Before Cam Reddish was rated as a five-star recruit and considered one of the top players
in the 2018 class, ranked as the second best player in the 2018 class by 247Sports.com
and the third best recruit by ESPN.
Before Cam Reddish was rubbing shoulders with LeBron James during a recent visit to Los
Angeles.
Before Cam Reddish would pick up a Bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA Under 19 World Cup,
losing out to Canada.
Before Cam Reddish would join forces with RJ Barret, Zion Williamson at Duke University
and the three would be predicted to be the 1, 2 and 3 draft picks for 2019.
Did you expect to be teammates with all of these, uhm top draft pick at Duke University?
At first I did not.
Cam Reddish honed his ball handling skills by playing point guard for Philadelphia high
school powerhouse Westtown alongside another player you might've heard of, I'm talking
about Mo Bamba.
Cam is probably, in my opinion, the best player in his class.
He thrives as an off-the-dribble shooter, but comes complete with slashing ability and
a good sense for finding teammates. He's such a good passer that his Westtown coach believe
that if Cam hadn't found basketball he would have fit in quiet well as a quarterback. He
stated. We were at a shootaround and somebody brought
a football in and Cam was literally throwing passes on a dime across the court. The thing
about Cam is he’s one of the best passers I’ve seen and his passing doesn’t take
away from the fact he’s a good scorer or a good rebounder.
His 7’1 wingspan doesn’t hurt, either. Paul George and Jimmy Butler have been thrown
out as comparisons but Cam himself is a super fan of LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Allen
Iverson.
We've started asking you guys trivia questions that I'll answer at the end of the video.
For this one I'm gonna ask you the same thing I asked in our RJ Barrett video. Who is Cam
Reddish's celebrity crush? Sound off in the comments down below, I'll tell you a little
bit later.
What's going on guys? It's your boy Michael McCrudden documenting the life and career
of Cam Reddish prior to fame, here for you of course on Before They Were Famous. This
is our 4th College Basketball video we've put out this week, because Zion Williamson,
and RJ Barrett have done pretty well. So I guess you guys wanted to see more.
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Cameron Elijah Reddish was born on September 1st, 1999 in Norristown, Pensylvania just
outside of Philly. His mom Zanthia is an elementary school principal and his dad Robert played
basketball Northeastern Oklahoma A&M before transferring to play at Virginia Commonwealth
University from 1989-91. Cam also has a younger brother Aaron who is following in his big
bro's footsteps starting his freshman year at Westtown, and the two of those boys are
extremely close.
Being that you're like based in Philly, what's one thing that you're gonna miss uhm, back
home? My family, my little brother obviously, uh
that's my guy so, I'll be calling a lot, checking on him.
I kinda got a feeling that he smashed that girl after that interview, you know what I
mean? Sorry, that was inappropriate.
In Cam's College acceptance video he spoke about his family's role in his life. He stated.
“My parents always say: You can have all the dreams and all the talent in the world,
But without work? None of that stuff matters. People say I’m laid back.
They say I’m quiet. But they don’t see what’s most important. They don’t see
the work. To me, basketball is about what you do when no one’s watching.”
Now, he later announced his acceptance to Duke University, but we're not there at that
part of the story just yet.
His parents built their house in Norristown back in 2004, Cameron would've only been 5
years old, but has stated that he's been playing basketball since he was just 2. The first
thing his parents installed on their property was a basketball court. Speaking on this his
mother stated:
That basketball court has been through a lot.
Today the court's paint is well worn, the rim and backboard gone. And this is a sign
of the countless hours of hard work put into the sport. Cam first dunked when he was in
the eighth grade. He stated.
For the longest of time, I just really liked [basketball]—I loved it—I was just playing
for fun. But now it’s kind of like my job.
In an interview he was asked when did you realize basketball was more than a game for
you? and his reply was: Honestly it was a few years ago. In the tenth
grade. Ninth or tenth grade. A lot of people think “oh it might have
been sixth grade,” no it was like two years ago.
Outside of Basketball Cam, he lays pretty low. He enjoys playing video games and cruising
through his twitter I found out his Favourite TV Show is Prison Break.
He also loves French Toast and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. He's also a fan of Chick Fill A on
Sundays and listens to Travis Scott & Lil Uzi Vert.
Cam attended The Haverford School before transferring to Westtown for his sophomore season where
he helped achieve a 28-5 record and a league and state championship.
As a junior, Cam, he averaged 16.2 points per game and led the Moose to a Friend's School
League title. During the 2017 summer, Cameron, he averaged 23.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists,
1.5 steals and 0.9 blocks on the Nike EYBL Circuit for the Team Final AAU Program
He played for United States men's national under-19 basketball team during the summer
of 2017.
Now originally he was gonna play for the under-17 team the previous summer, but he didn't make
the team due to an injury. It was during one of the last practices leading up to final
cuts for the team where he went ahead and tore his groin. YIKES... He had to get emergency
surgery. He stated
I guess there’s a few muscles in there, and there was one hanging. They said if the
one hanging tore, my career would have been over.
Reflecting on this he stated:
“the injury [in 2016] really refocused me and pushed me. I realized the game of basketball
could be gone just like that.”
He ultimately earned a spot in the U19 World Cup Team that competed in Egypt under Kentucky
coach John Calipari. He went on to average 10.7 points, 4.3 rebounds.
In his senior year, he averaged 22.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. After his senior
season, he was named 2018's Mr. Pennsylvania Basketball. Cam was selected to play in the
2018 McDonald's All American Game, the Jordan Classic and Nike Hoop Summit All-Star games.
When it came time to go to College there were no shortage of options. He chose the Duke
Blue Devils over a final five that included Kentucky, Connecticut, UCLA and Villanova.
Speaking on this decision, he stated:
I'm going somewhere that I can be challenged as a leader, challenged as a student, challenged
to grow up, on and off the court
He had envisioned himself at Cameron Indoor Stadium for a while.
I will never forget the day they offered me—it was April 25 of 2016. I knew I wanted to
go to Duke probably since going into my 11th grade year.
The future looks bright for Cameron Reddish, at the time of this recording information
about his early years, they're a little far and few between but we did the best we could,
and in a couple years we will make an updated video if that's something you want us to do.
Oh yeah, and his celebrity crush? Well, RJ Barrett has some competition because both
of these guys, they cited Zendaya as their Hollywood lady. They both want a piece of
her. Can't blame em.
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