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Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:55 am
by IQ_baller
His game is so resemblant of Anthony Edward's. Both big guards and a triple threat. I was hoping raps would pick him over Dick, but I guess Masai loved Dick more.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:00 am
by scrabbarista
ANT is much longer.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:38 am
by payton2kemp
Probably not but steal of the draft

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:42 am
by Optms
I still have zero idea why he dropped in the draft.

He was projected to go in the 4 to 7 range by literately everyone, but fell all the way to 20th. He wasn't even injured or had a massive injury history like someone like MPJ did. Ultra skilled scorer, efficient, crazy athletic. Again, no idea what teams were smoking. Rockets basically got two top 5 picks this summer.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:43 am
by AleksandarN
scrabbarista wrote:ANT is much longer.


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Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:45 am
by baldur
Houston has a great foundation of youngsters. They are getting a top 7 pick as well this season even if it's projected as a bad draft.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:13 am
by FarBeyondDriven
there are multiple tiers between them as players. So, no

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:36 am
by bluemj32
What!?....lol

I like Cam but he has nowhere near the raw talent Ant had when Ant was a rookie.

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Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:44 am
by JB2
I take it Cam had a good game and thus the hyperbole is in full swing?

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:47 am
by K_chile22
scrabbarista wrote:ANT is much longer.
Is he? He didn't measure but is speculated to have a 6'9 wingspan, Whitmore measured 5'5.75 barefoot (ant would probably be around 5'3-5'4 as he's speculated to be 6'5 in shoes) with a 6'8.5 inch wingspan.

Not saying he's the next ant or anything crazy but I do not that ant is much longer if longer at all.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:52 am
by TacoLord
JB2 wrote:I take it Cam had a good game and thus the hyperbole is in full swing?

Oh, have you seen this episode of RealGM Hot Takes before?

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:01 am
by Chuck Everett
Still needs to learn to move the ball and not have tunnel vision. Don't want to become another Cam Thomas. If he listens to Ime and the staff, they will unlock his potential.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:04 am
by ThatBoyNick
K_chile22 wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:ANT is much longer.
Is he? He didn't measure but is speculated to have a 6'9 wingspan, Whitmore measured 5'5.75 barefoot (ant would probably be around 5'3-5'4 as he's speculated to be 6'5 in shoes) with a 6'8.5 inch wingspan.

Not saying he's the next ant or anything crazy but I do not that ant is much longer if longer at all.


How do you hit the wrong number 3 times in a row :lol:


Also this thread just a terribly, terribly disguised Dick joke thread

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:15 am
by Onlytimewilltel
ThatBoyNick wrote:
K_chile22 wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:ANT is much longer.
Is he? He didn't measure but is speculated to have a 6'9 wingspan, Whitmore measured 5'5.75 barefoot (ant would probably be around 5'3-5'4 as he's speculated to be 6'5 in shoes) with a 6'8.5 inch wingspan.

Not saying he's the next ant or anything crazy but I do not that ant is much longer if longer at all.


How do you hit the wrong number 3 times in a row :lol:


Also this thread just a terribly, terribly disguised Dick joke thread


But… which one is longer though… Dick might be even longer?

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:16 am
by RRR3
His scoring ability is REALLY high for a teenager. He probably has made it necessary the Rockets trade Jalen Green

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:30 am
by One_and_Done
I'd say he's the next cockroach, but it would be too flattering. That's how far away he is from Ant.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:28 pm
by Chokic
Cam Whitmore is worse than jalen green. Nowhere close to ant.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 2:24 pm
by Karate Diop
Optms wrote:I still have zero idea why he dropped in the draft.

He was projected to go in the 4 to 7 range by literately everyone, but fell all the way to 20th. He wasn't even injured or had a massive injury history like someone like MPJ did. Ultra skilled scorer, efficient, crazy athletic. Again, no idea what teams were smoking. Rockets basically got two top 5 picks this summer.


Apparently his pre draft interviews were disastrous and he just randomly walked out on at least one of them.

He was also medically red flagged as a number of teams believed he has some sort of cartilage issue that will be an issue down the line.

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:17 pm
by PaulKellerman
AleksandarN wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:ANT is much longer.


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This made me chuckle! Thank You

Re: Is Cam Whitmore the next Ant?

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:47 pm
by K_chile22
Karate Diop wrote:
Optms wrote:I still have zero idea why he dropped in the draft.

He was projected to go in the 4 to 7 range by literately everyone, but fell all the way to 20th. He wasn't even injured or had a massive injury history like someone like MPJ did. Ultra skilled scorer, efficient, crazy athletic. Again, no idea what teams were smoking. Rockets basically got two top 5 picks this summer.


Apparently his pre draft interviews were disastrous and he just randomly walked out on at least one of them.

He was also medically red flagged as a number of teams believed he has some sort of cartilage issue that will be an issue down the line.
The interview thing was not exactly true, he didn't blow people away or anything but that was people's way of skating around saying what happened: the new Villanova coach did not like him and was telling everyone who would listen.
So teams who did not meet with him were too scared to take him. He only met with very few teams and two of them were the ones trying to trade up for him (Houston and Indy). He messed up bad by not letting other FOs get to know him a bit to prevent a disasterous tumble from teams who's background work on him was mostly just "Nova coach said don't draft him"

Medical issues were more of a yellow flag that *might* be an issue down the road, no one was taking him off their board or moving him significantly due to that alone, woj and Vecenie said as much