstar, hopefully.

[@shake6321]

​@@blau8612 "great player". we have different definitions of great player. do you want an athletic dunleavy to match up with bron, taytum, etc? in the last 10 NBA finals, who would this guy match up against? he is a typical bulls player. good scorer. poor defender. cant be a starter on a championship type team in 95% of cases. he is another coby, vuc, lavine. its not horrible but thats not a main starter on a playoff team that makes a deep run

[@shake6321]

​@@Knightryda11 he is 6' 8.75'' at his pro day. its wish full thinking to think he'll 7 feet. moreover, if he does, then he has to play PF/C. he is a nice player but not a starter on a championship team. go find a starter like him on a championship team in the last 40 years. he is a typical bulls player. slow laterally, bad defensively, above average offensively. We already have Derozen, Lavine, Vuc, Coby White, Giddy who can get 20 but cant stop an elite player from scoring 40+. Matas will fit right in Here are the forwards for playoff team. celtics - taytum, horford, kristaps heat - butler, bam cavs - mobley, Max Strus magic - paolo, wagner bucks - giannis, middleton pacers - myles turner, siakum, mathurin knicks - randall, OG, Mikhal Bridges 76ers - oubre, tobias harris. How does he guard? maybe Wagner, oubre, max strus The NBA is a great league. you need greatness to win. He is a good, solid role player on a great team and a guy who will put up good stats on a bad team like Wagner.

[@MYTV7]

Just draft all players from the euro league lol 😂 they would go 82 and 0🎉

[@Sportivations]

Haha this could be a viable strategy 😂

[@hunterishairy]

He’s from Chicago my boy

[@Sportivations]

Yep, but he has Lithuanian roots.

[@SHD69]

matas buzelis is so good :D

[@Sportivations]

I'm sure he'll have a successful career in the NBA, what do you think?

[@SHD69]

@@Sportivations I think so too. I’ve been watching his game since about a year ago and can confidently say that his skill will translate well into the NBA

[@shredofmalarchi]

SEE RED🐂🐂🐂

[@gsent]

I can hear a little commentary in your music video

[@Sportivations]

Where?

[@jakeyrunescape9219]

music is too loud i can’t hear your voice very well. otherwise great video:)

[@Sportivations]

Thanks for your precious feedback, we'll make to note it for future videos!!

[@xart23x]

Besides all the physical tools i love his mindset. Kid is trying to compete, kill and dominate. We’ve had 4 years of Patrick Williams who just doesn’t have the mindset to kill besides having all the athletic talent. I love Matas was emotional on draft night. Shows he’s in tune with reality and is very passionate person. Upstairs. He has it upstairs to be great and at his height and athleticism, handle, and unbroken jumper….we got a steal. Just wish Caruso was on the team to teach em defense and raise his iq quicker. He has most potential of anyone on our roster. Giddey will get em easy shots too. Cannot wait for Summer League.

[@Sportivations]

Good talk! I think they can make the play-in next year, what's your take?

[@rollendecuzar282]

He is good but his coach would be the problem.

[@blkreign4784]

Yea the Bulls should of been fired Billy goat

[@Sportivations]

Yeah; I'm afraid he won't find much playing time, let's see how next season goes

[@BrysontheeTV]

Looks like Arturas

[@Sportivations]

A bit yeah!

[@resudeew2636]

Was this voice created through AI or something? Nothing was pronounced correctly.

[@Sportivations]

Maybe 🤔

[@chrisgotski9837]

He's from Hinsdale Illinois not Lithuania.

[@Sportivations]

He's got the Lithuanian nationality too if I'm not mistaken but yeah he's from Hinsdale

[@shredofmalarchi]

He said that later in the video.

[@RoniloPadilla]

Bulls eye..

[@worldgenres]

lol good one

[@Sportivations]

Yep good one!!

[@shake6321]

you simply cant play matas and Giddy at the same time. when will AKME realize that you need 2, if not 3 great perimeter defenders. why do they keep putting bad defenders on the bulls? it make no sense.

[@Sportivations]

True, spacing would be horrendous, and I'm not even talking about defense. I'm not sure why, they just traded their best perimeter defender... Speaking about Buzelis, don't you think he'd be a good as a 6th or 7th man, coming off the bench?

[@shake6321]

@@Sportivations yes, he can be a great 6th man. he can even start on the team with 3 or 4 other great defenders. lets say he ends up being an elite offensive players (dirk as an example). he would def start and be surrounded by defenders. the issue with the bulls is that i dont hate any of their players as individuals. as a team they are horrible. they all have the same weaknesses (cant shoot, bad lateral quickness, bad length)

[@Sportivations]

You're right, but he cannot start on that Bulls squad, he could start on a team with a lof of spacing like the Celtics for example or OKC but certainly not on that Bulls squad

[@shake6321]

@@Sportivations i will agree with you but then again, any player in the NBA could start on the elite teams like the Celts and OKC and be their 5th man. its not saying much. the issue is that the bulls keep drafting #5 starter types.

[@Sportivations]

Not really, I think the Celtics blueprint this year was really their spacing, they wouldn't start a non-shooting center that would kill their spacing. Same for OKC, Chet shooting the lights out definitely opens up the game for Shai and J-dub. People think anyone could start on a good squad like this, but that's not true. A lot of players would be good fits yeah, but not any player. I agree with your last point.

[@PatchesOhoulihan159]

Wassup with the loud music while you talked? Like cmon bro do better

[@RingsidePerspective]

It’s literally AI

[@worldgenres]

@@RingsidePerspectiveyeah but what’s the point of the music

[@Sportivations]

Thanks for the feedback, we definitely need that kind of feedback to improve for future videos :)

[@johnj.kalachuchi6495]

Im so tired already of scouting report and hyping someone with big potential. Potential does not always translate most of the time in exceling in the NBA. But sure he is possibly a draft steal in the NBA if he turned out to be a successful story. Reality check right now he is 0 in terms of actual assessment level.

[@Sportivations]

I think the biggest issue is the fit, he's just not a good fit for that Bulls squad, unless they trade Derozan and give the keys to Giddey (which they might do) They've got too many mid range shooters and not-willing 3 point shooters, poor defenders at almost all positions..He'd be a better fit on a team with spacing and good defenders that could "hide" him, a team like Boston for instance

[@johnj.kalachuchi6495]

@@Sportivations I see. Like what happened to Lauri M.

[@farguc]

Greatest Talent since Valanciunas? What about Sabonis? Jesus Christ you keep doing JV dirty :/

[@Sportivations]

True, we forgot about Sabonis, what a talent. His father has something to say about this!

[@onetimeonly111]

Dude is trash. Shot 27% from 3. And is a turnover machine

[@EstherLim-st4md]

hahah so he doesnt have the chance to improve do you think, how about everyday practice shooting? hahaa

[@VicS15]

He came from high school! No shit he's going to have a shaky start! He went from high school kids to grown ass men! The whole game is different! He just turned 19 relax! If he went to college, he would be a top 5 pick

[@karolis455]

@@VicS15 don't forget he shot over 40% at highshool, and had difficulty adapting to nba 3pt range when he got to Ignite, so I would not be so worried.

[@VicS15]

@@karolis455 absolutely

[@Sportivations]

We'll see how he plays for the Bulls, I think he'll have a great rookie season in a squad that does not really have expectations