John Gonzalez wonders were Caleb Wilson falls in a post-Summer League draft

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Rahimi Harrison-Grody 0:01

Rahimi Harrison-Grody.

Marshall Harris 0:03

Wow, no playoff baseball in Chicago is what Rob Parker says. Man, we've got things to talk about. I love it. It's like a hit and run. Now you've got to go. We know. We've been told you have more important things to do with your life.

Rahimi Harrison-Grody 0:12

I've got to go to MLB Network and bash on some other cities. Okay, I'm going to Chicago. Middays 10 to 2. Equal opportunity basher. I love that. On 104.3 The Score. This is it. This is what we want to see right here. Wilson for three. Come on now. Come on. Let this game go.

Vinny Rotino 0:34

That was the encouragement of Teresa Weatherspoon on Amazon Prime.

Marshall Harris 0:39

Love teaspoon.

Vinny Rotino 0:40

Caleb Wilson with the highlight. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. That's all summer league, Caleb Wilson, to you. And we are happy to bring in a special guest. He is the analyst of the NBA for CBS Sports and CBS Sports HQ, our former colleague at NBC Sports Philadelphia, John Gonzalez. He is at John Gonzalez on X. Thanks for joining us.

John Gonzalez 1:00

This is so nice. Like what a fun little reunion. He's laughing already. We went to dinner the other night. We missed you, but it's wonderful to see both of your smiling faces. Cause I haven't seen you in person since we were in Philly together. Hadn't seen Marshall since the 2019 finals. And now look at us. And look at you two. Look how successful and talented Chicago. Does Chicago realize how lucky they are to have the two of you here?

Vinny Rotino 1:22

We got another one, too. It's Devin Caney. The pipeline is strong. Oh, that's right. I heard about that. Shout out to Devin.

John Gonzalez 1:27

Congrats to Devin. Is she here? Yeah.

Vinny Rotino 1:29

In fact, she's across the street. She's at Fox 32.

John Gonzalez 1:32

Okay, fantastic. A little right across the street. Philly taking over. This is good, though. We like the cross-pollination between Chicago and Philly.

Marshall Harris 1:38

Well, yeah. People in Chicago really enjoyed that cross-pollination last year on Black Friday. That's where they celebrated the cross-pollination.

Vinny Rotino 1:46

How did that go for you?

Marshall Harris 1:48

You know, who can remember that far back, really?

John Gonzalez 1:51

Right, right.

Marshall Harris 1:52

Who can even remember? Here's something you do remember. Summer League. Yes. First team all Summer League, Caleb Wilson on the scene. He said everything right, but it's what he did physically out there that I don't think anyone was quite prepared for. What was your reaction to seeing the skill set that he offered As the Bulls are playing summer league basketball from threes to step backs to taking people to the rack and dunking on them. You know who said, you said people weren't ready.

John Gonzalez 2:22

You know who wasn't ready? I was not ready. I'm blown away. You guys should be so excited by this because there was this consensus that the first three guys were the three guys, right? And then, you know, Caleb was going to go for it. And then after that, the draft was supposed to start, right? But nobody was really talking about him. Everybody was talking about the first three guys, and A.J. DeBansa, and Darren Peterson, and Boozer, who I think is going to be amazing. Nobody told me that he could do all these things, Caleb Wilson. I was informed that he was athletic, he could play defense, he was going to run the floor. He would do those types of things, and then he'd be a project. And then he's got a bag, he's doing step backs, his footwork looks good.

John Gonzalez 3:02

Why didn't anybody tell me he could shoot? I wasn't informed about this.

Marshall Harris 3:05

Draymond Green did try to tell you and the rest of us when he said that his... His floor was Kevin Garnett.

John Gonzalez 3:12

Okay, which is like, come on, but Draymond can be a little hyperbolic, right?

Vinny Rotino 3:16

A little, just at times. He's been known to be. But we should give him credit when he actually hits on a scouting report.

John Gonzalez 3:23

So my thing, a lot of people who cover the NBA for a living, we don't get around to watching these guys until they get to summer league because there's a lot of professional basketball to watch and we have draft analysts for that. I was really shocked, though, that he has that kind of game. And how encouraging is this for the Bulls, especially, you know, apologies to what's happened over the last 15 years or so. It hasn't been great for you guys.