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Just minutes before the 2026 NBA Draft began, UNC one-and-done Caleb Wilson was shown on the ESPN broadcast.
He was wearing wired headphones.
It was certainly a choice for minutes before the clock got started, but Wilson didn’t look in a hurry to change.
He was in a great suit, of course, but then he had the earbuds in — and they weren’t even wireless.
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Why is Caleb Wilson wearing wired headphones?
We can’t know for sure, but it’s likely that it has something to do with lowering Wilson’s stress level.
Either he’s listening to a song that puts him at ease, which would make a lot of sense.
Or he’s not listening to anything but just wants to block out a tiny bit of noise.
The wired-headphone thing is something that some athletes have gone for recently, with various reasons, but there’s no way to read into that for sure, either.
Wilson is expected to be a top-five pick, and he has a chance to be an NBA star.
Whether he takes the stage with the headphones or not remains to be seen.
All we hope is that he’s got a good tune in his ears.
