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Well, the draft is over. Time to see who we sign to the Summer League Roster. We can track them here.

Confirmed Roster (so far)
Caleb Grill
Matas
Wooga Poplar
Noa Essenque
Javon Freeman-Liberty
William Hickey
Yuki Kawamura
Emanuel Miller
David Muoka
Lachlan Olbrich
Micah Parrish
Maozinha Pereira
Josh Primo
Jahmir Young

We won't field a team this year. We'll just have Reinsdork's kid throw $20 bills on the court.

Almost Retired wrote:We won't field a team this year. We'll just have Reinsdork's kid throw $20 bills on the court.

Don't be silly.......Reinsdorfs would never give money away

I’m thinking Olbrich has a chance at having a better summer league than Essengue. He seems to have a high motor and can make things happen with his hustle and effort, where I think Essengue would look better if we had someone else on the roster setting him up for easy baskets. Hopefully we get a pass first point guard to run the team instead of a chucker like we usually do.

Buzelis
Noa
Lachlan
Jahmir Young
Emanuel Miller
EJ Lidell

Salo23 wrote:I’m thinking Olbrich has a chance at having a better summer league than Essengue. He seems to have a high motor and can make things happen with his hustle and effort, where I think Essengue would look better if we had someone else on the roster setting him up for easy baskets. Hopefully we get a pass first point guard to run the team instead of a chucker like we usually do.

Our annual chucking summer league PG is a yearly staple.

Salo23 wrote:I’m thinking Olbrich has a chance at having a better summer league than Essengue. He seems to have a high motor and can make things happen with his hustle and effort, where I think Essengue would look better if we had someone else on the roster setting him up for easy baskets. Hopefully we get a pass first point guard to run the team instead of a chucker like we usually do.

While I'm no prospect expect, but from everything I've watched on Nao, he is an extremely high energy player, who isn't afraid to grab a rebound and just take it to the rim by himself. To add, he has good feet and hands on the defensive end, which gives him added opportunities on the offensive end.

You're not wrong, that a high level point guard would help Noa immensely on the offensive end, but I think he has enough tools to be productive even without a point guard, just because of how hard he plays all the time. Not to mention, he is still so young, and yet he has experience playing with grown men but still held his own, so Summer league should be a walk in the park for him.

As for Olbrich, I'm just starting my research on him, and at least offensively, he reminds me a little of Olynk; where he can take it off the glass and isn't afraid to take the ball down the court, he isn't a high leaper but is savvy enough around the basket to make shots, and he looks to have pretty decent footwork to overcome his lack of athleticism. I don't think he plays a single minute in the NBA though, at least at first glance, but I could see him having a long career internationally. At best, he is an end of the bench player, who is mostly just a warm body for practices so the plays who get time on the floor has to play against a hardworking player.

Probably will look something like this

1 Young 6'1
2 Freeman-Liberty 6'3-Gaines 6'2
3 Buzelis 6'10-Miller 6'7
4 Essengue 6'10-Liddell 6'6
5 Olbrich 6'9-Muoka 6'10

Let's try out these UDFA

Dawson Garcia
Clifford Omoruyi
RJ Lewis
Jacksen Moni
Obinna Anochili-Killen
Ty Johnson and John Poulakidas two local kids

Salo23 wrote:I’m thinking Olbrich has a chance at having a better summer league than Essengue. He seems to have a high motor and can make things happen with his hustle and effort, where I think Essengue would look better if we had someone else on the roster setting him up for easy baskets. Hopefully we get a pass first point guard to run the team instead of a chucker like we usually do.

I'd be highly surprised if Olbrich outplayed Noa. I think a lot of people are going to be very surprised with Noa this summer. He's a project, but he's still a highly productive one, that can impact the game in multiple ways. His energy is off the charts.

Bulls Fan 23 wrote:Let's try out these UDFA

Dawson Garcia
Clifford Omoruyi
RJ Lewis
Jacksen Moni
Obinna Anochili-Killen
Ty Johnson and John Poulakidas two local kids

RJ just signed with Utah.

Jvaughn wrote:

Bulls Fan 23 wrote:Let's try out these UDFA

Dawson Garcia
Clifford Omoruyi
RJ Lewis
Jacksen Moni
Obinna Anochili-Killen
Ty Johnson and John Poulakidas two local kids

RJ just signed with Utah.

Crap

Hoping Buzelis dominates in the first game or 2 and we sit him going forward, don’t want to risk him getting hurt.

How are we projecting Liddell on the SL roster? Isn't he a 4-year veteran by now? Just let him go and get a young fellow in there.

Guru wrote:Buzelis
Noa
Lachlan
Jahmir Young
Emanuel Miller
EJ Lidell

I doubt that Buzelis will play in the Summer League.

Salo23 wrote:Hoping Buzelis dominates in the first game or 2 and we sit him going forward, don’t want to risk him getting hurt.

Yeah, I think that's the plan, although I wouldn't be surprised if he just practices with the squad and doesn't actually play any games.

ThisGuyFawkes wrote:How are we projecting Liddell on the SL roster? Isn't he a 4-year veteran by now? Just let him go and get a young fellow in there.

Summer league has all types, veterans help the rookies. He's projected because he's just 24 and was on a 2 way for us to end the year and played well for WC

ThisGuyFawkes wrote:How are we projecting Liddell on the SL roster? Isn't he a 4-year veteran by now? Just let him go and get a young fellow in there.

He was on a 2-way to end last season, I would assume being a 2-way he'd get a spot.