Cam Reddish, top-five player in the class of 2018, commits to Duke
Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils land their second five-star prospect in less than a month
Reddish will wear blue.
Duke was long considered an overwhelming favorite to land five-star small forward Cam Reddish. On Friday night, it became official. Reddish verbally committed to the Blue Devils via Twitter, in partnership with The Players Tribune.
Five-star recruit Cam Reddish announces his college decision. pic.twitter.com/OuBe3puwnW
— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) September 2, 2017
The dynamic wing, who is projected to be a one-and-done player, chose Duke over Connecticut, Kentucky, Villanova and UCLA. The 247Sports Crystal Ball prediction composite had Duke at 100 percent prior to Reddish's announcement. Duke now has two pledges in its 2018 class, both of them five-star guys. Tre Jones, the younger brother of former Duke point guard/current Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Tyus Jones, committed to Mike Krzyzewski's program Aug. 13.
Reddish, ranked fourth in 247 Sports' composite, and Jones, ranked sixth, are the only 2018 players in the top 12 who have committed.
The 6-foot-8 confirmed his standing as a top-five prospect in the class of 2018 earlier this summer, when he averaged 23 points and eight rebounds on Nike's prestigious EYBL circuit. He was selected to play for Team USA's U19 squad as well. That team was coached by Kentucky's John Calipari, but Duke has long been considered the leader.
Reddish's commitment to Duke, which is a Nike school, comes four days after CBS Sports published a story that highlighted how Reddish recently was caught on video leaving a Coral Tree Cafe in Los Angeles with LeBron James and James' longtime friend and agent, Rich Paul.
Here's what our Gary Parrish wrote in the piece linked above: "[Reddish is] an 18-year-old from Philadelphia who was in California for the Nike Skills Academy that ran from Aug. 16-19. And, after the event ended, [Reddish] remained in California and met with Paul and James, as the TMZ video proves. Again, that's technically within NCAA guidelines; the video is not a so-called smoking gun. But it does underline just how early agencies start recruiting five-star prospects. And if you've ever wondered how a one-and-done player can announce he's entering the NBA Draft on a Tuesday morning and then sign with an agent on that same Tuesday night, it's because the relationships between agents and heralded prospects typically date to when the prospects were 16 or 17 years old."
Here's a glimpse of what Duke should be getting come 2018, when Reddish is expected to help carry a significant load after the expected departures of current Blue Devils freshmen Marvin Bagley III, Wendell Carter and Trevon Duval, plus the graduation of Grayson Allen.
















