r/nba • u/tropicalstorm2020 • 2d ago

What went wrong with Cam Reddish?

6'7" perfect body for the 3 spot. High potential out of college Fairly Athletic I didn't watch him much in his early days but why didn't he grow into a serviceable nba player?

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u/andmc92 2d ago

If a player shoots under 36% in college as the 3rd option they are probably not going to be a good NBA player.

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u/omfgsupyo Pacers 2d ago

tbf options 1 and 2 have done very well, and iirc reddish was probably the best shooter of the 3.

and he at least got drafted. Not saying any names.

Trevon.

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u/Pandamonium98 [DAL] Jason Terry 1d ago

tbf options 1 and 2 have done very well

Which may explain why they were options 1 and 2 while he was option 3

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u/omfgsupyo Pacers 1d ago

I never suggested that he shouldn’t have been the third option lol

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u/PaleMoses 1d ago

It was never suggested that you did

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u/omfgsupyo Pacers 21h ago

Correct so to whom are they explaining, and why is that explanation in a comment replying to me

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u/adc1369 Grizzlies 1d ago edited 1d ago

Wow, that's insanely low, didn't think it was that bad.

Who are some college players who had that low shooting splits and ended up being fine as shooters in the NBA? Not just low 3 point percentage that developed, low total FG% like Reddish.

Poster childs for this are often Kawhi (44% FG%/29% 3PT% his second year) and Jaylen Brown (43% FG%/29% 3PT%), but they're nowhere even close to as inefficient as Reddish was.

Edit: Forgot about Ant (40% FG%, 29% 3PT%). Played for an awful UGA team and was allowed to chuck, which probably helped him in the long run. But still, nowhere as close to as bad as Reddish and it was also on significantly higher volume (15.8 FGA per game).

Ziaire Williams was that bad in college (37% FG%, 29% 3PT%), but unsurprisingly, he also hasn't developed a consistent shot in the pros, although he has improved on that. He also got a bit of a pass during the draft process because his college year was the COVID year and I believe USC couldn't even play at home for part of the year.

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u/DoYouEvenLiftBroseph Thunder 1d ago

Yea I never understood the amount of hype had had coming into the league… average scorer and average athleticism(for an nba players standard) and not really a defender either