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Cameron Whitmore (born July 8, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats and was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 2023 NBA draft. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2022 class.
Whitmore attended Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Maryland. As a senior, he was the Capital Gazette boys basketball player of the year. He was selected to play in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Boys Game. He played in the 2022 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship, where he was named MVP.
Whitmore was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2022 class, according to major recruiting services. On October 7, 2021, he to playing college basketball for Villanova over offers from Illinois and North Carolina.
After missing seven games with a thumb injury, Whitmore made his collegiate debut versus Oklahoma. In his first season with Villanova, Whitmore averaged 12.5 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 0.7 assists per game. At the conclusion…
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