Houston Rockets Mailbag: Cam Whitmore Drama, Front Office Expectations, Trade Speculation & More
Houston Rockets Mailbag: Cam Whitmore Drama, Front Office Expectations, Trade Speculation & More
How concerning is the latest “body language drama” surround Cam Whitmore? What about expectations for the Houston Rockets front office?
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21 Comments
Live at 1 in the morning??
Making excuses for cam smh
i want cam to stay so bad, i don’t wanna see him be a scorer on another team
Cam should stop whining. He is not a star caliber player. He should trust his coach and make best use of the chances he gets. It is too early yet for him to complain about things.
Great pod guys. Cam is a hot head. he has great potential, but he must be taught how to play the game right. Ime is checking the attitude while teaching the skills. he is using the reward based system to make Cam learn the skill. I have seen improvement in his defensive focus. he is having to earn his minutes and that's the way it should be IMO.
Yeah, I dont think the Cam situation is as diminished as they make it seem.
not interested in booker, fox or kd. especially not booker or fox.
Kawahi in his entire career shown less emotion and that’s why everyone was blowing up the narrative that he doesn’t want to be around the team every where he goes. Some people are just born that way and Cam’s growing up in military family kinda give you idea why he shows no emotion as well.
Cam sucks. Can't play defense. Cry baby on offense.
Go Rockets 🚀
So many negative comment’s on Cam, he’s young and just wants more minutes. Can’t you remember what it was like to be young. He’s actually a great potential talent who else do we have that can go and get a bucket when needed.
reduce fvv minutes , amen is effective at cam's forward position, so rotate cam at the wings. give him early minutes. when the starters are playing horrible (which happens all the time) and cam sub in at late, it carries the momentum of the starters that makes him play also bad.
Cam got heavy minutes vs Boston and he went 4/17 fg and 1/9 for 3pts. He needs to shut the hell up and become the player he thinks he is now.
Don't trade Cam until the end oklf the season. Attend the draft.
Don't trade Cam until the end oklf the season. Attend the draft.
Don't trade Cam until the end oklf the season. Attend the draft.
If you whisper in a 20-year-old's ear all day that he's the best, and he doesn't have to wait, then he'll become impatient. Arrogance is the beginning of the end. 🙃🙃 But these whisperers immediately shut up if things turn out differently. These whispers(homeboys ,Families ) not only cost him his career but also millions of dollars. Trade him …Impatient has its costs. Another 20 year old who thinks the world belongs to him. The NBA has seen hundreds of them. If you want to play in the NBA for 10-15 years then you have to behave accordingly. Sell him for a good price, f…it. Shitting on the plate you eat from . This servant makes me angry.
Please try to get Mad Max on the show! I would love to hear what he thinks of the current team and specifically of Amen Thompson.
4 picks, and one or TWO core players for Devin Booker?! 😂😂 Thank God you guys aren’t GM’s
Unpopular opinion, but I think Ime Udoka should get rid of anybody that does not fit his ideal prototype for players on his roster. Ime was a scrappy player that put the same amount of energy and effort on both ends of the floor; ie Amen Thompson & Tari Eason. With that being said, this coming off season, I'd trade Cam Whitmore for Chicago Bulls' Dalen Terry. He's a poor man's Amen Thompson lol. Ironically, he was picked one pick after Tari Eason in the 1st round of the '22 draft. He's another two way guy with high energy, and can essentially play and guard 1-4. Do some research on Dalen Terry and thank me later!
If Cam wanted because he will not be getting good minutes. It is a bad move for him. His career will end quickly if he is traded.