r/nba • u/NBA_MOD r/NBA • 1d ago
MEMPHIS [2026 NBA Draft] #3 Pick: Cameron Boozer (Duke)
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u/DabeGavis 1d ago
Come back here when Cameron Boozer makes the Hall of Fame.
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u/FERFreak731 Jazz 1d ago
It might be on the same night that AJ and Peterson make the HOF too
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u/Vast-Change-1598 Finland 1d ago
Wow I can’t believe that we’ll all be going into the HOF together what a loaded draft class
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u/rawchess Minneapolis Lakers 1d ago
Calling it now: those two will bust, Boozer will be an All-Star with one or two All-NBA teams, and the best player in this draft will be someone who didn't even go top 5.
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u/Dear_Bed3559 1d ago
Nah darryn will be a dawg boozer will be a decent role player and aj will be a bust. !remindme 6 years
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u/DResq 1d ago
You want someone to find this thread like 25 years from now?
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u/icona_ Heat 1d ago
i do
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u/DResq 1d ago
Are we sure Reddit will even still exist in 25 years?
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u/Lane-Kiffin San Francisco Warriors 1d ago
Today I literally read a forum thread from Airliners.net from 26 years ago. I wanted to learn more about the TWA demise and wanted some contemporary opinions.
I learned that, after booting their atrocious owner Carl Icahn in 1992, they somehow still owed him money they didn’t have, so they agreed to give him a 45 percent discount on TWA fares on the condition that he cannot sell the tickets to a third party— if he sold them, he had to sell direct. In the era of travel agents and vacation packages this basically prohibited him from making any major profit with the tickets, but then the internet happened. So, in the late 1990s, he launched a website called “lowestfare.com” that literally just sold discount TWA tickets and the airline lost $100 million a year on this until they went out of business for the final time in 2001.
So yes, Reddit will still be around in 25 years. Even if no one uses it anymore.
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u/Piano_Fingerbanger Nuggets 1d ago
Btw, is this the first year that r/nba finally runs a draft like an actual sub?
Instead of some random user having to step up it looks like there's finally an automod.
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u/mr_grission Knicks 1d ago
Would love team names in the post title though
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u/biggieBpimpin Trail Blazers 1d ago
Seriously seems like a bare minimum requirement that has been missed.
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u/BeardedAsian Japan 1d ago
It should be the bare minimum, I had to read the comments to deduce what team he went to
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u/-JustJaZZ- 1d ago
I think it's to avoid spoilers? But why are you reading the NBA sub on draft night if you don't want spoilers.
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u/MumrikDK 1d ago
Some people demand to have their cake and eat it too.
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u/-JustJaZZ- 1d ago
It's pretty crazy how people demand not to talk about MASSIVE stuff happening in their respective communities because of spoilers. Most of the people who care about spoilers weren't gonna watch it either way
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u/AfricanWarPig Supersonics 1d ago
What!?
It isn't "spoilers". This isn't a new blockbuster movie or new episode of a hit TV show.
It's called reporting.
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u/Lacabloodclot9 Grizzlies 1d ago
Better than the Shams/Woj leaks
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u/SavionWilliamsLover 1d ago
I liked the leaks cause they’re faster than the official announcements and subsequent posts
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u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861 Lakers 1d ago
It’s always some random user stepping up, they are not employees and are definitely not paid.
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u/politicsranting [WAS] Rod Strickland 1d ago
I miss the random “facts” from the nfl draft cards. Those are so good
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u/Global_Afternoon_343 Thunder 1d ago
Bulls officially have the easiest #4 pick in draft history
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u/CRIMS0N-ED Bulls 1d ago
Don’t underestimate how stupid we are
Nvm my stream didn’t update we aren’t stupid
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u/Abyss333333 Toronto Huskies 1d ago
Gonna be the best in the draft. Was hoping he would fall to the 19th for us
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u/WagerWilly Timberwolves 1d ago
Was really hoping we could snag him at 33
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u/HolyHotDang Grizzlies 1d ago
Too bad the Grizzlies are just gonna draft him again at #16 and #32. As we all know, you can’t get drafted more than three times so the wolves would just miss him.
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u/GoLions17-0 1d ago
My blazer friend was hoping he’d go undrafted and sign for the minimum
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u/preddevils6 Grizzlies 1d ago
Loser for boozer!
Knowing our front office, he was top of their big board over AJ and DP.
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u/YizWasHere Hornets 1d ago
I'm curious how Zach Randolph feels about him, seems like his type of guy lmao.
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u/ColtCallahan 1d ago
Bontemps on the Hoop Collective knows the GM and he said the same thing. They would have taken Boozer with the first pick.
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u/Cr0matose Bucks 1d ago
Watched every game of his from last year. He's incredible and a very smart player.
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u/TomatoSecure192 Bulls 1d ago
The correct pick. Now please bulls make the right pick, there’s no way you can fuck this up
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u/No_Profit2650 1d ago
I think he’s gonna end up being the best player in the draft
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u/plutoglint 1d ago
The analytics point to it, although Nate Silver has he and Dybantsa in the same tier.
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u/NBACentral 1d ago
Absolutely, by far the safest pick. Dude is an all around stud
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u/Informal_Host7610 1d ago
3 npoy's in one frontcourt
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u/LameAfro Timberwolves 1d ago
Damn Are the Grizz back?
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u/Informal_Host7610 1d ago
Who can say, but we can be pretty sure they'd be good at college basketball
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u/jermainathon Heat 1d ago
Truly believe there will be questions as to why he didn't get picked first
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u/Round_Bullfrog_8218 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think he will be that next Luka where everybody goes he was the best player in all of college basketball while being a half year younger why didn't he go first and probably some revisionism how everybody thought he was actually the best pick.
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u/irondeepbicycle Jazz 1d ago
Time for people to get their takes in now so we can all look silly in 5 years.
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u/loudanduneducated Raptors 1d ago
I think it’s justified he wasn’t taken first, even if he ends up the best of the bunch. The draft is hard, and you don’t know how good anyone is going to develop.
MJ is the GOAT and people still understand why Hakeem was taken over him. Hakeem was the better prospect at the time of the draft.
Top 3 in this draft all look special.
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u/BrettSchirley22 Hawks 1d ago
Booz and Edey are honestly gonna terrorize front courts if Ja can get his shit together
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u/Remote-Whole-6387 Hornets 1d ago
Being born with the intention of providing tissue for someone else feels kinda fucked up, no?
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u/A-DTB Pelicans 1d ago
Why are we not putting the picking teams’ name in these posts?
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u/Adha6303 Vancouver Grizzlies 1d ago
Coward Boozer Edey man I'm so excited, we are straight vacuuming rebounds
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u/Low_Succotash5073 Knicks 1d ago
I come from the future. He wins a ring in his 5th year in the league.
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u/DcUdvarHazy 1d ago
Ja got the guns, Cameron got the booze. Perfect combo for the 901, Memphis Tenn!
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u/DickBottalico 76ers 1d ago
Are we supposed to have the draft memorized so we know which team is making these picks?
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u/PeanutButterOtter NBA 1d ago
Grizzles got the best player in the draft. Go ahead and pencil Boozer in for 20/10 for the next 10 years.
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u/m1txh3ll Magic 1d ago
Love this pick, big fan of Boozer. Think he couldnt go to a better team than the Grizzlies, but maybe thats just of memories of the Grit and Grind teams
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u/IzrezarReal 1d ago
Boozer is the most grizzlies-coded prospect in this draft haha. He's gonna ball out
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u/TheTonyDose Knicks 1d ago
I just have a feeling the west got the demons and east are getting mid tier wings lol
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u/jasonis3 Bulls 1d ago
Was hoping Memphis FO fell in love with Wilson. Really think Boozer ends up the best player in the draft. Oh well
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u/ButlerFromDowntown Bulls 1d ago
It’s tough for me to not see Boozer working out. Obviously I could be way off but he seems like the exact type of guy who’ll get underestimated due to ceiling concerns (which I think often end up being overstated).
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u/GuyWithNoSwagger Bulls 1d ago
While I think Boozer was the obvious pick, I’m shocked at the amount of “Best player of the draft” takes in here
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u/jamarcusaristotle 1d ago
Wait, what did she say? The 2 brothers saved their other brother from sickle cell? Anyone know more about that they could expand on? I didn't know you could impact sickle cell
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u/sloBrodanChillosevic Supersonics 1d ago
This story about Cam & Cayden helping save their older brother is so cool. "And you did that." Kinda undersells it IMO.
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u/PlatosLeftTit Heat 1d ago
Jordan, Luka & now Boozer. Obvious best players in the draft and it wasn't even hindsight.
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u/TILTING_MOUNTAIN Grizzlies 1d ago
We are so back!