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.

Matas Buzelis