{"id":912984,"date":"2026-07-04T23:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/912984\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:33:28","slug":"former-northwestern-star-highlights-chicago-bulls-summer-league-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/912984\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Northwestern star highlights Chicago Bulls Summer League roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/q66nbk87ascrwthv.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Bulls introduce first-round picks Caleb Wilson and Dailyn Swain\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/q66nbk87ascrwthv.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Bulls introduce first-round picks Caleb Wilson and Dailyn Swain\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A former Northwestern star highlights the Chicago Bulls&#8217; 2026 NBA Summer League roster that will play in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Bulls unveiled their Summer League Roster on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The headliners are No. 4 overall pick Caleb Wilson and No. 15 overall pick Dailyn Swain. However, former Northwestern star and Wildcats all-time leading scorer Boo Buie will get a chance to impress the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Buie is on the roster, as is former Illinois State and Kentucky sharpshooter Antonio Reeves. Two-way contract players Jaylin Sellers and Tobe Awaka will see plenty of minutes, too.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Noe Essengue, the Bulls&#8217; No. 12 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, will also play in the Summer League.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Bulls&#8217; also have included former Alabama center Charles Bediako on their Summer League roster. Bediako made national news after he tried to make a return to college basketball in 2026 after spending three years in the NBA&#8217;s G-League from 2023 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Chicago Bulls Summer League Roster<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Kennedy Chandler \u2013 Delaware Blue Coats\u00a0\/ Tennessee<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Jaylin Sellers \u2013 Providence<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Dailyn Swain \u2013 Texas<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Caleb Wilson \u2013 North Carolina<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Antonio Reeves \u2013 Charlotte Hornets \/ Kentucky &amp; Illinois State<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Jalen Washington \u2013 Vanderbilt<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Grant Newell \u2013 Western Kentucky<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Tobe Awaka \u2013 Arizona<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Boo Buie \u2013 Xinjiang Flying Tigers \/ Northwestern<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Donovan Atwell \u2013 Texas Tech<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Malik Williams \u2013 Mets de Guaynabo (Puerto Rico \u2013 BSN) \/ Louisville<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Noe Essengue \u2013 Chicago Bulls<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Keyshawn Bryant \u2013 Windy City Bulls\u00a0(NBA G League)<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Charles Bediako \u2013 Scarborough Shooting Stars (Canada \u2013 CEB) \/ Alabama<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Houston Mallette \u2013 Alabama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>Head Coach:<\/strong> Tiago Splitter<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>Assistant coaches:<\/strong> Henry Domercant, Austin Dufault and Martin Rancik (All three will rotate after Splitter coaches Game 1.)<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">There&#8217;s no indication of how many Summer League games Wilson and Swain will play.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Usually, first-round picks get a chance to play a bit in the summer. However, they&#8217;re normally restricted to a game or two, especially top-five selections like Wilson.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Bulls open Summer League play on Friday, July 10, and they&#8217;ll get a tour of the top of the NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">They&#8217;ll open against the Memphis Grizzlies and 2026 NBA Draft No. 3 overall pick Cameron Boozer. Following that, the Bulls play Darryn Peterson and the Utah Jazz on Monday, July 13, and AJ Dybantsa and the Washington Wizards on Tuesday, July 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Bulls&#8217; final game before the Summer League Playoffs is against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, July 16.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/nba\/bulls\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/ncaa\/northwestern\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northwestern<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/nba\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/ncaa-basketball\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Basketball<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Northwestern star highlights the Chicago Bulls&#8217; 2026 NBA Summer League roster that will play in Las&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":912985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[15427,1260,1317,1337,22183,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-912984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-bulls","tag-nba","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-northwestern","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116864327702786171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}