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Cam Whitmore
The remaining player on the board is no longer on the board he's in our left wall That's TV jargon uh so cam Whitmore headed to the Houston Rockets 20th overall projected lottery pick but perhaps a slide because of an injury concern missed the first seven games of his collegiate career because of a thumb injury he was the Big East freshman of the Year forward averaged 12 half points five rebounds per game back here on the clock Matt norlander and Adam Finkelstein and and we finally have Cam Whitmore coming off the board he can end this awkward weight in The Green Room why the slide for cam Whitmore multitude of factors and what we have here is really one of the more unprecedented slides we've seen in recent NBA draft history I mean Whitmore East had projected lottery pick Whitmore as as recently as a week ago was heavily in the conversation to be going in the top five and really even entering into draft night there were some NBA teams that were curious to see okay was this talk about Whitmore or sliding real or fake and if he's slick did that mean okay he's going to eight or nine he goes all the way to 20. the biggest reasons are he had a really good pro day but ever since then for whatever reason and there's sometimes there's a variety of factors why this can be the case he just did not seem to have a good string of Team workouts and that includes the interview process and then we will see whether or not this actually means something years down the road but I can report in talking to a multitude of League sources and and some that reiterated this in the course of this draft the concerns over his medical with a couple of issues in his lower extremities clearly had an impact and you know Adam I can't help but think that group think might have also played a part here because if as you well know when you talk to NBA guys sometimes if they're really honest with themselves and there's a player and then one team doesn't take them and then team BC and D don't take them then team e might be like well what are we doing here like do we want to be the team that takes them so this could he might have been a victim of that as well because you're higher on them than I am but we both agree he is nowhere near he should be not slotted anywhere near the number 20 Prospect in this class well let's put it this way a week ago when we were trying to project this draft everybody knew what the top three picks was in conventional wisdom was that Houston was debating between amen Thompson and cam Whitmore for the fourth overall pick in the draft now they got them both yeah so this this is an a for Houston and whether or not it works out or not this is more than worth the risk cam Whitmore conservatively is a top 10 talent in this in this class aggressively he's top three top five talent in this class and now you're going to get get a cam Whitmore who comes in with a chip on his shoulder the overlap of explosiveness and sheer power is off the charts not a great shooter in high school but made significant strides at Villanova now he needs accountability who's he going to he's going to play for emeodoka who is one of the most no-nonsense coaches in the NBA we compared cam Whitmore to Jalen Brown in the pre-draft show who's the coach that brought the best out of Jalen Brown email adoka this the real a here this believe it or not I know this is a long night for cam Whitmore this is a good thing for cam Whitmore in the long run if this is a wake-up call and got him going about what it takes to be a professional on an everyday basis gets him in a situation where he's valued it's a good thing for cam Whitman do you feel like in a few years we're going to be looking back at this 2023 NBA draft we're going to say cam Whitmore went 20th overall what the heck happened I don't know if we I actually don't know if we will be expecting that um I think we'll be looking back and we'll be saying yeah Victor lemonama went one obviously that should have happened there and Scoot should have gone too yeah so I think but with Hughes now Adam's points about udoka are extremely well taken Houston has listen I don't know every NBA roster inside and out but I'm just telling you it feels like they are top three in terms of pure athleticism all around like I'm in Thompson and cam Whitmore could prove to be the two most athletic guys to to jump off the court in this in this particular draft so I I agree this is good motivating fuel we will see how he fits into all the pieces there they have at Houston I still I got to be convinced that they're not going to be in the lottery in 24 and 25 and maybe 26 but maybe getting two players at a time they've got to bring in state I know their their big game hunting and free agency they got to bring in stable vets I don't want to call them the G League ignite but you need like the the imeiodoka needs reinforcements with veteran presence in the locker room because you had a lot of young uh impressionable kids that needed to be guided through this process but sheer talent in those young young ages is is really impressive now in Houston but they have to have a veteran presence in that locker room so we we heard that that maybe James Harden would consider going back to Houston would you want James Harden around this young group and I know that's sort of a loaded question but perhaps you sell the idea to him hey we're going to pay you but this is a mentorship role for you as you finish your career because there's a ton of talent in Houston I I don't know if that is honestly the best thing for the franchise yeah at this juncture to bring in someone like Hardin who's going to command the ball as much as he's going to when you really do want to have the opportunity to have your young Talent really grow into something the hardened situation may stymie that overall but Houston is a franchise with a lot of interesting things on the table we will see if they can actually grow into a playoff team in short order
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
James Cameron. Content Warning.
Ocean Gate shouldn't have been doing what it was doing I think that's pretty clear I wish I had been more vocal about that but I think I was unaware that they weren't certified because I wasn't really studying it I wasn't really interested Stockton Rush asked me if I wanted to go out there and dive this season you know I wasn't interested this poor I mean his father and son on Father's Day you know paid half a million dollars to go down on this thing only you know it's just it's just tragic and it's horrific and it's unnecessary and by the way it's not lost on me as as somebody who studied the meaning of Titanic it's it's greater meaning to us you know historically and societally that it's about warnings that were ignored that ship's lying at the bottom of the ocean not because of the nature of its steel or the nature of its compartments but just because of bad seamanship the captain was warned there were icebergs ahead it was a moonless night and he plowed ahead for whatever reason I think there was some greed there was some glory in it he had a he had a boot up his rear from Jay Bruce Ismay to get into New York on time or or early so they'd have a headline which I show in the in the film you know and here we are again and at the same place you know now there's one wrecked line next to the other wreck for the same damn reason search search four days of search they're searching everywhere they're they were running around with their hair on fire the sub was right where it was it was literally on the sea floor below its last known position which is the first place you look in the search is the last known position you don't go running around all over the landscape with planes and Trains and Automobiles searching right it was right where it was when it imploded and I knew that's where they were going to find it we'd never expected to see a scenario like this you know we we may go into hazardous environments like hydrothermal vents or even to a wreck like Titanic or Bismarck or some of the other wreck sites which are dangerous from an entanglement standpoint or a collapse a structural collapse standpoint but you never worry about the vehicle the platform that you're in you know and you certainly don't worry about employ there's never been an implosion of a vehicle with people in it and so I think this I don't want to say a blind side of the community because there was a lot of concern and by the community I mean people who operate subs and build subs for a living there was a lot of concern about this outfit and this sub a lot of concern even to the extent that I wasn't involved in it because I was making Avatar 2 at the time but a lot of them got together and wrote a letter to uh to Ocean Gate and said you have to certify you cannot take people down it's irresponsible and it could lead to catastrophe
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
Chris Paul. Content Warning.
Jordan pool's contract was so bad the Warriors had to pay to get rid of it Warriors got Chris Paul Wizard's got Jordan Poole Ryan Hollins a protected 20 31st and a 2027 second pool makes 130 million the next four years for what dude was unplayable in the playoffs warriors were desperate so they paid the Wizards to take it off their hands in exchange they get Chris Paul for one season to try to win a chip but how good of a fit is CP3 we'll explore that but this is a great sign for Draymond Green he and Jordan pool's relationship never recovered one week ago Dre opted out of his final year to become a free agent he could have left for a team of cap space like the Rockets or the Pistons or maybe done a sign and trade now the dubs are saying we love you please come back we have money for you but that punch video being leaked was the best thing ever for Jordan pool dude was embarrassed everyone felt bad for him during extension talks so the Warriors rewarded him with 130 million bucks like hey about the punch we're really sorry here's generational wealth at the same time it was the worst thing for Draymond he became the number one villain in the NBA before Dylan Brooks took over articles guaranteeing he's gonna leave the dubs the video leaking was a punch to the gut like someone in my own building betrayed me to make me look awful but as the season played out Dre showed why he is a future Hall of Famer and pool melted down round one 12 points a game on 26 percent from three round two eight points on 25 from Deep horrible turnovers Warrior fans turned on him faster than the NBA media turned on Russ but in the middle of the Season everything changed the league got together to gang up on the doves for years they have had the biggest payroll in the NBA their owner Joe lakum will pay whatever it takes to surround Steph clay and Draymond with winning players but now the richest teams have gigantic penalties which is a problem for Draymond because they paid Jordan pool and Andrew Wiggins last year did that mean Draymond was gone not anymore Chris Paul makes 30.8 million but it is off the books next summer so now they can afford to keep the core together it's not guaranteed but a lot more likely but how does Chris Paul fit on the Warriors they have point guard depth already Steph Curry at the one with gp2 and Dante divincenzo backing him up Steph actually played point guard a hundred percent of the time last year in fact the last time he played even a third of his minutes at shooting guard his rookie year with Montana Ellis this is gonna be a huge change unless Chris Paul agrees to come off the bench that would be the perfect scenario leading the second unit as a mature high IQ veteran playing against other backups but would CP accept that role he has never come off the bench before he has always been the man on his team and is one of the most vocal leaders in sports but maybe he wants to win a ring that bad so he's willing to be a sixth man but if not playing point guard isn't actually fair to who Steph is I mean he's not a traditional point guard with how often he plays off the ball with a ton of movement I mean Draymond handles the ball and facilitates a lot on this team and they have had traditional point guards in the past especially with cp's low turnovers there is a world where this works or this entire move could be a trick they could be pulling another D'Angelo Russell back in 2019 Kevin Durant tours in Achilles and decided he was tired of winning championships he'd rather team up with his buddy Kyrie and get back to losing like he did in OKC only in Brooklyn and that plan worked out great but the dubs did a silent trade to bring back Dilo and at the time they said oh we love D'Angelo Russell he fits in great here and then they flipped him at the trade deadline Yahoo just reported Golden State will not wave Chris Paul looking forward to partnering with him on a championship run yeah right this whole thing could be about upping his trade value to then deal him at the deadline which is exactly what they did with Dilo and got back Andrew Wiggins now obviously that kind of trade is not realistic with CP but maybe they're trying to get two or maybe three role players back for death so they start the season with Chris Paul while he is healthy good Shooters around him Chris looks great and they flip him for bench help last time and they had a little depth with Otto Porter and Amanda B Eliza they won a chip not that a team trying to win would love Chris Paul but at least his expiring contract looks good A tanking team like the Pistons or the Rockets who might have vets would offload them to the dubs but the underrated thing about this trade for golden state is Ryan Hollins he's a young guy who doesn't really play but he is a spot on their roster that is now freed up for a veteran minimum player who wants to win a ring it's what they did with the Marcus cousins or David West back in the day they are now replacing Ryan Hollins who doesn't play with some vet who can give them a few minutes if they add that with Death From Another Chris Paul trade later this could be a championship winning move but what about the Wizards they have gotten rid of Bradley Beal and Kristoff porzingis in one week and got zero first round picks how is that possible in a world where Rudy gobert goes for control of six first they got more first for CP than Biel and porzingis combined now that's not technically true because Chris Paul is part of the Bradley Beale trade but it's crazy I feel bad for their fans the plan will be to suck for like five years while picking high in the draft then hopefully forever from now they might have some good young players then they'll have to wait years for them to develop so maybe in like 2033 the Wizards could be a contender it's like the process only worse because the odds of getting a top pick are now horrible imagine the Pistons having the worst record in the NBA last year and picking fifth that's the world the Wizards are living in now they do have a decent backcourt with tyus Jones and Jordan Poole but those guys are decent with stars around them especially tyus Jones best assist to turnover ratio in the NBA but that really matters when you have like a John Morant scoring 30. on his own he's like a decent role player that no one pays attention to but we can finally say the two timeline Warriors are dead they tried to set up the future with the present by drafting like a James Wiseman instead of trading the number two pick and it failed now they dealt a 24 year old Jordan pool for a dude who's 39 in next year's playoffs like uh we think we'd be better with a guy who's almost 40. it's a big risk because pool was actually key when Steph and Clay rested in the regular season pool struggled in the playoffs but could still give you 30 On Any Given night when he was the focal point but this is about winning now which will not work Chris gets hurt a ton at this point and even in his prime he's a different guy in big games if they're depending on him in like a Conference finals history says it will fail that's why I think six-man roll makes sense for CP or flipping him again at the deadline it reminds me of the Lakers when people were like oh la has five Hall of Famers but really it was like old Carmelo Anthony Dwight Howard Ross LeBron A.D oh yeah they're Hall of Famers but at this point the production isn't there but we could see more gigantic trades even if zon Williamson is not dealt on draft night the rumors are getting crazy New Orleans really wants scoot Henderson and a report says Zion could be the guy they deal check it out
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
NBA Draft 2023. Content Warning.
[Applause] with the first pick in the 2023 NBA draft the San Antonio Spurs select Victor wembanyama France [Applause] second pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Charlotte Hornets select Brandon Miller from the University of Alabama yeah Brandon Miller the SEC player of the year the newcomer of the Year Mitch cupcak the general manager in Charlotte he was in attendance for Miller's season High 41 points with the third pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Portland Trailblazers select scoot Henderson from Marietta Georgia in the NBA g-leagues team ignite with the fourth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Houston Rocket select amen Thompson from Oakland California an overtime Elite Oakland stand up the fifth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Detroit Pistons Pistons select assar Thompson from Oakland California and overtime Elite [Applause] with the sixth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Orlando Magic select Anthony black from the University of Arkansas Anthony black led the with the seventh pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Indiana Pacers select Bilal kulabali from Cordova France bilau Tula Bali of course the teammate of Victor Wen benyama with the eighth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Washington Wizards select Jairus Walker from the University of Houston [Applause] with the ninth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select Taylor Hendricks from UCF [Applause] Taylor Hendricks the first ever player out of UCF to be drafted in the first round and he's actually from Florida he got offers from Miami from Florida from Florida State ultimately he blames his own path choosing UFC and I have a trade to announce as part of a deal to be finalized later the Indiana Pacers are trading to the Washington Wizards the draft rights to Bilal kulabali the seventh pick and the Wizards are trading to the Pacers the draft rights to Jairus Walker the eighth pick [Applause] and with the 10th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Dallas Mavericks select Cason Wallace from the University of Kentucky for 16. with the 11th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Orlando Magic select jet Howard from the University of Michigan foreign with the 12th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Oklahoma City Thunder select Derek Lively II from Duke University Derek Lively the 13th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Toronto Raptors select Grady dick from the University of Kansas the most interesting electric suits in the green room tonight Grady dick from Kansas is on his way to Toronto he's already wearing the Raptors the suit is as electric as is part of a deal to be finalized later the Dallas Mavericks are trading to the Oklahoma City Thunder the draft rights to Cason Wallace the 10th pick and the Thunder are trading to the Mavericks the draft rights to Derrick Lively the second the 12th pick with the 14th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the New Orleans Pelicans select Jordan Hawkins from the University of Connecticut National Champion Jordan Hawkins an emotional moment that he is sharing with his parents with the 15th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Atlanta Hawks select Kobe buffkin from the University of Michigan really one of the best players in the Big Ten the last six weeks of the season with the 16th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select chiante George from Baylor University [Applause] chiante George from Baylor headed to the Utah Jazz he scored 506 points last season the second most in a season by a freshman in Baylor history his dad was actually a pro in France and he's come a long way we with the 17th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Los Angeles Lakers select Jalen Hood shafino from Indiana University and what a week for jalenhood shaffino he had his 20th birthday to celebrate on Monday and then three days later he is drafted into the NBA with the 18th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Miami Heat selected Jaime Hawkes Jr from UCLA Jaime Hawkins Jr the senior forward out of UCLA on his way to Eric Spoelstra and the Miami Heat he was with the 19th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Golden State Warriors select Brandon pogemski from Santa Clara University [Applause] Brandon kodinski from Santa Clara when he transferred from Illinois to Santa Clara he really broke out here in the WCC he's only 20. he is so much upside we're going to get back to Brandon in just a minute we're the 20th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Houston Rockets select cam Whitmore from Villanova University another Wildcat heads to the NBA in cam Whitmore he did miss the first few games of the season with thumb surgery but then he said with the 21st pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Brooklyn Nets select Noah Clowney from the University of Alabama Noah Clowney from the University of Alabama The Freshman forward headed to Brooklyn hey 22nd pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Brooklyn Nets select Derek Whitehead from Duke University of the 2022 McDonald's All-American Game he had 13.7 rebound seven assists in that game you could see his coach John Shire enjoying the moment he's not actually here in attendance tonight but Andrea let's 23rd pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Portland Trailblazers select Chris Murray from the University of Iowa Chris Murray uh these this is the Mavericks taking now at 24. with the 24th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Sacramento Kings select Olivier maxons prosper from Montreal Canada the NBA Academy Latin America and Marquette University now in this 2023 NBA draft the Memphis Grizzlies selection Marcus Sasser from the University of Houston [Applause] Marcus Sasser the 26th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Indiana Pacers select Ben Shepherd from Belmont University Ben Shepard with the 27th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Charlotte Hornet selects Nick Smith Jr from the University of Arkansas thank you and emotional moment for Nick Smith Jr for his family with the 28th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select Bryce Sensabaugh from the Ohio State University Bryce sentiva the third Ohio State freshman in the last 40 years is headed with the 29th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Indiana Pacers select Julian Strother from Gonzaga University Julian Strother he's short he scored the 30th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the LA Clippers select Kobe Brown from the University of Missouri [Applause] and that concludes the first round into all the fans especially those here at the Barclays Center the second round of the NBA draft will be conducted by Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum enjoy the rest of the night the first round of the 2023 NBA draft is now complete with Kobe Brown Jay on his way to the Los Angeles Clippers
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Tornado
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