No Bulls workout yet for NBA Draft prospect Caleb Wilson, which is interesting

Saturday, Ricky O’Donnell of SB Nation reported via social media that 2026 NBA Draft prospect Caleb Wilson has not conducted a private workout with any NBA team.  

The NBA Draft is scheduled to start on Jun 23, 2026, so on one hand, it would be reasonable to expect that Wilson would have engaged in a private workout or two, as a consensus top four lottery pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, and with less than two weeks to go before the official draft clock starts to tick.

Private workouts for NBA Draft prospects typically function as a job interview in lay terms, which allows a two-way channel to allow the prospect to get to know the NBA team and vice versa.  

If a draft prospect elects not to conduct any pre-draft workouts before draft night, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for some level of perceived risk to emerge around the decision for a franchise to select that prospect with their draft pick, if the player is available.

A similar, but not identical scenario, played out in the 2025 NBA Draft, notably with Rutgers wing Ace Bailey, who ultimately was selected fifth overall by the Utah Jazz in the 2025 NBA Draft, decided to cancel all pre-draft workouts leading up to his draft night.

What this might mean to the Chicago Bulls' 2026 NBA Draft Process

Obviously, more details need to be factored into evaluating how Wilson’s pre-draft process might influence the Bulls’ own pre-draft process.  If it turns out Wilson refuses any pre-draft workout before NBA commissioner Adam Silver takes the stage to kick off the 2026 NBA Draft, then you at least question how much conviction the Bulls would have in Wilson if he’s on the board at four.  

Perhaps a curveball scenario emerges for the Bulls in which they ditch consensus logic and consider selecting among the reported crop of prospects that have attended Bulls pre-draft workouts. 

Regardless of what becomes of the remainder of Caleb Wilson’s pre-draft process, the Bulls are in a great situation with two first-round draft picks at their disposal to acquire a potentially franchise-altering talent at four and good rotational depth at 15.  

Bulls fans should continue to feel optimistic for a franchise that hasn’t picked in the top five of the NBA Draft since 2020.  Once the 2026 NBA Draft is over, the real work ahead for the Bulls will be setting up a development program and filling out a roster that best supports the new rookie talent on the way.

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