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Cam SpencerMemphis Grizzlies · #24

Guard · 6'3", 205 lb · Davidsonville, Maryland · Age 26 · 2nd season

Cam Spencer is a sharpshooting combo guard for the Memphis Grizzlies — a 2024 NCAA champion at UConn drafted 53rd in 2024. A high-IQ, elite catch-and-shoot marksman with stops at Loyola Maryland and Rutgers before UConn, he has flashed his shooting in the NBA and G League. He is the brother of NBA player Pat Spencer.

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MVP race · #112Guard rank · #49Balladex Impact · 62
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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex · Updated
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Cam Spencer
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Memphis Grizzlies · #24 · Guard
Cam Spencer
Season avg11.1 pts · 2.5 reb · 5.6 ast · .473 fg
Career avg9.3 pts · 2.2 reb · 4.5 ast · .458 fg
Live win probabilityLakers 66%
Balladex model · projected 119–116 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
14.6pts
2.8reb
7.9ast
34%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Cam Spencer
Memphis Grizzlies · Guard
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Austin Reaves
Los Angeles Lakers · Average defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Cam Spencer — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Sharpshooting Combo Guard · Impact 62
Cam Spencer is a sharpshooting combo guard for the Memphis Grizzlies — a 2024 NCAA champion at UConn drafted 53rd in 2024. A high-IQ, elite catch-and-
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Offense
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Defense
C+
Feel / IQ
C+
Playmaking
Strong creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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F
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Excellent spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Cam Spencer stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
12%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
4%
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Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN▬
2%
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Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
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Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #137 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
62Impact index
178Star score
Career scoring average9.3 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file2
1× NCAA champion (2024) · 53rd Draft pick (2024)
Stat explorer

Cam Spencer — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
11.1 PPG
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Playmaking
5.6 APG
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Rebounding
2.5 RPG
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Shooting
.449 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Cam Spencer

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  52% confidence
13.1
pts
9.9–16.3
2.6
reb
1.2–4.0
7.0
ast
5.7–8.3
26.2
min
proj
56
gp
health
.464
fg%
~base
.436
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 11.1 → projected 13.1 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
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Net vs last season+2.0 PPG
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 26 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 25 / 72 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Cam Spencer career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-252510.14.21.21.4.415.365
2025-267223.811.12.55.6.473.449
Career9720.39.32.24.5
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Memphis Grizzlies built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

27–55proj record
#13conf seed
-5.4net rtg
112.7off rtg
118.1def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Zach Edey, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
How his role moves
Projected 27–55, 13th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
62 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
1× NCAA champion (2024) · 53rd Draft pick (2024)
Act IV

The Ballad of Cam Spencer

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Apr 6, 2000

The beginning

A sharpshooting combo guard and NCAA champion — elite catch-and-shoot shooting for the Grizzlies.

Memphis Grizzlies

Turning pro

Drafted 53rd overall, 2024 as a Guard.

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A sharpshooting combo guard and NCAA champion — elite catch-and-shoot shooting for the Grizzlies.

Chapter

After Loyola Maryland and Rutgers, Spencer won the 2024 NCAA title at UConn before Detroit drafted him 53rd and traded him to Memphis.

Chapter

A high-IQ marksman, he's flashed his shooting in the NBA and G League.

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Spencer's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 3"
Weight
205 lbs
College
UConn
Experience
2nd Season
Draft
53rd overall, 2024
Born
Davidsonville, Maryland
Age
26
Jersey
#24
Beyond the game

Spencer comes from a fiercely competitive athletic family — his brother Pat was a record-setting college lacrosse star (a Tewaaraton Award winner) who reached the NBA — and Cam won an academic All-American honor at UConn alongside his national title, reflecting his high basketball IQ and work ethic.

His on-court identity is elite shooting — a 6-foot-3 combo guard whose catch-and-shoot and movement three-point shooting are his path to sticking in the NBA, backed by shot-making and feel. His size and athleticism are the limitations, but his shooting and IQ, plus G League scoring outbursts and a growing NBA sample, give him a specialist role to build on.

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The person

A sharpshooting, high-IQ combo guard — catch-and-shoot shooting and shot-making.

SharpshooterAn elite catch-and-shoot and movement three-point shooter.
ChampionWon the 2024 NCAA title at UConn.
High IQAn academic All-American with strong feel.
Verified profiles & sources
WikipediaNBA.comBasketball-ReferenceESPN
FAQ

Cam Spencer — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Cam Spencer, answered.

What is Cam Spencer known for?
Elite catch-and-shoot shooting — a high-IQ combo guard and 2024 NCAA champion at UConn whose three-point marksmanship is his path to an NBA role.
Is Cam Spencer related to another athlete?
Yes — his brother Pat Spencer was a record-setting college lacrosse star and Tewaaraton Award winner who reached the NBA.
Where did Cam Spencer win a championship?
At UConn, where he won the 2024 NCAA National Championship after earlier stops at Loyola Maryland and Rutgers.
Cam Spencer career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
59%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
59%
67 games missed
Games missed
67
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
25
24-25
72
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady — 59% of games over the last three seasons, low of 30% in 2024-25.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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