Yahoo Sports Senior NBA Analyst Kevin O’Connor and Terrence Oglesby discuss the prospects of Cam Boozer. Check out the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Video Transcript
Where are you at when it comes to Cameron Boozer’s NBA potential?
You know, Cameron Boo- he’s always won.
this is like the lone year he hasn’t.
He does winning things consistently.
He’s always in the right position.
I, I think off ball he’s just really smart.
Look, it, it’s gotten to a point now, NBA players are so good, guarding on the ball is almost fruitless .
Like there’s- Oh, yeah what, five players in, in the league that can really guard one-on-one and shut somebody down.
Nothing you can do about it.
Nothing.
As we said earlier, the, the Jokic shot over Wemby.
Wemby- Nothing the best defender since Bill Russell- Yeah couldn’t stop Jokic.
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One of the best players we’ve seen, you know, with his style since Larry Bird in the ’80s, right?
Yeah.
Nothing you can do about it.
There’s nothing you can do about it.
You have to guard as a unit, and that, that’s how the NBA is right now, and you have to be smart in where you’re being, and are you big enough to cover space?
Or if court coverage is a big thing- Yes that my man Adam Finkelstein says all the time.
Court coverage.
I, I think Cam can be that because he’s so cerebral in how, in, in how he processes.
You know, I’ve had this conversation before with the bands of Peterson, Boozer, like w- maybe his ceiling’s not as high.
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Okay, what does that entail?
What does that mean?
The, like, MVP?
Probably not in the NBA, but winning?
Probably in the NBA.
So what do you value going into this?
Do you wanna make winning a, a priority?
Do you wanna make getting an MVP and then building around and hopefully you win later a priority?
how are you drafting in this upcoming draft?
And hopefully there’s a little volatility in the lottery ’cause I don’t think some of these big teams should be rewarded quite like they’re acting.