{"id":781026,"date":"2026-07-05T03:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T03:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:24:16","slug":"cameron-boozer-talks-nba-summer-league-debut-with-grizzlies-after-no-3-draft-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Boozer Talks NBA Summer League Debut with Grizzlies After No. 3 Draft Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memphis Grizzlies forward Cameron Boozer, the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, just enjoyed a successful summer league debut, posting 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in a 111-74 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Salt Lake City on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Boozer spoke after the game about his performance, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It felt comfortable,” Boozer said. “Obviously it’s still an adjustment because going to a whole new team, whole new system, you got [only] one week of practice before playing. But I felt good, especially with this group. They’re very easy to play with just because everyone’s playing for each other, playing the right way. So I feel comfortable. Obviously there’s a lot of learning to do still, but I feel good for sure.”<\/p>\n

Boozer shot 7-of-11 from the field in his 24 minutes. He played a big role in Memphis’ dominant game, which featured the Grizzlies outscoring OKC 33-22 in both the first and second quarters and 19-8 in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The former Duke superstar showcased the talents that made him the reigning collegiate national player of the year in his lone season with the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

Boozer is the team’s present and future now. The Ja Morant-Jaren Jackson era is over after the Grizzlies traded Jackson to the Utah Jazz last February<\/a> and Morant to the Portland Trail Blazers in June.<\/p>\n

Boozer provided a thoughtful answer when asked about being the team’s focal point (h\/t Drew Hill of The Daily Memphian).<\/p>\n

Boozer certainly showed up Saturday and did the right things en route to a 37-point win, and he’ll look to continue that trend Monday when they play the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies forward Cameron Boozer, the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, just enjoyed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-781026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}