Despite playing on the same team for their entire lives, they arrived at their parents’ former stomping grounds through different paths. From the moment colleges began reaching out, Cameron and Cayden made it clear that they weren’t a package deal. Schools needed to recruit them separately. If you wanted Cameron, you were getting a 6-9 three-level scorer. If you wanted Cayden, you were getting a quintessential 6-4 floor general who surgically surveys for opportunities to get his own. Turns out Duke wanted both.
“Obviously it turned out to be that way, but it was just more that Duke was the best situation for both of us,” Cameron says. “That’s kind of how it unfolded. But I think it was super important for both of us to get interest from the schools separately.”
They’ve been proactive in the meantime, connecting with fellow freshman Nikolas Khamenia and last year’s returners. The topic of conversation is one Cameron and Cayden are already well-versed in. They spent years on baby blue asphalt perfecting it.
“We’re just talking about winning. That’s the most important thing for us and our team,” Cameron says. “Obviously they came up short this year, but our goal next year is to win a national championship. I think we have the roster to do it, the talent to do it, the size to do it.”
“The main conversation with even the three freshmen that we have, me, Cam and Nik, it’s just to win,” Cayden adds. “We know what the expectation is, and we know we have the team to be able to do it. We just have to work our tails off to make sure that it happens.”
