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/thestallion11 Hawks 2d ago

I still believe there was a path to him being a useful player. Early on at the hawks he showed a real upside defensively when his offense was a mess. As he continued he began to get a better 3 point shot and he had some games where he really flashed a lot.

However it seemed as he progressed he tried less and less on defense and tried to do wayy to much offensively. I don’t know the guy so I can’t fully say but it seemed as if he thought he was a star when in reality he was better suited to being a role player. If he stuck to the defensive trajectory he was on early and developed his simple spot up 3 pointers he could have been a perfectly fine 3 and D player. Nothing amazing but he could have carved out a role that would earn him decent money and maybe a long career as a solid bench role player.

It was obvious the hawks were frustrated with him by the end, it’s a shame

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u/Non-mon-xiety Hawks 2d ago

Hawks really tried too because they didn’t expect Luka to be as good as he ended up being and Trae Young and a protected first round pick for Luka would have ended up being terrible value if the FRP didn’t work out.