Kizz Fastfists wrote:ThunderBolt wrote:Cam Reddish is a guy that is very polarizing. I think he gets taken too early because of being part of the big three at Duke. If he had played at a place like K-state I wonder how high he would be taken.
I think if he had going to K-State he would still be going in the top 10 and might be more of a lock for 5/6. He's a 6'9 wing that can handle the ball, shoot and is a great athlete. There isn't much not to like. He only shot 33% from 3, but he showed he could become a solid NBA 3pt shooter. He has to learn to play tougher and be more willing to initiate and take contact, but I think that will come. Right now I have him around 7-9. Even if he goes 5th I don't see that out of line in this draft. I wouldn't take him over Culver, but I could see a team like Atlanta or Cleveland take him over Garland because they have their PG already.
What wing(s) rated below him do you like better? White, Langford, Porter? I'm not saying Reddish is a franchise player or even going to be an annual all-star, but in this draft I don't think he's overrated. I like this draft less and less the more it approaches. I think Zion and Morant are the clear top two and they could end up more in line with Blake and Kyrie who are very good players, but not the guy you want to be the best player on your team when trying to win a championship. You can make a case for Barrett ending up better than both of them. This could easily be one of those drafts where the best player ends up being taken around 12th.
I don't think he should go in the Top 5, and he is severely overrated IMO. I'm not sure where this myth of him having great athleticism comes from. He shot 51% at the rim this season. That is absolutely abysmal (literally 0th percentile), and a terrible indicator for success at the next level, not to mention his overall shooting 37% on 2-point shots this year. Someone with his supposed athleticism would have been better at that no? And it's not about learning to take contact. There have been many players that have needed to learn how to take contact, and like pretty much all of them weren't as bad as Reddish shooting at the rim. Further, he barely handled the ball all year, even when Zion was out with injury. Saying he can handle the ball is based on what? The only reason he's being mocked as high is he is, is because of his high school rankings. A 3-star recruit who had his season wouldn't be drafted. Sometimes we're wrong about high schoolers.
And further on your statement that "this could easily be one of those drafts where the best players end up being take around 12", there is no way that would be the case, barring Zion suffering a career-threatening injury (knock on wood). He is an amazing prospect like legit one of the greatest college prospects ever. No one in this draft, even Morant or Culver or Barrett or whoever, stacks up to him at all.
