Off The Bench with Chase Hughes & Chris Miller
May 27, 2026 · 44 min · 9 segments
Chase Hughes & Chris Miller look back on some of the best NBA players to come out of North Carolina, hear from Caleb Wilson on why his game will translate at the professional level, plus draft…
Brendan HaywoodGuestChris MillerHost
Chase HughesHost
You're a fan of the Tar Heels, and Caleb Wilson comes in, he's a big-time recruit, but that is not unusual for UNC.
What is unusual is for a guy to look as good as he did as a freshman and to cement themselves as convincingly as he did as a top five draft prospect.
So when did that sort of develop in your mind? When did you start to notice, like, "Okay, this guy might be one of them ones"?
And the way he introduced himself to Tar Heel Nation and to really college basketball was just how easy it looked for him to get to the rim.
How good is he?" And you'll hear later in this podcast where Brendan is gonna make a declaration that really stunned me on who he compared Caleb to in terms of big men coming out of Carolina.
And I remember telling you on a previous podcast, every time I watched him it seemed like he dunked everything.
Not only just doing that, but dunking the ball, and defensively he was really good.
Who would be on that list of, like, most impressive freshmen you've seen play at UNC, where, like, it didn't take much time at all.
You're a fan of the Tar Heels, and Caleb Wilson comes in, he's a big-time recruit, but that is not unusual for UNC.
What is unusual is for a guy to look as good as he did as a freshman and to cement themselves as convincingly as he did as a top five draft prospect.
So when did that sort of develop in your mind? When did you start to notice, like, "Okay, this guy might be one of them ones"?
And the way he introduced himself to Tar Heel Nation and to really college basketball was just how easy it looked for him to get to the rim.
How good is he?" And you'll hear later in this podcast where Brendan is gonna make a declaration that really stunned me on who he compared Caleb to in terms of big men coming out of Carolina.
And I remember telling you on a previous podcast, every time I watched him it seemed like he dunked everything.
Not only just doing that, but dunking the ball, and defensively he was really good.
Who would be on that list of, like, most impressive freshmen you've seen play at UNC, where, like, it didn't take much time at all.
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