Cam Reddish of the Atlanta Hawks topped the survey among NBA rookies on who they feel will have the best career. NBA analyst Chris Broussard disagreed, calling the survey results a ‘major disrespect' to New Orleans Pelicans' Zion Williamson.
Peep Broussard's reaction below as posted by First Things First.
.@Chris_Broussard reacts to NBA rookies survey saying Cam Reddish will have a better career than Zion pic.twitter.com/0QlFUeu4jU
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) August 20, 2019
In the survey, posted by nba.com, Reddish took 19 percent of the votes of who NBA rookies believe will have the best career. Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies took second with 16 percent of the votes, followed by De'Andre Hunter of the Atlanta Hawks with 11 percent. Tied for fourth (as arranged in alphabetical order) are R.J. Barrett of the New York Knicks, Jaxson Hayes of the Pelicans, Coby White of the Chicago Bulls, and Williamson.




In the past, other players who have topped the survey include Wendell Carter Jr., Lonzo Ball and Jayson Tatum, Brandon Ingram, Jahlil Okafor, Jabari Parker, Victor Oladipo and Kelly Olynyk, Anthony Davis, John Wall, Blake Griffin, and Kevin Durant.
Broussard's reaction may be the reaction of not just fans of Williamson, but of everyone as well. After all, Williamson has been tagged as the most-hyped basketball athlete since LeBron James. Various NBA players themselves have tagged Williamson as a once-in-a-generation type of athlete.
However, some have doubted Williamson's lack of a reliable jump shot — something that Reddish already has in his arsenal. But as always, time can only tell if the survey turns out to be true or not. If, at any, the rookies can use the survey results as motivation.