Cameron Carr is expected to hear his name called in the first round of this week's NBA Draft in Brooklyn, NY, a sharp turn for a Baylor guard who was barely used at Tennessee before becoming one of the biggest risers on the board. The 6-5 Carr went from a limited role to the kind of production that puts a player in first-round territory.
That rise is built on one season in Waco, where Carr averaged a team-leading 18.9 points per game and also led Baylor in shotblocking at 1.32 blocks per game. For a guard, that kind of two-way line matters because it shows scoring travel with real defensive impact, not just a hot stretch from the perimeter.
Carr's path is what gives the draft buzz its weight. A player who played sparingly at Tennessee did not just settle into a bigger role at Baylor; he became the team's leading scorer and its most disruptive shotblocker in the same season. That combination is why his stock has moved fast enough to put him in first-round conversations this week.
The one thing still missing is the landing spot. First-round status would confirm how far Carr has come, but the NBA Draft in Brooklyn, NY will decide which team, if any, is willing to use that pick on a guard whose value is tied to both the leap he made at Baylor and the ceiling he still has to show.
