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No. 5 New York Knicks: SF Cam Reddish, Duke
No. 6 Chicago Bulls: SF/SG Romeo Langford, Indiana
Cam Reddish underwhelmed in Atlanta during McDonald's All-American week, but he has plenty of time to up his draft stock. Duke always has NBA eyes on the team, but it is especially true this year with so many top pro prospects. Reddish admits he is eying the NBA, which is not a shocking statement given his talent level.
"College is an important time for me," Reddish told Bleacher Report . "I'll probably only be there for one year, so I need to make the most of it. I need to improve. I need to get better. I need to be challenged...I'll have really good numbers, and we'll win, but people will criticize me because I'm not out there screaming. Or they'll say I don't look interested. That's just my face. I can't help that. A lot of players are super-duper hyped and screaming, but that's not who I am. I'm just going to keep playing my game."
The challenge for Coach K is utilizing all the talent he brought in, while also having them work together for the team's common good. How the players are able to balance their own personal aspirations for the good of the team will be worth watching. If Reddish and the other top players are able to do that, it will be noticed by NBA teams more than just posting good stats.
Romeo Langford Is Looking to Put Indiana Back on the Map
After stretching out his recruitment to the last possible minute, Romeo Langford has a chance to be the face of Indiana basketball. Indiana head coach Archie Miller is hoping Langford has patience with himself as he finds his footing.
“He's a guy that I think is so used to really being perfect in many ways, or at least trying to approach being perfect in many ways,” Miller told the Indy Star. "That making mistakes and some things like that here, as he's been with us and out of his comfort zone, it bothered him, whether he missed a couple shots in a row on a drill or whether he's been in practice and he struggled defensively early. You could see almost a pressure or almost a, ‘Wow, this isn't as easy as I maybe once thought,’ to a guy that has learned week by week that it's okay to make a mistake. It's okay to understand that you're not going to be perfect and make every shot. But the rapidness that he can grow will only really stay within his framework of concentrating on just getting better and being one of the guys.”
Langford could spend time at both the two and three at the next level. Unlike some of the other top prospects on this list, Langford will have the team to himself to shine for NBA scouts. However, he will not benefit from having some of the help that the other players will have on their team.
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