K_chile22 wrote:Wizop wrote:rumors right after the draft had the Pacers trying to trade up to take him but no deal was available
Not even a rumor, GM flat out said it
“I can assure you we tried as hard as we possibly could on that one,” Buchanan answered when asked if they considered trading up for Whitmore. “We called basically from about pick 10 and down until his name came off the board. It was a frantic room trying to be aggressive to move up into that range. Unfortunately it takes two teams to tango and most teams had their guy and did not want to move. We were very aggressive trying to move up last night.”
This is when I wish the offers got leaked, because how aggressive could these offer be for 10 teams to turn them down. I mean c'mon. Especially when it was contenders like Lakers, Heat, Warriors who probably would of loved more future draft picks to toss into trades.
Anyways Cam has been super efficient, I think Houston has a really good nucleus of young guys and older guys right now that is a really good environment for him. I think some of his red flags that were there before the draft will show their hand more over time but yeah he has been awesome for where they got him and I think I had him like 6th on my draft board so no shock to see he is a real NBA player.