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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-08-2017, 09:04 PM:

John Calipari has made no secret of his infatuation with Cameron Reddish. Now, after almost three weeks of the 5-star forward playing for Kentucky’s coach on Team USA at the FIBA U19 World Cup, that interest is increasingly mutual.

“I’m getting to know him,” Reddish told SEC Country by phone from Egypt, ahead of the United States’ semifinal game against Canada, “so it has definitely helped him.”

Calipari marveled at the 6-foot-7 Reddish’s versatility during training camp in Colorado, saying he could play all five positions, and has used the 17-year-old star accordingly. Reddish has even played a little point guard in Egypt.

Through a 5-0 start for Team USA, he averaged 25.1 points, 9.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 3.9 steals and just 2.6 turnovers per 40 minutes — while shooting an impressive 11 of 17 (64.7 percent) from 3-point range. It’s easy to see why Calipari is interested in Reddish, who is ranked the No. 4 overall prospect in the Class of 2018 by Scout.com.

The all-important question, though, is what Reddish sees in Calipari.

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Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 07-08-2017, 11:22 PM:

Holy cow! With stats like those, how can there be 3 guys rated higher?

Wow. Just wow!

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-09-2017, 01:39 PM:

Here is a video where you can see why Cal is so high on him.

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[ 07-09-2017, 01:44 PM: Message edited by: catmandoo ]

Posted by ukcatfannfl (Member # 1425) on 07-09-2017, 04:07 PM:

tip those stats are IF he played 40 mins which no one does

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 07-10-2017, 12:41 AM:

Ed,

Yes, thanks for pointing that out. I definitely overlooked that important piece of information!

Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 07-10-2017, 07:34 AM:

The following link is to the entire tournament stats including minutes played, scoring etc:

Stats

Ty Wynward of New Zealand was one of the top performers in the tournament. He played without very little team support and got all his points off rebounds and put backs. He is a banger inside. Most disappointing player I saw was our own Diallo, not a very good shooter but an outstanding athlete. Most of Diallo's points came off dunks. Reddish is a good player but I doubt we will see him in a UK uniform, he looks more like a Duke style player than a Cal type player.

I watched all of our games and all of New Zealand's games because of Wynward.

[ 07-10-2017, 07:41 AM: Message edited by: SCWC ]