Toumani Camara
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Sep 19, 2026
MalikHOST
There's no way.
MalikHOST
Tumani Kamara's on a good deal.
MalikHOST
Tumani Kamara's one of...
MalikHOST
I had him ranked as the 12th, I think 12th best defender in the NBA.
MalikHOST
And Drew Holliday's better than R.J. Barrett.
Dan BesbrisHOST
We'll do that in just a moment.
Dan BesbrisHOST
But first we pick up where we left off at number 120 with Toumani Camara.
Dan BesbrisHOST
He's a two out of five ranking in our airplane system, and Camara was not even gonna be on my board until Shaedon Sharpe went down for a extraordinarily long time.
Dan BesbrisHOST
That, I think, guarantees Camara gets the playing time he was getting last year.
Tim WoodsonHOST
That's good range for, uh, Rudy, bad for Miles.
Tim WoodsonHOST
Toumani Camara at 6-7, that's bad.
Tim WoodsonHOST
And Af- Anthony Simons at 6-8 because how the ba- uh, the draft board is made.
Tim WoodsonHOST
That's terrible.
Mike RichmanHOST
if you don't I think that Damian Lillard and John Moran are starting backcourt right away.
Mike RichmanHOST
Toumani and Denny Avdia are...
Mike RichmanHOST
Toumani Kamara and Denny Avdia are pretty much locked into the forward spots.
Mike RichmanHOST
Donovan Klingin's going to play center.
Mike RichmanHOST
I don't think that's going to be Drew.
Matthew TynanHOST
Spurs fans will be familiar with these guys as well.
Matthew TynanHOST
Portland, Toumani Camara, Deni Avdija.
Matthew TynanHOST
That's pretty damn good.
Matthew TynanHOST
You have-
Matthew TynanHOST
So, um, yeah, um, Deni Avdija is, he, he's not LeBron James, but he is a major threat, and he is someone who, uh, whenever the Spurs were playing Portland, like, he was at the top of the scouting port- uh, scouting report from day one.
Tyler PrincePANELIST
Yeah.
Matthew TynanHOST
Um, and he's sharing that mid court, that, that wing position with Toumani Camara, who is one of the more interesting stories over the last few years in the NBA that I can remember.
Matthew TynanHOST
This is a dude who kinda came out of nowhere, uh, became a shutdown defender, long, lanky, 6'8", uh, can, he d- he has the, the celebration where he, he does, like, the box thing.
Joe SimonsGUEST
And that, I think, is going to be a key for his game is what does it look like in him getting to the basket and drawing fouls? Ja, the same way.
Joe SimonsGUEST
Toumani shooting over 37% from three.
Joe SimonsGUEST
What are you getting from Veit Krejci? Can that guy come in and be a microwave once a week? You don't need it all the time.
Joe SimonsGUEST
Just can that guy come in and make five threes three times a month? I think it's everything kind of building upon each other and then getting some luck.
Joe SimonsGUEST
It gets you a four seed because the West looks weird.
Joe SimonsGUEST
So I think things breaking the Blazers way, getting to the free throw line a lot.
Joe SimonsGUEST
Toumani being a good offensive player, continuing his dominance on defense.
Joe SimonsGUEST
Donovan being able to play.
Mike RichmanHOST
But he bounced back, solid games late in the season, 25 against the Pacers, 28 against Utah, and he kinda settled into this role playing next to Jrue Holiday as this off-ball energy guy, wing shooter.
Mike RichmanHOST
And that group, Jrue, Scoot, Toumani Camara, Deni Avdija, and Don McClingen, was the Blazers' best lineup.
Mike RichmanHOST
Like, that, that group that they discovered over the final, uh, the final 25 games of the season is just like, "Oh yeah, this is our best group.
Mike RichmanHOST
We're going to move forward with them." And that was the Blazers' most productive lineup that they had all season long.
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Mike RichmanHOST
It's the, the three guard stuff.
Mike RichmanHOST
It's like Fi-- If, if Scoot's really good finding him minutes next to Dame and Ja, oh, okay, that's, that's a weird, like, it's like you're probably just too small, right? You're probably just too small with that group.
Mike RichmanHOST
Um, and how much can you get away with Jrue Holiday as truly, uh, like a big minute small forward, which would mean that you're taking probably Toumani Camara or, and/or, or excuse me, or Deni Avdija off the, off the court, right? It's, it, it's that balance I don't...
Mike RichmanHOST
I haven't, you know, I'm record- this is, you're listening to September 15th's program.
Tim WoodsonHOST
Got a decision to make.
Tim WoodsonHOST
What's more important? Who did they draft? They drafted Toumani Camara.
Tim WoodsonHOST
That's a good pick.
Tim WoodsonHOST
Actually, I think J- Jabari is...
Matt GeistHOST
He was in the Jusuf Nurkic, De'Andre Ayton trade.
Matt GeistHOST
That is going to be Mr. Toumani Camara, who was the 52nd overall pick.
Matt GeistHOST
Camara, um, honestly kind of had the perfect, like, path to the NBA because he was a second round pick, which means he had, like, a shortened two-year contract.
Matt GeistHOST
So he got kind of a bag right away from the Portland Trail Blazers.
Matt GeistHOST
Like, he got guaranteed $80 million-plus in his career, basically like a year and a half after getting drafted.
Matt GeistHOST
And this would be such a stud on the Indiana Pacers.
Matt GeistHOST
So Toumani Camara can now be a f- uh, a power forward that can space the floor, that's one of the best, like, charge setters in the NBA.
Matt GeistHOST
He's a great defender.
Tayler PetersonHOST
I think so.
Jacob NiffenHOST
Right? Whenever they play Portland, is Dub gonna guard Deni Avdija or is he gonna guard Toumani Camara? Does Kasin guard up? Does he, does he guard one of those, does he guard Ja Morant, right? Like, there's-
Tayler PetersonHOST
Or Dame
Jacob NiffenHOST
... there's some really interesting, like, how are they gonna match these guys up type of things.
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