Wizards Acquire Cam Whitmore From Rockets For Two Second-Round Picks

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Sat Jul 5, 2025 8:20 pm

The Washington Wizards are trading for Cam Whitmore of the Houston Rockets. Washington will send Houston two second-round picks for Whitmore.

The Wizards are continuing to rebuild around young players. The nearly 21-year-old Whitmore will give Washington another young forward option. In 98 games over two seasons, the 6-foot-7 forward has averaged 10.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 17.4 minutes off the Rockets bench.

Houston continues to clear out space under their impending first-apron hard cap. The Rockets have several pending transactions lined up when the NBA's moratorium lifts at noontime on Sunday, July 6. Houston is acquiring Kevin Durant in a trade, Clint Capela in a sign-and-trade, Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency, and re-signing Fred VanVleet, as well as Jeff Green, Aaron Holiday and Jae'Sean Tate.

Via Shams Charania/ESPN

StlHawksFan · Post #2 » by **StlHawksFan** » Sat Jul 5, 2025 10:52 pm

Keep going Washington. Get a play-in spot and send your pick to NY.

Cassius · Post #3 » by **Cassius** » Sun Jul 6, 2025 10:55 am

StlHawksFan wrote:Keep going Washington. Get a play-in spot and send your pick to NY.

lol you’re right.

I find it cute that the dumb teams now think they will get lottery luck by being closer to mediocre while Boston sets up an epic tank in plain sight.

YourGM99 · Post #4 » by **YourGM99** » Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:13 pm

Cassius wrote:
StlHawksFan wrote:Keep going Washington. Get a play-in spot and send your pick to NY.

lol you’re right.

I find it cute that the dumb teams now think they will get lottery luck by being closer to mediocre while Boston sets up an epic tank in plain sight.

Just like the warriors did after KD left and Klay was out for the season. Curry faked a season ending injury and draymond missed a bunch of time too.

scrabbarista · Post #5 » by **scrabbarista** » Sun Jul 6, 2025 1:46 pm

Feels a bit uderwhelming from the Houston side, but okay. Hope they're good Seconds.

23artest23 · Post #6 » by **23artest23** » Mon Jul 7, 2025 12:16 am

scrabbarista wrote:Feels a bit uderwhelming from the Houston side, okay. Hope they're good Seconds.

Agreed. Hard to imagine the Rockets couldn't have found a better return elsewhere. I'm thinking doing solid by Cam might have played a role here.

Cassius · Post #7 » by **Cassius** » Mon Jul 7, 2025 11:29 pm

YourGM99 wrote:
Cassius wrote:
StlHawksFan wrote:Keep going Washington. Get a play-in spot and send your pick to NY.

lol you’re right.

I find it cute that the dumb teams now think they will get lottery luck by being closer to mediocre while Boston sets up an epic tank in plain sight.

Just like the warriors did after KD left and Klay was out for the season. Curry faked a season ending injury and draymond missed a bunch of time too.

The irony of Lowry not being able to feel his thumb during the ECF and Finals that year, but Steph’s broken hand taking an entire season…