The Boozer Twins Commit to Duke! Will Cameron Boozer Become the Consensus #1 Prospect in the 2026 NBA Draft?
Cameron and Cayden Boozer have won at every level. How high will their stock rise playing for one of the most popular blue blood programs in college hoops?
2x FIBA Gold Medalists
3x Nike EYBL Peach Jam Champions
3x State Champions in the state of Florida
The Boozer Twins just don’t know how to lose.
Cameron and Cayden Boozer have committed to Duke, one of the biggest national stages in college basketball, following in the footsteps of their father, former NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer.
Cayden is a 5-star big 6’4” guard and natural playmaker with traditional point guard skills who consistently looks to set up teammates, while Cameron is bouldering 6’9” power forward with incredible playmaking feel and sweet shooting touch similar to his dad who should quickly become a popular college hoops figure as a widely considered Top-3 2026 NBA Draft prospect.
Few high school basketball players can compare their resumes to either Boozer brother, who have won everywhere they’ve played at, while even fewer can also claim the individual accolades that Cam has racked up in such a short time.
Cameron Boozer has already earned Gatorade National Player of the Year (2023), Mr. Basketball USA (2023), 2x Florida Mr. Basketball (2023, 2024), FIBA Under-17 World Cup MVP (2024), and FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship MVP (2023).
The Boozers’ trophy room is going to need to expand to a walk-in closet amount of space soon, all before they’ve even walked onto a college campus.
31 NCAA schools and 4 international clubs have had exactly one #1 overall NBA Draft pick in their history, while only 18 colleges have had multiple players become #1 picks.
Duke has the most #1 picks of any program in the world with five; while, Kentucky was the first program to reach three, doing so in just a 6-year span under John Calipari with the selections of Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Davis, and John Wall.
With Cooper Flagg and Cameron Boozer now set to play for the Blue Devils over the next two seasons, there’s a chance Duke will jump to SEVEN #1 overall picks by this time two years from now, expanding their lead even further.
Playing for Duke, or any blue blood program, maximizes the number of eyes on any prospect. Will the national perception of playing at one of the most popular and most hate-watched schools in college basketball help cement these two top prospects’ status as the consensus #1 NBA prospect in their respective drafts?
Cameron Boozer is the next household name in the world of college hoops.
This pace-pushing playmaking shot-blocking foul-drawing machine two-way tank downhill force shows incredible feel, touch, skill for his explosive size and athleticism.
A natural scoring creator whose quick processing speed as a decisionmaker, developable ball skills, upper-echelon size and athleticism will translate to every level.
A monster on the court among his peers who constantly shows off next-level playmaking, rebounding, and downhill vertical athleticism.
It’s not fair for someone that size to have that feel as a passer, that tight of a handle, and that smooth touch as a scorer.
Can Cameron Boozer be a future NBA Point Forward?
Boozer is as dominant a two-way force that the grassroots scene has seen as any in a long time. While top prospects like Cooper Flagg, AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, and Tyran Stokes all deserve the hype surrounding their games, Boozer has proven to be as reliable an offensive scoring creator as any, able to set up a good shot for himself and his team consistently, while still bringing strong versatile defense to the frontcourt, resulting in a high two-way floor and an even higher all-around ceiling.
It’s not often that a power forward flashes point guard playmaking skills, and even rarer to think a big could actually become the fulcrum 1st option to run an offense at the NBA level, but Boozer has proven he deserves a look to be just that, with potential screaming as loudly as point forwards before him in the vein of Blake Griffin, Chris Webber, and recent #1 overall picks from Duke, Zion Williamson and Paolo Banchero.
Comparing any player to LeBron James at this stage is an unfair burden to place that level of hype on a teenager, but in terms of big wing creators who can consistently get their own shot off, create a good look for others, attack the rim at will, and defend multiple positions effectively, Cam Boozer fits the archetype to a tee.
As PD Web jokes on Twitter, “if a wing throws a skip pass, does that make him an NBA point guard?” He goes on to say “for draft evaluation purposes, I've been an advocate of the Sam Mitchell Test for PGs. Will they displace a real life actual factual NBA PG & force them into an off-ball role? If the answer is any shade of no, they are not a PG.”
Cameron Boozer might just be good enough to pass this test.
An entire offense could run around Cameron has a scoring creator hub, a power forward who can reliably create a good shot for the team every time down the floor, where the point guard could easily be a D&3 play-finishing connector who hits the C&S triple off Boozer kickouts or keep the ball moving to find the open man
If Cam’s ceiling looks anything like Blake, Paolo, or Zion, one could picture Boozer generating an entire offense out of the post, the elbow, head-of-steam ISOs, and the rare ability to execute either end of a pick-and-roll.
Boozer brings a multitude of qualities that translate to every level: a strong forward who draws fouls as a downhill force with tight handle, impressive vision, cerebral decision making, and tough shot making from all over the court. Cam spaces the floor as a deep-range shooter, even if the consistency of those jumpers can still improve, Boozer show no hesitiation to let it fly. Boozer can switch 3-5, block shots in help defense, and jump passing lanes for steals, bringing malleable two-way team-first impact to any situation.
Cam Boozer might be the best scoring creator offensive engine and consistent halfcourt team shot creator of any prospect coming up over the next few years.
The most efficient high volume scorer by Points Per Possession in all of Nike EYBL was Cameron Boozer by a full 0.1 PPP. To put that in perspective, the next 8 most efficient high volume scorers on that list were separated by 0.1 PPP, including standout prospects AJ Dybantsa, Tyran Stokes, and Tounde Yessoufou; as in, the difference between Cam and 2nd place was the same difference as 2nd place and 9th.
Watch Boozer show his soft touch shooting skills in Peach Jam, via Courtside Films
Watch Boozer flash his reliable scoring creation in EYBL, via Lucas Skinner
Watch Boozer show off his explosiveness in FIBA World Cup U17 here.
When the Boozer twins super-teamed up with the likes of Dybantsa and Stokes to form a Team USA U17 more stacked than a modern day justice league, the squad ran laps around the rest of the world, winning every game in the 2024 U17 FIBA World Cup by an average margin of victory of 65 points!
Clearly a special athlete, Cam’s combination of footwork, skills, vision, touch, timing, two-way feel and downhill athleticism is extremely rare, even for future pro prospects.
If one could only bet on one top prospect around the world to be a future NBA superstar, Cameron Boozer stands out as the safest bet to be the likeliest franchise cornerstone with the highest two-way impact star floor and offensive engine ceiling.
I had the opportunity to catch Cam and Cayden play live in a Columbus-Montverde matchup against Cooper Flagg, Asa Newell, and Liam McNeeley this past December.
Cameron Boozer stood out as much as Cooper Flagg, both dominating their peers.
The following is an excerpt on the Boozer twins from my 2023 Sunshine Classic Scouting Report from Swish Theory:
To evaluate stats from The 2023 Sunshine Classic’s standout players, we can utilize Cerebro Sports’ data to compare different impact metrics, allowing us to visualize findings like the best Scoring Creators by comparing players’ pure scoring prowess (PSP) and floor general skills (FGS) to find high feel good decision-makers, the players who most consistently created the best looks for themselves and others.
Which prospects can be relied on most as offensive engines for team shot creation?
Cameron Boozer and Donavan Freeman rate strongly as both scorers and creators, in a similar range of output as Cooper Flagg plus guards Rob Wright and Darius Acuff:
Cameron Boozer’s Cerebro Ranks for The 2023 Sunshine Classic:
3rd Defensive Impact (DSI)
T-4th Playmaking (FGS)
6th Scoring (PSP)
6th Overall Impact (C-RAM)
#2 Cayden Boozer, 6’5″ Point Guard, Columbus
@ Montverde
10 PTS
4 AST / 3 TO
1 STL
3/7 FG & 3/4 FT
(22 MIN)
Cayden Boozer is a cerebral big point guard, a defensive playmaker, a connector passer, and impressive two-way prospect who looks to push the pace and keeps an eye up for teammates in transition, makes the game easier for those around him
Cayden shows impressive two-way feel using his strong size and lengthy wingspan for his position that should translate to every level. He flashes great vision, nice body control, and good decision-making with crafty passing touch.
Cayden shot the lights out from deep at the 2023 Sunshine Classic with a 92 3P Efficiency rating on the night via Cerebro Sports, flashing natural point guard skills even with a relatively low 62 Floor General Skills rating, and impressing as a defender with good size for his position, helping force turnovers to generate a 70 DSI rate.
#12 Cameron Boozer, 6’9” Forward, Columbus
@ Montverde
20 PTS
8 REB
5 AST / 8 TO
4 STL + 1 BLK
6/13 FG & 7/10 FT
(30 MIN)
Cam exploded after halftime of his Columbus-Montverde matchup against Cooper Flagg showing more intensity and focus, powering through opponents, pushing the pace on lookahead passes, and gliding off ball for well-timed cuts, play-finishing rim-rolls, and in-rhythm pick-and-pop jumpers, leaving huge impact as a rim-rocking play-finisher and paint deterrent, even blocking one of Flagg’s driving layup in help defense before finding his brother Cayden on the break off the turnover.
His outlet passes to jumpstart fast breaks were plentiful, even featuring a highlight coast-to-coast live-dribble behind-the-back corner kick 3pt assist!
Boozer flashed all the developable dribble-pass-shoot ball-skills with strong finishing power and good off ball movement timing. This powerful 6’10” hammer nails deep range jumpers and projects to be an offensive force at the highest levels, excelling in similar areas to his NBA All-Star dad, while showing natural scoring creator tendencies for team-first shot creation.
Cam Boozer and Cooper Flagg sit atop future NBA Draft big boards for a reason; big wing/forward plus-defenders who can be relied on as halfcourt offensive creators, connectors, and play-finishers tend to be impactful winning basketball players.
Cam posted the 6th-highest overall impact rating in the event with 8.9 C-RAM, practically tying Cooper’s overall rating. Boozer was more effective as a scorer with a 79/100 PSP rating in the matchup, slightly more impactful defensively with an 87/100 DSI, while mostly matching Flagg in Floor General Skills and At The Rim effectiveness (75 FGS and 70 ATR)
The Good
Scoring at all three levels on and off the ball
Pick-and-pop, catch-and-shoot, relocation threes
Vertical gravity rim-running and well-timed paint-cutting
Drawing fouls with brute strength, sound footwork, solid handle
Clear vision, passing ability, grab-and-go playmaking chops looking ahead on fast breaks
The Bad
Jump Shot consistency
Losing control
Whether it be his own strength, the dribble, the body or ball control at times – focusing more effort on spatial awareness, gaining the proprioception and understanding of one’s own body movements in space, could work wonders
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