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Shams Charania: The Denver Nuggets are signing 2023 first-round pick Cam Whitmore on a two-way NBA deal, sources tell ESPN. Whitmore enters his fourth NBA season after averaging 10.5 points and 3.3 rebounds over 119 career games -- and has already joined the Nuggets for workouts in Denver.
The Nuggets, I'm told, have emerged as a team to watch in pursuit of Cam Whitmore. Whitmore, selected 20th overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, was recently waived by Cleveland after the Cavaliers acquired him as part of the five-team megatrade that landed Peyton Watson in Northeast Ohio.
The Cleveland Cavaliers waived and stretched Cameron Whitmore's contract. He'll earn $1,819,437 for the next three seasons.
Bobby Marks: Saturday is the last day to stretch the salary of a waived player. Formula: Years left on the contract multiplied by 2 +1 Jonas Valanciunas: $2M ($666K over 3 years) DeMar DeRozan: $10M ($3.3M over 3 years) John Konchar: $6.165M ($2.05M over 3 years) Cam Whitmore: $5.4M ($1.8M over 3 years) (likely)
can the clippers pick up (Cam Whitmore)? Law Murray: Can they: yes Will they: absolutely does not seem like something they would be interested in
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Michael Scotto: The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived Cam Whitmore, league sources told @hoopshype. Whitmore, the 20th pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, has averaged 10.5 points on 45% from the field and 35% from 3-point range in 17.3 minutes during three NBA seasons with the Rockets and Wizards.
Etienne Catalan: Tre Mann (@tre2mann3) will wear No. 1 for the #Wizards. Number last worn by Cam Whitmore in 2026. #NBA
The five-team trade that led to the Cavs shaking up their roster is official. Peyton Watson and Cam Whitmore are in. Max Strus and Dennis Schröder — two key members of Cleveland’s Eastern Conference finals team — are out. The Cavaliers also sent an unprotected 2031 first-round pick and a future second-rounder to Denver as part of the sign-and-trade deal for Watson, who became Cleveland’s top fallback option following a failed pursuit of LeBron James this summer. “Peyton is a young, talented player who we believe fits extremely well with the direction of our team,” said president of basketball operations Koby Altman. “His length, athleticism and defensive versatility give us the ability to play him across multiple positions and create more flexibility on both ends of the floor.”
Chris Fedor: ‘There's another move coming for the Cavs at some point because they are hard capped by the first apron after the sign and trade that they made with Denver for Watson. I'm told that Harden's starting salary in year one is going to be around 30.5 million dollars. So the Cavs have had conversations about the possibility of a waive and stretch for Cam Whitmore. Whitmore being somebody that they acquired in that mega five-team deal that also included Trey Mann going to the Washington Wizards, Dennis Schroeder going to the Charlotte Hornets, and Cam Whitmore and his salary savings coming to the Cavs. They have had conversations internally about the possibility of waving and stretching Whitmore and not having him on this roster.’
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Shams Charania: As part of the deal, the Cavaliers are sending Tre Mann, the 2027 second-rounder from the Clippers and cash to the Washington Wizards for Cam Whitmore, sources said. The Wizards also are sending Julian Reese to the Nuggets, who will waive Reese off his two-way deal. Mann fills a positional need as the Wizards have searched for an additional guard in recent weeks -- while the Cavaliers gain a smaller salary in Whitmore to create optionality under the first apron.
Whitmore, only 21 years old, said he nearly lost much more than his NBA career. “That was a life-threatening type of illness I had,” he said. “I’m just grateful to be alive, to be honest, and to be alive and talk to my family and talk to you guys and be around my teammates.”
Whitmore was first listed as out due to right shoulder soreness while doctors worked towards a diagnosis. As Whitmore explained to Miller, the problem was caused by his ribs restricting blood flow to his right arm. That led to a blood clot, which caused him to wake up with discomfort in his shoulder. A few more days would pass before Whitmore airballed a series of midrange shots at shootaround in Memphis on Dec. 20. “I knew something was wrong,” Whitmore said. The symptoms worsened as Whitmore made several trips to the hospital before the blood clot was found on an ultrasound. He then had three surgical procedures before he was on the road to recovery. As Whitmore tells it, he’s “fine now” but only after a long and difficult process. His parents were integral in helping him get through it, as they took shifts to be by his side during his hospital stints.
Whitmore also felt immense support from his teammates and others in the Wizards organization. “[Before] going into surgery, I got videos from like each and everybody separately. Even in the group chats they were wishing me a healthy recovery and a successful surgery. Some teammates came to visit me in the hospital, coaches, coaching staff, even the front office. So, everybody was there. I felt love from afar even when I wasn’t in the building, but when I came back everybody welcomed me with open arms so I was really grateful for that,” he said.
