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‘Not fazed:’ Villanova’s Cam Whitmore opens up on draft day slide, Houston Rockets

Sometimes expressionless, at times emotionless.

Cam Whitmore’s athleticism is easy to detect on the basketball court, but his emotions are sometimes hard to calculate.

Once projected to be a top 10 draft pick, the 6-foot-7 wing slid downward, out of the lottery, and eventually back into Houston’s lap as the 20th pick.

As the clock ticked and teams took their turn, the draft day slide didn’t ruin the big moment for the usually stoic Whitmore.

“I had no idea where I was going to go,” Whitmore said. “Every time they kept counting down, didn’t know where I was going.