When the Atlanta Hawks selected Duke forward Cam Reddish with the No. 10 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the franchise was well aware of a core muscle issue that would sideline the rookie for a significant portion of the summer. In fact, Hawks president of basketball operations and general manager Travis Schlenk indicated on June 22 that Reddish “probably won’t get on the court until the end of July” while still noting that the team did “not have any concerns about his injury.”
With that as the backdrop, it wasn’t a surprise when Reddish was sidelined for NBA Summer League in Las Vegas but, as the summer continued, updates trickled out — first from the AJC, then from The Athletic — pointing to the fact that the talented forward still wasn’t cleared for full basketball activity.