Big tile for Cam Whitmore (#11 in 2023), and by extension for Villanova: the “freshman” winger will be playing pool next week, according to information from ESPNto treat an injury to the right thumb, the nature of which has not been specified.
If an operation is necessary, we imagine that it is a complex fracture or a ligament injury.
Our American colleagues add that Cam Whitmore will be reassessed at the beginning of November. A schedule that leaves big doubts about his presence for Villanova’s first game of the season, scheduled for November 7.
Bad news that the Wildcats would have done without, when they already have to do without “senior” Justin Moore, who suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon during “March Madness” last spring, and absent at least until 2023…
” We are disappointed for Cam. » so declared Kyle Neptune, the successor to Jay Wright on the Villanova bench, who will certainly have to do without his star “freshman” to start the season. ” Throughout our preseason, he worked hard to assimilate all our concepts, and to understand how to be effective in the Big East conference. »
Star on the high school circuit, Cam Whitmore is widely considered a “lottery pick” at the 2023 Draft. third best prospect this season.
His highlights at the U18 Americas Championship, with the United States this summer
Credit: FIBA.com
