The Chicago Bulls’ 2026 NBA offseason social media timeline has been adorned with a common theme of Bulls third-year forward Matas Buzelis and rookie forward Caleb Wilson clocking ample amounts of team-bonding time on and off the basketball court.
Caleb Wilson and Matas Buzelis are putting in the work🏀🎱🐂 pic.twitter.com/SS3yHoreH4
— CalebWilsonLover (@CalebWilsonZone) July 21, 2026
Caleb Wilson and Matas Buzelis are back at it again🎱🐂 pic.twitter.com/5DtI4G7wQQ
— CalebWilsonLover (@CalebWilsonZone) July 24, 2026
Fresh off the digital presses, the latest edition of the Buzelis and Wilson 2026 summer tour included a basketball run for the tandem as part of the Macnomics Summit celebrity basketball game held Sunday in Chicago.
The social media-documented summer exploits of Buzelis and Wilson are a stark contrast to the social media posture of the Bulls' other incoming rookie, wing Dailyn Swain. Of course, Swain had an infamous stretch of games during the Bulls’ 2026 Las Vegas Summer League exhibition.
Save for a weekend of meeting Bulls fans at 2026 Bulls Fest, Swain has been absent from the social media timeline for the majority of the summer, and that’s a good thing for him.
Newer generations of NBA players have a thing for filling their social media profiles with offseason workout videos. In the case of Swain, he knows, and we know, how much work he needs to put into his game to be ready to earn his spot on the 2026-27 Bulls roster. No selfies or stories are needed for Swain - simply lock in!
Swain’s Bulls roster journey will be long
Going MIA from social media is an encouraging sign for Swain, on the premise that he’s fully committed to digesting his bad Las Vegas Summer League game film and meticulously deconstructing and reassembling his game to an NBA standard.
The foundation of what Swain needs to build within his basketball skill set to earn his Bulls roster spot, and frankly avoid being relegated to a Windy City Bulls G League project, is his decision-making. The silver lining in Swain’s failed summer league point guard experiment is that it exposed his development area in the barest terms.
Swain won’t get away with dribbling his way through his decisions. The Bulls rookie must discover a new way of deciding whether to pass or shoot with the least amount of dribbles possible when he has the ball. More likely, Swain should become obsessed with becoming a great off-ball offensive contributor.
The Bulls will benefit greatly if Swain is able to pair his athletic ability to get to the rim with a refined basketball sense for knowing when to cut for easy rim attempts that generate points or free throws.
To the extent that Swain can also make himself a relentless off-screener to create open shots for his teammates, that should also make him valuable enough to earn a consistent set of rotational minutes to develop and evolve from the poor performance he displayed in Las Vegas.
Most importantly, Swain’s roster spot must be earned through his defensive effort. The Bulls' point-of-attack defense will be a mystery, and Swain should challenge himself to take that mantle for the Bulls' 2026-27 roster.
If Swain can simplify his processing speed on the offensive end of the court and play defense with a high-octane motor, he should be able to shake off his summer league stank and be a regular Bulls rotational player going into his rookie season.
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