Former Duke Teammates RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish Recently Were Reunited In The NBA Because Atlanta Traded Cam Reddish To New York For Kevin Knox, First Round Draft Pick In 2022 NBA Draft
As freshman at Duke in 2018-2019,
RJ Barrett was named Named the USA Today National Player of the Year
Consensus first-team All-America selection
Earned the Jerry West Award as the nation’s best shooting guard
Joined teammate Zion Williamson as a consensus first-team All-American, marking the first time in NCAA history a pair of freshman teammates accomplished the feat
Barrett and Williamson also became the first freshman teammates in NCAA history to each average 20.0+ points in a season, finishing as the ACC co-leaders at 22.6 points per game
Earned mention as a first-team All-ACC selection, an ACC All-Freshman honoree and on the ACC All-Tournament Team
Honored five times with ACC weekly awards
Named to the Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team and the NCAA All-East Region Team
Scored 860 points, the second most in a season at Duke by any player and trailing only the 964 points by J.J. Redick as a senior in 2006
His point total set both the Duke and ACC freshman records, and were the most scored by any ACC player since NC State’s TJ Warren scored 871 in 2013-14
The first ACC freshman to score 800 points and just the third to surpass 700
Finished as the only major conference player in 2018-19 to score 13+ points in every game of the season
Set the ACC freshman record for most consecutive double-figure scoring games (38)
Scored 402 points in games at Cameron Indoor Stadium, breaking the venue’s season scoring record previously held by J.J. Redick (390 points in 2006)
Was the only Blue Devil to start all 38 games and set the Duke freshman record for minutes (1,341)
Set the ACC freshman record for most 20-point games (26) and was one shy of tying Marvin Bagley III’s ACC freshman record of seven 30-point games.
Posted just the fourth triple-double in Duke history with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the win over NC State (2/16) – it was the first triple-double at Duke since Shelden Williams versus Maryland in 2006
Flirted with two other triple-doubles, had 23-16-9 versus Syracuse (1/14) and 19-10-7 versus Miami (3/2)
Scored 33 points in Duke’s win over Kentucky in the Champions Classic – the most by a Duke freshman in a debut game
Also scored 33 points against North Carolina (2/20) – the most by a Duke freshman against the Tar Heels
Averaged 24.0 points in nine games against AP top 10 opponents – no player in college basketball averaged more against top 10 teams
Recorded back-to-back 30-point games against North Carolina (2/20) and Syracuse (2/23), becoming just the second Duke freshman to accomplish it (Marvin Bagley III last season)
Duke Canada Tour
Led the team in both points and assists, averaging 30.7 points and 5.0 assists across the three games on the Duke Canada Tour
Added 6.3 rebounds per game to tie for second on the squad
Provided a pair of 30-point outings in the first two contests, scoring 34 against Ryerson and 35 against Toronto
Notched a double-double in the final game of the tour with 23 points and 10 points against McGill
As a freshman at Duke in 2018-2019,
Cam Reddish was an Honorable mention All-ACC selection
Played in 36 games and made 35 starts, averaging 29.7 minutes per game
Averaged 13.5 points per game, which was third on the team – scored 14.7 points per game against the ACC
Scored in double figures 23 times, including eight 20-point games
Made 33 percent of his three-point shots (89-of-267) and was Duke’s leading free throw shooter at 77 percent
Was third on the team in both steals (56) and assists (70)
Ranked seventh in the ACC in three-point field goals per game (2.47) and ninth in the ACC in steals per game (1.56)
Poured in 22 points with four steals and three assists in Duke’s season-opening win over Kentucky in the Champions Classic (11/6)
Followed up the Champions Classic performance by scoring 25 points with seven rebounds and hitting 7-of-13 from three-point range against Army (11/11) in the home opener – setting Duke freshman record for most made threes in a single game
Hit one of Duke’s most clutch shots of the season – a game-winning three-pointer in the final seconds to stun Florida State (1/12) on the road, 80-78
It was Duke’s first game-winner in the final seconds since Luke Kennard’s three to beat Wake Forest with 6.6 seconds left on 1/28/17
The shot at FSU capped a 23-point, three-round, three-assist effort
Flirted with a double-double in the home win over Virginia (1/19), scoring nine points with a career-high eight rebounds
Scored 24 points on 8-of-16 shooting in the home win over Boston College (2/5)
Hit 5-of-8 from three-point range and totaled 17 points in the win at Virginia (2/9)
Was clutch in Duke’s comeback win at Louisville (2/12), scoring 16 of the team’s final 30 points as Duke rallied from 23 down with 9:55 to play
At Louisville, his three made it a two-point game with 2:58 left, another three tied the game with 1:58 to play, and his free throws with 14 seconds left gave Duke the lead for good
Averaged 25.0 point in the two regular season games against North Carolina, including a career-high 27 points in the home game (2/20)
Then RJ Barrett was drafted out of Duke by the New York Knicks in round one of the 2019 NBA Draft as selection number 3.
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Then Cam Reddish was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in round 1 of the 2019 NBA Draft as selection number 10.
Since entering the NBA RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish who were teammates at Duke , selected in the same NBA Draft have been apart! Recently,former Duke teammates RJ Barrett, Cam Reddish were reunited in the NBA because the Atlanta traded Cam Reddish to to the New York for Kevin Knox , 2022 first draft pick via the Charlotte to Atlanta for Cam Reddish, Solomon Hill , a 2025 second round pick via Brooklyn.
“according to an article by Adrian Wojnarowski” on espn.com