Memphis Grizzlies' Cameron Boozer Predicted to Be 8th-Best Player in NBA in 2030

NBA analyst Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report believes Cameron Boozer of the Memphis Grizzlies will be the eighth-best player in the league in 2030. 

Boozer will be 22 in 2030.

"Boozer should get more opportunities to show off his abilities and more time to develop on the floor than either of the players taken before him," Bailey wrote. "But it's more than that. Boozer might also have the highest floor of any of the three prospects. Because he does so many little things so well (like rebounding, passing and shooting), it's hard to envision the world in which Boozer is ever a negative-impact player."

Boozer won the NCAA Player of the Year Award last season. The Duke forward averaged 22.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game while shooting 55.6% from the field, 39.1% from beyond the arc and 78.9% from the free-throw line.

As of this writing, Boozer has played in three games with the Grizzlies this summer. He's averaging 18.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game and shooting 62.5% overall, 66.7% from 3 and 87.5% from the foul line. 

It's going to be a while before the Grizzlies make the playoffs again, but at least they have a young building block in Boozer, who may not have a single weakness in his game, per Bailey. 

"Boozer is very advanced as a passer and ball-handler for a 6'9" player," Bailey wrote. "He has a deeper reservoir of post moves than most of the NBA's current power forwards and centers. And he can shoot threes, too. The wide range of skills and abilities helped him lead the NCAA in box plus/minus last season, and it's helping him quietly dominate this summer, too."

In the post-Ja Morant era, Memphis is building around Boozer, Zach Edey, Cedric Coward, GG Jackson, Karim López and Jaylen Wells. Boozer is the new franchise player in Memphis and he looks like he has the skills to be a perennial All-Star. 

"Boozer already very much looks the part of an NBA player with the body and size that towered over his peers during his first action in Las Vegas," Jamal Collier of ESPN wrote. "His skills, shooting and strength are already advantages that made it easy to see why he had, perhaps, the highest floor of any of the top prospects. And getting to play a few games at Salt Lake City summer league helped him prepare to be more comfortable in his first Vegas appearance."