Rockets 2023-2024 player previews: Cam Whitmore

Medea DayIt’s Mr. Surprise, Cam Whitmore. The surprise was, of course, that the Rockets were able to draft both Amen Thompson at #4 and Cam Whitmore at #20. Some draft pundits had forecast Whitmore to the Rockets at 1-4, so to get him that late AND get Amen was considered quite a feat.

I still consider it to be so, even if we barely see Cam play for the Houston Rockets this season.

Here’s why I think this. Cam turned 19 (19!) in July. He’ll be 19 for the entire 2023-24 NBA season. This makes him one of the youngest players in the NBA, at the END of the season. To be sure, Cam already has the frame, the build, to be an ideal small forward. He’s got a scoring game, and he’s an aggressive…