Cam Whitmore is heading to Denver on a two-way contract, giving the Nuggets a low-risk swing on a former first-round pick with some real NBA production already on his résumé.
ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that the free agent forward has agreed to a deal with the Nuggets, and Charania added that Whitmore has already been in Denver working out with team players. Marc Stein had reported earlier this week that the former Villanova standout was drawing interest from the Nuggets.
Whitmore entered the league as the 20th overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft and has already bounced around quite a bit. He was traded last month from the Wizards to the Cavaliers, then waived by Cleveland in a cost-cutting move as the team worked to finalize its roster before the preseason.
The 22-year-old has shown scoring ability in limited minutes. Over his first two NBA seasons with Houston, Whitmore averaged 10.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 17.4 minutes per game across 98 appearances, including five starts, while shooting .449/.357/.707. The Rockets later dealt him to Washington during the 2025 offseason, and he played 21 games for the Wizards last season, putting up 9.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest on .456/.286/.742 shooting.
His third NBA season was interrupted by a blood clot in his right shoulder. Washington announced in mid-January that he would miss the rest of the season, and Whitmore said in the spring that he expected to be back and bounce back in 2026/27.
Denver’s two-way slots were already occupied by guard KJ Simpson and forward Bryce Hopkins, so Whitmore will take the club’s third and final two-way spot going into the ’26/27 season.
On that type of deal, he can be active for up to 50 regular season games and will earn $678,882, which is half the rookie minimum. He is also still set to collect his fully guaranteed $5.46MM salary from Cleveland from his previous contract. If the Nuggets want him available for the playoffs or for more than 50 regular season games, they would need to move him onto the standard 15-man roster.
Because this is Whitmore’s final season of two-way eligibility, the contract will run for one year. If he stays on that deal through the season, he’ll become an unrestricted free agent in July 2027.
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