Cam Whitmore was projected by many to be a lottery pick, but he fell to the Houston Rockets at No. 20 in the NBA draft Thursday night.
ESPN's final mock draft had Whitmore going No. 8 overall to the Washington Wizards. The versatile 6-foot-7 wing averaged 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds last season as a freshman at Villanova.
Whitmore said afterward that he is fine with where he was picked and that he entered the night without expectations of who would draft him or when. «I've been overlooked a lot of times in my life, so it didn't really faze me,» he said. «I'm just really happy to be in the NBA.
I've been dreaming about that all my life.» Whitmore disagreed with speculation that medical issues caused the drop. «I promise you there's not,» he said. «I have no idea.