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Cam Whitmore putting in work

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by kpdark, Sep 12, 2023.

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Is he ready with a bigger role and more responsibilities AKA minutes - this early

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  1. yes

    340 vote(s)
    81.0%
  2. no

    80 vote(s)
    19.0%
  1. Hank McDowell

    Hank McDowell Member

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    God, giving up on him is going to be a mistake....
     
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  2. Aruba77

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    I keep checking this thread for videos of Cam “putting in work”.
     
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  3. daywalker02

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    How much are those videos worth.....

     
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    If Whitmore does stay, we may see this second unit.

    Reed
    Whitmore
    Finney-Smith
    Eason
    Adams/ Capela

    That would definitely be a green backcourt, but still full of potential and offset by a very solid defensive frontcourt.
     
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  6. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    I really don't understand how people think he couldn't win a minute from Jalen Green's minutes but he will take minutes away from Amen. What's the logic there?

    Amen is the full time 2 and sometimes 1 now. When he plays the 1, Holiday and Sheppard are perfectly capable of filling the other spot and both were ahead of Whitmore in the rotation last season. They both bring other skills that Whitmore doesn't have (namely unselfish passers and high work ethic even in garbage time).

    There's no minutes at the 3/4 neither for Amen or Cam. You have DFS, Jabari, KD, Tari and Sengun splitting those minutes. Just count the minutes, there are no minutes for anyone else.

    Honestly we're really good now. He's just not been good enough to get minutes on this team and he's a 3rd year player now. What it's going to take for Cam to get minutes is not someone's charitable heart. It's going to be an offseason of work on his catch and shoot or handle plus asking the team to please be in the summer league to sharpen his skills and show off some defense/passing plus reports that he was one of the most focused on defense and teamwork in training camp. THEN he'll be on the waiting list to see if anyone else - who earned their spot before him - slips up. Then he'll get garbage minutes and if he treats them like a professional it could grow from there. We're a long way away from that. He can do all that without anyone's help.
     

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