Is the Former Duke Blue Devil’s NBA Career Over?
After six seasons in the NBA, Cam Reddish’s career has come to a halt. Based on circulating reports, Reddish is nearing a deal to play overseas in Lithuania for BC Siauliai. Reddish is a very versatile player who possesses the size, length, and athletic ability needed of a modern wing player today. He is also capable of scoring, rebounding, and passing. Reddish has also developed into a very good lockdown defender recently. In over 30 games he played for the Los Angeles Lakers, you can see signs of potential as a good lockdown defender against wing players. It is a trait that could have lured any team that needed a good wing defender coming off the bench.
Selected as the 10th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft from Duke University. Reddish has played for the Atlanta Hawks alongside Trae Young and made an impact, playing the most games in each of his three seasons there. He then moved on to play for the New York Knicks, and that's where he suffered a right shoulder injury that seemed to be the beginning of the end for his NBA career, at least for now. He was then traded to Portland, followed by the Lakers, where many thought he would be utilized more than he was. It was a citation where he seemed like he fit and had a role, but was never given enough time to showcase that.
The Lakers attempted to trade him to the Hornets, but the trade was subsequently rescinded. While we don't know for sure if this is really the end of Cam Reddish's NBA career, since other players who have played overseas have sometimes come back to play in the league again. Fans are left wondering: with such an offense-based league, has the NBA become so reliant on offense that not one team has a use for a lockdown wing defender? If Reddish continues to improve his game overseas, as he has the potential to do, then one shouldn't doubt his eventual return to the league. The man who was once dubbed Mr. Pennsylvania in his senior year of high school will return to the NBA; it's just a matter of when, not if.
