With no Caleb Wilson, Dailyn Swain, or even Noa Essengue active on the summer league Bulls roster in their finale against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the minor-league tier of the Bulls summer league roster stepped up to take the workload, and likely prove they should earn a spot in either the Bulls fall training camp for the 2026-27 NBA or a roster spot in the Bulls’ NBA G-League affiliate Windy City Bulls.
Overall, the summer league Bulls met a familiar fate relative to most of their 2026 Las Vegas Summer League games, losing to the Cavaliers 100-91. Bulls Exhibit-10 signing, forward Donovan Atwell turned out to be the Bulls' leading scorer of the game, shooting 6/7 from the three-point line and 8/10 from the field for 22 points.
As shooting-starved as the Bulls' main roster projects to be going into the 2026-27 NBA season, Atwell should at least continue to fight for a place in the Bulls organization as the NBA calendar slowing moves from summer league to training camp this fall.
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6’4” guard Jaylin Sellers received an interesting starting nod as a power forward, and ultimately, the assignment amounted to Sellers operating in more of a point-forward role, initiating offense.
In the first half of the game, Sellers was less impactful in scoring but made up for it in many intangibles of the game: being decisive with the ball, two or three dribbles followed by a shot or a pass. Sellers also frequently earned a sideline spotlight in the television broadcast's mic’d up segment, displaying Sellers' vocal leadership to his summer league teammates.
Sellers' defensive energy showed up again on the very first defensive possession of the game, earning a steal (plus fast break dunk) and finishing the game with two steals.
Jaylin Sellers starting us off with a BANG 💥@JaylinSellers | #SeeRed pic.twitter.com/zaSV7LMVLZ
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) July 17, 2026
Despite the slow first half offensively, Sellers overall turned out to simply be a slow-burn offensive player as he picked up his scoring late in the fourth quarter to finish the game with 17 points on 50% shooting from the field.
Center Tobe Awaka didn’t necessarily assert himself at the forefront of the game against the Cavaliers, yet he was a consistent force on the glass for the Bulls, finishing with two offensive and six defensive rebounds.
Awaka’s rebounding should create a foundation for the Bulls' player development staff to use to attempt to build up other NBA skills in Awaka’s game, presuming he maintain’s his two-way contract spot going into Bulls training camp and 2026 NBA preseason.
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