By Scott Phillips



COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Cameron Reddish might not be quite as much a household name as some of the other 50 or so players who convened here for USA Basketball’s Junior National Team minicamp. By the time the weekend was over, however, Reddish had made a convincing case to be considered the No. 1 player in the class of 2018.



A 6-foot-8 high school senior from Haverford, Pa., Reddish, who has committed to Duke, has everything you would want in a prototypical future NBA lottery pick. But he has been plagued by inconsistency. Reddish elicits comparisons to players such as Jayson Tatum and Jimmy Butler, but at times in the past he exhibited poor shot selection and a mediocre motor, acting as if he doesn’t want to play unless he has the ball in his hands.



But by virtue of his play at the minicamp, Reddish erased many of those doubts. With his ability to handle the ball, pass and hit tough pull-up jumpers, Reddish was...