Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson dazzles in impressive Summer League debut

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How did Caleb Wilson's Summer League debut start and what were the early reactions?

Rahimi Harrison-Grody 0:01

Rahimi Harris and Grody. Middays 10 to 2. On 104.3 The Score. Toss it out to Wilson somehow. Wilson. Step back. J. Bottoms. Wow, I'll tell you what. He's going to be it. Sellers. Over to Wilson. Flicks the wrist. Again. Swish. And you know what, John? They look good.

Unknown 0:21

No, they do not look bad at all. He's heaving them up there, and they're bouncing in. And what we like is, remember what you said? He only took one or two attempts last year. He's shooting them right now. He's shooting another one now. Oh, with a heat check. There is the heat check. Yes, sir.

Vinny Rotino 0:37

That is courtesy of Amazon Prime. And that may be the realest call I've heard. That definitely fit the theme of the Summer League game, and so did the song. Nicely done, Tyler Biederbaugh. Break Em Off by Paul Wall is exactly what happened. The Bulls may have lost, but I feel like it was a win. 97-96. The Grizzlies took the game, but Caleb Wilson, let's do the stats. Stuffed the sheet. 35 points in 33 minutes. Efficient. 7 of 11 from 3. Wild. 12 of 21 shooting. 2 of 6 from the line. 5 rebounds. 6 turnovers. Whatever. It's Summer League. 2 steals, 3 blocks. Three rebounds additionally. Wait, five rebounds total. So, yeah, what can you say? It wasn't just impressive. It was exactly what you thought you were going to get out of the fourth overall pick.

Vinny Rotino 1:32

But the three-point shooting was the bonus.

Marshall Harris 1:35

I don't even know if it was the bonus or just the featured attraction because his first shot, he came down the court. He's like, hey, I'm about to let y'all know what my NBA game is like compared to my college game. It's going to be a whole lot more this. I mean, bottoms, wet, wet, however you describe a made shot. And he was doing it from deep.

Vinny Rotino 1:55

We've had some good reactions to stuff recently on calls or just background noise of games.

What were Caleb Wilson's full Summer League statline and efficiency metrics?

Vinny Rotino 2:02

There's the famous Colson Loveland, or Colson Loveland, Colson Montgomery Home Run to Utah Street. That had the ooh in the background, but the Amazon Prime called the ooh. Yeah. The threes were dropping.

Marshall Harris 2:16

I don't think anyone expected Caleb Wilson, first of all, to take 11 threes.

Vinny Rotino 2:21

The first part of this is the truest statement. That's the Colson Montgomery home run.

Marshall Harris 2:29

The guy played 24 games last season, Layla. 24 games. And took 27 threes in 24 games.

Vinny Rotino 2:35

But also, can we talk about the, I guess the thing I expected more of were assists, because I didn't know if there were going to be more assists, but the above the rim play too, which is what I wanted to say to Caleb Wilson. That's been my big statement as far as who he is as a player, who he is as a prospect. That was also very prevalent. Yeah.

Marshall Harris 2:57

With him specifically, you knew that he was an athlete. Let's go back to the comp that people have been making leading up to the draft, Kevin Garnett. I got to tell you, he looked a lot like Kevin Garnett in the way he was moving up and down the court, both on the offensive end and the defensive end.

Vinny Rotino 3:13

Something to the positional size, too, I feel like, in that discussion.

Marshall Harris 3:16

It's the way he moved. He's a big man, but he didn't move like a big. He moved like a guy who looked more like a KG or a Dirk or name a guy who's got size but also moves. Maybe not as fluid as a guard, but definitely a big man with a handle, like a Chris Webber.

Vinny Rotino 3:36

Yeah, Dirk may not be the comp because it's just Dirk's one-legged fadeaway game, for example. I'm sure Caleb will break that out in a couple of years. A true stretch four, you know, is how I think of Dirk. But the point is, he was as advertised and then some. Exceeded expectations, if that was possible, for your fourth overall pick. How did you feel about watching him knowing you were so excited about watching this?

Marshall Harris 3:59

I think I said this in one of my social media videos. I literally said, Look, you had my curiosity. Now you have my attention. Because you go in kind of not knowing what to expect. But then once he starts playing the way he was playing just in the first quarter, you're like, oh, this is what we're doing?

Vinny Rotino 4:22

Yeah.

Marshall Harris 4:22

And then you lock in. Then you lock in at that point. Because, again, he's playing with a bunch of guys that are not going to be on an NBA roster.