DuckIII wrote:Ferulci wrote:It's that time of the year where we convince ourselves that Cam Reddish could be a good pick right ?
He's a workout beast. Let's hope that someone draft him before us, before I don't want him anywhere near the Bulls. We have a season-long of evidences that he's a bigger Mclemore.
"But but Zion took all the spotlight"
Please check his stats while Zion was injured.
I get your point, but this is what happens when you fall to 7th in what most of us believe to be a draft that falls off after 6. You start to consider riskier options.
Reddish’s freshman year at Duke was a shocker. His body, athleticism, form, and ball skills scream special talent. Then on the court it just wasn’t there. Little was similar though perhaps a little less extreme.
But guys who have questionable college seasons can develop in the NBA. I’m all in on taking a chance on the guys who might be much better than they produced, than on drafting low ceiling role players. I genuinely believe this is the last time we will draft this high for awhile barring Pelicans/Lakers like lotto luck.
Swing for the fences with fingers crossed. Be that Reddish, Little or Sekou (or “other”), I’m taking that chance on a wing.
It could blow up in your face. But I feel like “missing” on the pick is likely only going to cost us a role player we could have drafted instead, and those will be available in free agency.
I agree with the "high risk/high reward" strategy, especially in this draft, especially at that position.
But, both my eyes and the datas screams hell no to me.
- Where was the last time that a allstar player had a college career as bad as Cam. In some cases, it is that the player was cast in a bad role (WCJ pairing with Bagley probably cost him a drop in the draft), sometimes its minutes (Devin Booker), sometimes it was a lingering injury (Tatum IIIRC), sometimes the player is too raw (Westbrook). But Reddish had all of this : he had minutes, the opportunity to play with and off ball and to display his skills on several occasions. He was on offense, and mediocre on defense.
- Let's say his college year was a fluke. The red flags he had before all of this (coasting, lack of toughness, too deferring, play small for his size) already are very concerning to me. That's the recipe for your Anthony Randolph, your Perry Jones or your Andrew Wiggins.
I hope to be wrong on this and wish no ill on the kid. He has all the physical tools in the world, but I just can't see a realistic path to stardom for Cam.
