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The next part of the article does put some more context to that though.
"He’s called basketball his “heartbeat” and famously said “I’m not a prospect. I’m a work in progress,” a nod that he understands that there is more work to be done. The most important and interesting point Reddish made was when he was discussing what he wanted to get out of college, and unpromptedly said “I need to be challenged...”
I don't see how that context makes it better -- it may actually make it worse. He's basically saying "I need someone else to motivate me." That's a terrifying admission from a top 5 prospect.
I think he did get challenged this season.
Then that's even worse, because he was challenged, and still didn't go hard consistently. This is honestly becoming circular to some extent with Reddish. When people point to his tendency to "float" and not go hard at Duke, we're told "well, that's because he was stuck in the shadows with Zion and RJ." But now when he admits that he didn't always go hard even before he came to Duke, and claimed that he "needs to be challenged", you're telling me that he did get challenged this season.
Which means that even when he does get challenged, he still doesn't go hard.