Matas Buzelis, the projected first general decide within the 2024 NBA Draft, has signed with G League Ignite for subsequent season. Buzelis is a Chicago native who holds United States and Lithuanian citizenship.
This season, Buzelis performed at Dawn Christian Academy in Kansas, after transferring from Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. He received the Kansas Gatorade Participant of the 12 months award for 2023, after successful the identical award for New Hampshire the yr prior.
The 18-year-old ahead has measured in at 6-foot-10. Buzelis will look to comply with the identical path that led Jalen Inexperienced to being a excessive decide after taking part in with the Ignite. Scoot Henderson is a projected top-three decide within the 2023 draft, after he performed two season for the Ignite.
