The Inevitable Comparison: Cameron vs. Carlos

Cameron has a lot to do to match Carlos...but fortunately he doesn’t have to.

With the season not that far away now, there is one question that is bound to come up and it’s this: can Cameron Boozer match father Carlos’ career at Duke?

The quick answer is no, only because he’s almost certainly a one-and-done and there’s not enough time to match Carlos’s considerable accomplishments.

There’s more to it than that though.

Carlos came of age as a basketball player in Alaska. Cameron did so in Miami, with much more competition.

Carlos had Shane Battier, Nate James, Jason Williams, Chris Duhon and Mike Dunleavy on his teams. Cameron will likely be more of a focus as a freshman than his father was.

All that aside though, the question is inevitable but ludicrous. They’re the same size but not the same players. Carlos focused mostly inside; Cameron can move around the court. He has a complete game.

They’re very different in every respect and playing in different eras.

There’s one other aspect to this that bugs us: what about Cayden?

Carlos and Cameron are both 6-9 but Cayden is a real talent too, a Top 25 pick. Yet he is not mentioned in these comparisons.

It’s understandable, and the comparison is stupid as noted, but if you’re going to talk about it, why not talk about both twins?

This isn’t widely expected, but what if it turns out that Cayden is better this coming season than Cameron? What if it turns out that he’s a brilliant point guard?

He might be compared to his brother, but he still won’t be compared to his father.

And the whole thing is silly.

Carlos was great at Duke. His sons are different players and people. As Coach K always said, let them run their own race.

We know other people are going to do the comparison thing, but for Duke fans?

Let’s just pull for them to be the best versions of themselves. At this point, we’re pretty sure Jon Scheyer will get them there.