Cam Whitmore traded to Wizards for 2 2nd round picks

I've always said, Whitmore can average 20ppg+ on a bad team, and someone will think he's valuable and sign him and end up not helping any team win anything meaningful. Now I'll see that in motion

 

Now Sam, you know better, I take my lumps from time to time, can't stand up front and not take bullets.

Lead from the firing line brother, you know that.


DD

 

Rockets messed up...Whitmore will be an allstar on the wizards.

 

Incredibly stupid trade.

 

I think you are right about Cam. I think he is a Ben Mathurin or Sharron Sharpe level talent who just needed the minutes to shine. I am not a fan of the DFS signing because I think Ime will play him over Tari - which would be tragic

 

He’s the next to be traded for 2nds for sure

 

He dropped in the draft for a reason. The Rockets weren't getting some premium asset for the kid. I'm sure a lot of teams simply wanted no part of the guy. He'll probably average 20pts a game next year.

 

Clearly wasn't valuable across the league.

I had eyes and saw the potential... but it's still a team sport and you still have to meet coaching expectations. Good luck Cam!

 

Being an all star for the East will be a low bar to clear especially on a team that will let him stat pad but lose a lot of games

 

A lot of teams that would consider him probably already have a file on him from the draft... and realize those issues weren't resolved.

 

Yikes.

They must really, really not like him when the doors are closed.

I'm guessing the way they treated him the past two years when he showed he was better than Jalen whenever he was allowed an opportunity, definitely rubbed him the wrong way to the point of no return, as anticipated.

 

Try 25+ on the Wizards and an All Star.

 

Or like him enough to find him a landing spot that will get him minutes.

 

The fact that he was only worth two 2nd rounders just says what the league thought of him as I imagine if the Rockets could get anything more from him they absolutely would have and likely shopped him to every team. So it's not just a Rockets thing.

He's either going to prove the league wrong or be out of the league in a few years. Guess we'll see.

 

I think Cam should have been retained until the Feb trade deadline, because DFS won't be ready until the start of the season. Good luck to him. I'm glad he didn't end up with the Lakers.

 

Do we know what second rounders we’re getting? I’ve heard enough about Cam’s untapped potential and DD’s complaints in the past few weeks, I just want to know how good these second rounders are…

 

The league had him figured out on draft day. We were the only team willing to take the flyer. He wasn't worth much to begin, and his value isn't worth much now. Nothing has really changed.

He'd better make it work in Washington though, because that's what the Wizards think of Cam, 2nd rounder. And 2nd rounders don't have a freeway to screw around.

 

One of the best things about trading Jalen was opening up minutes for Cam and then we just throw him away for a literal bag of chips.

 

Too good of an attitude for DD. We need to trade for an immature young man from a troubled background to keep DD fat and hungry.

 

I “liked” Cams potential but I’m not sure why everyone is shocked on the return. Literally more than half the league “passed” on him on draft night so if he goes to one of the few teams who said he’s a take for us and his attitude screw’s him up there, how many more teams did you think was gonna raise their hand and say sign me up? The Rox actually liked him, so if they are giving up then it’s probably worth it. There’s been a ton of people who had the talent to stick in the L but couldn’t get out of their own way in one way or another. I hope he does well in the DMV personally but I’m not shocked there wasn’t a bunch of great offers