The Chicago Bulls have a problem on their hands now that Caleb Wilson is expected to miss the next four-to-six weeks with a hand injury. They’re already short on offense, and losing their second-leading scorer only tightens the squeeze. That’s why Jaylin Sellers ought to be in the mix for steady minutes.
Sellers hasn’t been a regular part of the rotation so far in 2026-27. He’s appeared in six games and averaged 8.0 minutes, but the flashes have been there. He’s shown himself to be a capable shooter, someone who can create offense on the wing, and a player with some underrated passing ability.
That matters for a Bulls team sitting No. 25 in offensive rating and No. 19 in assists. It matters even more with Wilson out.
Sellers backed up that case in his latest G League run with the Windy City Bulls. He stayed hot from the floor and put up 27 points, while also handing out nine assists. Windy City highlighted the performance by posting, “Jaylin Sellers led all scorers in tonight’s win pic.twitter.com/QAVAr5xLRT” on November 13, 2026.
Chicago doesn’t need Sellers to be Wilson. The two play different positions, and nobody on the roster is going to simply absorb Wilson’s production. Wilson is averaging 18.9 points, 2.3 three-point field goals made, and 16.2 field goal attempts per game, so replacing that output is a tall order.
But Sellers has already shown some nerve as a scorer. Against the New York Knicks, he dropped 14 points and hit four threes. Since then, he was inactive in one game and played two minutes in another, which makes his current role look even smaller than it should be.
The Bulls also have a very obvious reason to keep looking at him: shooting. Sellers connected on 39.2 percent of his 538 three-point attempts in college, and while that doesn’t promise anything at the NBA level, it does suggest a real skill rather than a fluke. For a team that ranks dead last in three-point field goal percentage, that kind of profile deserves a longer look.
At 23 years old, Sellers is still early in his NBA journey. He may not be the clean answer to Wilson’s absence, but he can help ease the offensive burden and give Chicago a young player worth developing. With the Bulls searching for points and upside, giving him consistent minutes should be an easy call.
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