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I always thought the thing that made Cam so deadly wasn't his terrific shooting or his pinpoint passing, it was that slow, hesitation dribble into the key where it almost looked like he had dribbled himself into trouble and he would either get you a bucket or make a nice pass to a teammate after snake charming the defense into giving up on him.
 
With Spencer’s assist numbers can he be considered a point guard. If so UConn’s 2023/24 may be the only college basketball team that started 3 NBA level point guards with Castle, Spencer and Newton.
 
They absolutely love him in Memphis and I feel like he has elevated the whole team with the level of his play. Last year he was injured at the start of the season and had a pretty quiet yeat. I really hope he gets involved to the 3 point contest. Could totally see him play his way into the starting lineup.
 
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How Sway?! said:
I get that the 4 year deal provides a safety net, but surely his agent should have foreseen Cam outperforming his deal and advised him to take a shorter term deal. He's gonna be a severely underpaid until his age 30 season.
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Don’t think anyone, including probably Cam, could have foreseen this. Plus he was a 2nd round pick. He didn’t exactly have much leverage.
 
When he originally signed this past summer it was reported as a 2 year deal, then it became 3 years with the 4th a team option. He's definitely getting shortchanged here but the injuries to Pippen Jr, Jerome, and now Morant really changed everything and opened up his playing time. The 4th year being the team option stinks.
 
HooperScooper said:
Don’t think anyone, including probably Cam, could have foreseen this. Plus he was a 2nd round pick. He didn’t exactly have much leverage.
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Most of the time, the lack of leverage gets you a 1 or 2 year prove it deal. The fact that they gave him 4 years makes me think they wanted to keep him badly.
 
Some Huskies in Europe:

Vital: 21.3 pts on 54%, 32%, 85% splits. Unfortunately, his team is not playing European basketball this year.

Rj Cole: 15.6 pts on 49.3%, 36.7%, 96.2% splits
Struggling a bit in European competition: 11.9 pts on 38.7%, 32.6%, 91.1% splits
 
More huskies:

Adama: Not getting that much run
5.7 pts on 52.3%, 50%, 81.3% splits
Ironically performing better on European competition: 7.8 pts on 58.6%, 40%, 87.5% splits
 
Thanks to the success of his brother, Pat, I think Cam got a much more in-depth scouting profile.

I’ll be honest, I’m the biggest Cam Stan you’ll find and he’s still blowing my NBA expectations out of the water.
 
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HuskyFich said:
Thanks to the success of his brother, Pat, I think Cam got a much more in-depth scouting profile.

I’ll be honest, I’m the biggest Cam Stan you’ll find and he’s still blowing my NBA expectations out of the water.
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Pat didn't have any NBA success when Cam got drafted
 
aceboon said:
Pat didn't have any NBA success when Cam got drafted
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Correct. He was in the G League playing for the Santa Cruz Warriors from 2022-2024. He signed an Exhibit 10 contract with Golden State on February 22, 2024 and made his NBA debut 3 days later. He played in 6 games that season averaging 0.7 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.8 assists. Cam was then drafted in June 2024.
 
How Sway?! said:
More huskies:

Adama: Not getting that much run
5.7 pts on 52.3%, 50%, 81.3% splits
Ironically performing better on European competition: 7.8 pts on 58.6%, 40%, 87.5% splits
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The guy playing over him at the 4, Amar Alibegovic, played at St. JOHNS.
 
HW611 said:
Check that date brotha.

Love the way these guys are playing.
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that is one hell of a payout if the Pistons and Spurs meet again in the the NBA Finals after 21 years.
 
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You can see from these highlights that the defensive game plan is back off him and bait him into long range shots. However, if he starts shooting 3s above 30%, say 34%, teams will have to step out and guard him by the 3pt line which will allow Steph to drive to the basket-he will be a nightmare to defend against.
 
HuskyFich said:
Thanks to the success of his brother, Pat, I think Cam got a much more in-depth scouting profile.

I’ll be honest, I’m the biggest Cam Stan you’ll find and he’s still blowing my NBA expectations out of the water.
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What is a Cam Stan and how big is yours?
 
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A Spurs/Thunder rivalry would be great for the league, already a lil bit extra on some of these fouls in the first quarter
 
Steph cooked that whole first quarter and then they’ve completely gone away from him when he’s been in this second quarter
 
Some teams will update contracts accordingly also if he’s clearly being underpaid. That would be great.
 
Steph gotta chill with the TOs, was playing a clean game up until these last few possessions in the 4th, letting OKC getting back in it
 
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I knew people were way too slow with their timelines for the Spurs when they were talking three years from now. I expected them to be challengers for the title by the end of this season but not being quite ready. They're clearly already ready and any trading for a superstar talk was ridiculous. They already have two of them and Fox and Harper are awesome along with serious depth. They combat all the things the Thunder are so good at, Caruso and Dort can't bully Castle and Chet and Hartenstein can't slow down Wemby. OKC is young, versatile, great on D and athletic. The Spurs are younger, more versatile, even better on D and more athletic.
 
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