Where should Matas Buzelis be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 30 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 63 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 65.3 on average, 35 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Matas Buzelis play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 74 games, after 77 last season.

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Matas Buzelis

Chicago Bulls · SF/PF · Age 22 · 6′8″

Rankings Bam Adebayo Jalen Brunson

Rank#30SF #16 · of 233

Value0.2329-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP65.3ESPN 90.5

$ Max value$27Yahoo avg $5.8

Games7433 min a game

Rostered73.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 30 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 63 in 2025-26. He is top 10 in blocks among rotation players. Yahoo drafters take him at 65.3 on average, 35 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: 8.6 in 2024-25, 16.3 last season.

Last season16.3

2-season average12.5

Trend a season+7.7

2026-27 proj.18.6

Up and down: between 8.6 (2024-25) and 16.3 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 16.4 in 2024-25, 20.1 last season, on 18.9 → 29.2 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (18.6) is above anything in his last 2 seasons.

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26#81of 27226-27*#52of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	30	0.232	74	33	18.6	2.5	6.2	2.2	0.8	1.4	46.8%	6.7/14.3	79.2%	2.7/3.4	2.2
2025-26	63	0.143	77	29	16.3	2.2	5.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	46.3%	5.8/12.5	78.6%	2.4/3.1	2.1
2024-25	251	-0.460	80	19	8.6	1.2	3.5	1.0	0.4	0.9	45.4%	3.2/6.9	81.5%	1.1/1.4	0.9

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

18.6#52 of 2130.40

3PM

2.5#26 of 2130.67

REB

6.2#56 of 2130.05

AST

2.2#139 of 213-0.43

STL

0.8#129 of 213-0.13

BLK

1.4#8 of 2130.95

FG%

46.8%6.7/14.3#135 of 213-0.27

FT%

79.2%2.7/3.4#121 of 2130.00

TO

2.2#171 of 213-0.26

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls starter at SF; Dailyn Swain, new to the team, is behind him. 251 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, and Ayo Dosunmu; Norman Powell is the arrival projected for the most minutes (30).

SF

PF

1Caleb WilsonNew
2Patrick Williams
3Dailyn SwainNew
4Matas Buzelis
5Leonard Miller
6Jalen Smith
7Noa Essengue
8Zach Collins
9Tobe AwakaNew

Left since 2025-26

Nikola VucevicSigned by ORL Jul 131 min → ORL
Coby WhiteSigned by CHA Jul 629 min → CHA
Ayo Dosunmu26 min → MIN
Collin Sexton26 min → LAL
Guerschon Yabusele25 min
Kevin Huerter24 min → DET
Nick RichardsSigned by MIA Aug 2722 min → MIA
Rob DillinghamTraded Sep 2721 min
Lachlan Olbrich13 min
Yuki Kawamura12 min
Dalen Terry11 min
Jevon CarterSigned by ORL Jul 111 min → ORL
Minutes a night251

Arrived

Norman Powell30 min from MIA
Nic ClaxtonAcquired Jul 1028 min from BKN
Buddy HieldAcquired Sep 2716 min from ATL
Jordan HawkinsTraded by NO Sep 814 min from NO
Jaylin Sellersnew
Dailyn Swainnew
Caleb Wilsonnew
Tobe AwakaSigned Jul 3new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Chicago Bulls depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	CHI	77	29.2	16.3	2.2	5.8	2.1	0.7	1.5	46.4%	5.8/12.5	77.4%	2.4/3.1	2.1
2024-25	CHI	80	18.9	8.6	1.2	3.5	1.0	0.4	0.9	46.4%	3.2/6.9	78.6%	1.1/1.4	0.9

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Matas Buzelis in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.