It was a sunny and therefore pleasantly warm afternoon in the middle to the end of February 2020 when Cameron Wells sat down on this bench next to a football field in Valencia after the running training session. And in pleasantly warm words explained how he planned to lead the Baskets out of the valley that was then opening up again. Cameron Wells, now 33, is apparently a person who thinks before speaking. At that time he was the captain of the Bundesliga basketball team s.Oliver Würzburg, who had taken a short training camp in southeastern Spain during an international break. The Würzburg had previously got out of step with three defeats in a row on their way to the play-offs. They caught up again. Then the virus came.
The Baskets were eighth in play-off when the season was canceled and, due to the uncertain financial situation and the costs, they decided not to participate in the subsequent championship tournament in Munich.
If you want to indulge in memories: Here is the live ticker from the training camp in Valencia back then
In the end, Cameron Wells must have seemed like a gift thrown down from heaven to the people of Würzburg. The playmaker developed into a kind of savior for the baskets in the cathedral city? and sometimes it was just pure joy to watch how almost divinely elegant and determined he liked to decide tight games on his own.
But Cameron Wells also became a kind of corona victim, then. Because after his performances in Würzburg and especially after his outstanding performances in the canceled season, the Baskets simply couldn’t afford a further commitment ?? or didn’t want to. Denis Wucherer, who had previously worked with Wells for three years in Gießen and promoted him, had piloted the Texan to Würzburg in 2018, where he probably had the best season of his career.
After a very unpleasant year in France with club changes, Cameron Wells, who had led the Baskets to the EuroCup final in 2019, ended up in Bayreuth at the beginning of this round. He fell ill with Covid during preparation for the season, and most recently an inflammation of the pericardium put him out of service for several weeks. In good time before his return to Würzburg on Sunday (January 2, 2022, 3 p.m.), he celebrated his comeback for Upper Franconia on Monday, which they lost 79: 109 to Alba Berlin.
Speaking of Berlin: The Würzburgers are going to the capital this Thursday, where they want to stand up to the Euroleague-stressed defending champion on New Year’s Eve (2 p.m.). After an apparently very intensive and physically tough week of training and the 79-86 defeat against Göttingen, the new coach, Sasa Filipovski, allowed the team a day off on Tuesday ?? which was not necessarily to be expected.
Despite all (fan) dreams: In Berlin, the baskets don’t necessarily have to win (at least not high) ?? the games against Bayreuth and then in Bamberg and in Chemnitz and in Frankfurt are ultimately more important for the further course of the season and in the fight to somehow maintain the class.
In any case, Cameron Wells, who comes across as refreshingly quiet, almost a little shy for someone with his model athlete figure and his sometimes dominant appearance on the floor, usually chooses his words with care. And he doesn’t necessarily use more words than are absolutely necessary to answer questions. There are a lot of things Cameron Wells definitely prefer to do than explain anything to media representatives? Most of all, he likes to let actions speak for themselves on the floor.
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