Of the players selected in the first round, Bulls guard/forward Dailyn Swain had one of the more disappointing showings in Summer League, writes Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic.

Chicago selected Swain with the 15th pick in June’s draft and asked him to be the primary offensive initiator in Las Vegas. The 21-year-old struggled with his confidence though, averaging 4.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 28.0 minutes per game while shooting just 4-of-31 from the field (12.9%), including missing all seven of his three-point attempts.

Swain admitted he had “definitely been overthinking” in his four Summer League games, according to Lorenzi.

“I think it’s really easy to notice when I’m in my own head and kind of putting pressure on myself. I just try to stick with what I know that works,” Swain told The Athletic. “
Obviously having a routine is not gonna save you every game; you’re gonna have bad games. But I just try to stick to what I know and not get too discouraged and not feed into what people are saying in the media and stuff like that. All my teammates have been nothing but encouraging.

“All the older guys are like, ‘Listen, you can’t have the weight of the world on your shoulders.’ They’ve made it so much easier to keep my head up.”

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• Despite his struggles in Las Vegas, Swain said he was thankful for the opportunity he was given, Lorenzi adds. “Whenever a coach gives a young guy an opportunity, draft position, first round or not, you gotta be grateful for that,” Swain said. “You got to go into it and embrace it, embrace the journey. Those dips, they make you grow up. They develop you, they prepare you for the worst.”
• Aside from his poor free throw shooting (4-of-12, or 33.3%) and turnovers (5.2 per game), No. 4 overall pick Caleb Wilson flashed star-level upside in his four games in Vegas, per Jeff Agrest and Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times. The former North Carolina forward averaged 23.5 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 2.5 BPG and 1.2 SPG in 27.7 MPG and converted 41.9% of his threes on high volume (7.8 attempts). “I enjoy basketball,” he said. “I love this [expletive]. I’m going to play as much as I can, as much as my team will let me. I’m not the type to go away from a game because I don’t feel good because I know in the NBA, I’m not going to feel good some games. As long as I don’t have an injury or something that’s wrong with me, I’m gonna play every time. People come from all over the world to see me play, so I don’t want to let them down.”
• While 2025 lottery pick Noa Essengue was impressive defensively at times in Summer League, he failed to make an impact on the offensive end, according to Julia Poe of The Chicago Tribune. Two-way guard Jaylin Sellers, meanwhile, showed he isn’t shy about getting shots up, but he’ll have to learn how to play in a lower-usage role if he wants to earn NBA minutes, Poe notes.