{"id":893087,"date":"2026-09-15T17:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893087\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T17:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:08:12","slug":"cam-whitmore-on-nuggets-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893087\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Whitmore On Nuggets’ Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nuggets have emerged as a possible suitor to watch for free agent forward Cam Whitmore<\/a>, reports Marc Stein of The Stein Line<\/a> (Substack link).<\/p>\n

\"\"The 20th overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, Whitmore was traded<\/a> last month from the Wizards to the Cavaliers, who waived<\/a> him in a cost-cutting move in order to finalize their roster moves ahead of the preseason.<\/p>\n

Whitmore, 22, averaged 10.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game over the course of 98 appearances (five starts) for the Rockets during his first two NBA seasons, posting a shooting line of .449\/.357\/.707. Houston traded him to Washington during the 2025 offseason and he saw action in 21 contests for the Wizards last season, averaging 9.2 PPG and 2.8 RPG on .456\/.286\/.742 shooting.<\/p>\n

Whitmore\u2019s third year in the NBA was cut short after he was diagnosed with a blood clot<\/a> in his right shoulder. The Wizards announced<\/a> in mid-January that he would be sidelined for the rest of the season. He expressed confidence in the spring<\/a> that he\u2019d be able to return to action and bounce back in 2026\/27.<\/p>\n

Denver is currently carrying 14 players on standard contracts, so there\u2019s technically an opening on the team\u2019s projected 15-man regular season roster. However, it\u2019s unclear whether the Nuggets plan to carry a full 15-man squad, given how far into luxury tax territory they\u2019re operating. Even another minimum-salary addition would cost the team exponentially more in tax penalties.<\/p>\n

If the Nuggets are open to rostering a 15th man, Whitmore could potentially challenge veteran guard Lonnie Walker IV<\/a> for that spot. He also has one season of two-way eligibility remaining, and Denver currently has a two-way slot open alongside KJ Simpson<\/a> and Bryce Hopkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whitmore will receive his fully guaranteed $5.46MM salary for 2026\/27 from the Cavaliers, so finding the best possible fit for his skill set may be a priority in the short term over trying to maximize his earnings. If that\u2019s the case, perhaps he\u2019ll be willing to sign a two-way contract with Denver or another team in the hopes of playing a rotation role and earning a promotion to a standard contract later in the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nuggets have emerged as a possible suitor to watch for free agent forward Cam Whitmore, reports Marc…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,21939,85],"class_list":["post-893087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-cam-whitmore","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}