{"id":794696,"date":"2026-07-24T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/794696\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:36:23","slug":"bill-simmons-has-wild-thoughts-on-caleb-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/794696\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Simmons has wild thoughts on Caleb Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls ended up with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, but it still landed them a special talent who looks like a potential superstar.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina product Caleb Wilson was considered a prospect with as high a ceiling as anyone in a loaded draft that featured AJ Dybantsa (No. 1 pick by the Washington Wizards), Darryn Peterson (No. 2 pick by the Utah Jazz), and Cameron Boozer (No. 3 pick by the Memphis Grizzlies) going ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>After the draft, The Ringer founder Bill Simmons called the Bulls the \u201cbiggest winner\u201d of the draft and explained that he\u2019s \u201ccompletely all 100 percent in\u201d on Wilson\u2019s career, referring to Wilson as \u201cthe first legit Bulls star since Derrick Rose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHe\u2019s the first legit Bulls star since Derrick Rose.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillSimmons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BillSimmons<\/a> on why Chicago is the biggest winner of the NBA Draft after drafting Caleb Wilson and Dailyn Swain. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gNiR5gDro2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gNiR5gDro2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ringer (@ringer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ringer\/status\/2069682660163867129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the NBA Summer League came along, and Wilson was brilliant with a game-high 35 points and 7-of-11 shooting on three-pointers in his debut.<\/p>\n<p>And after watching Wilson\u2019s Summer League efforts, Simmons is taking his Wilson evaluation a step further.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is Caleb Wilson the next T-Mac? \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillSimmons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BillSimmons<\/a> can\u2019t contain his excitement for the Bulls rookie after his Summer League run. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1X3migVRye\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1X3migVRye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Ringer (@ringer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ringer\/status\/2080261651287466026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was on the record as saying I thought Caleb Wilson was the most undervalued guy at the draft, even at four,\u201d Simmons began on The Bill Simmons Podcast. \u201cI think there was a real case to just trade back, and he might be the best player anyway, which I don\u2019t ever normally feel that way with a draft. And he comes in, and he hits threes. [Joe House], I\u2019ve got to say, we\u2019re a little older than [J. Kyle Mann]; [Wilson] looked very T-Mac-ish to me. That was the one that jumped out to me. I was like, \u2018This is like watching T-Mac again.\u2019 Like, he\u2019s a little taller; he\u2019s like 6\u201910\u201d. But same kind of skinny, inside-outside. But then is adding this explosive Shawn Kemp side too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons then got absolutely wild with his thoughts on Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was a Bulls fan, I would have no sperm left in my body,\u201d Simmons explained. \u201cI would lose my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d need a j*zz room for what that man did,\u201d Joe House responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nba\/bill-simmons-reaction-jaylen-brown-trade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">like when we had the colonoscopy<\/a>,\u201d Simmons continued. \u201cIt was when they give you the stuff to clean your colon out. That\u2019s what Caleb Wilson was for sperm. 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