Buzzard wrote:Duke4life831 wrote:Buzzard wrote:He needs to knock down that 3 ball and tighten up his handles significantly. I am not anywhere near ready to call him a bust because of his defensive positives and size that you mentioned. He has a chance to be unique in a positive manner and I don't think anyone considered him NBA ready; not even his most ardent supporters.
Huerter was on a minutes restriction for 8 of his first 10 games. Just when that was lifted he gets hurt again and Huerter has now missed 9 straight games. If not for that and Collins being suspended, Reddish would be playing 15 - 20 minutes a night and being brought along slowly. One or two off seasons of work and time will tell.
This line and, "have a consistent motor and not disappear" has been the most commonly used way to describe Cam for years now. You can go back through the Draft threads from last year and one month Im the head cheerleader of the Cam train, next month I think he's out of the league in a couple years.
As of right now, he kind of looks like all of the things I was fearing would take place. Shockingly inefficient, more turnovers than assists (This one is close), super inconsistent games (one game he can put up 17 points, then next game you forget he was even out on the court). Definitely too early to write him off, but he is definitely living up to all of the things all the people that said he was going to be a major bust at the moment.
There is only one ROY every year and only a few rookies who really shine consistently in their first year. In a nut shell, I could name 20 or more 1st round picks and say they look like bust before the season even started and by the end of the season be right on how most of them looked.
Moral of my story, I do not put a lot into rookie seasons, they are usually brutal for 80% of the 1st round picks in every draft; and that is being conservative.
Ya but its never a good sign when a guy has a brutal year in college, then follows that up with a really brutal rookie year. We have yet to see Cam actually play good consistent basketball.
EYBL as a senior (17 games): 40/29/77 with 3.5 assists to 2.5 TOVs
USA team: Was putting together a good 4-5 game run, then crapped the bed with a 7/5/1 on 2-7 shooting against Canada while RJ went off and won the game.
Duke: 13/3/2 with 2.7 TOVs on 35/33/77 shooting, while basically getting wide open shots all year long
Cam has always been that guy that people always use the word "potential" with, but he just never seems to put it together. But ya he has yet to put together consistent good play against quality opposition.
Again, when you have a full college season worth of evidence and material, don't fall for some hyped up workout footage. Dude was trash in Duke and it was obvious he was only a first round pick because of his High School pedigree
