ATLANTA – Cam Reddish acknowledged his career didn’t take flight in Atlanta.
But with a new head coach, bigger city, bigger stage, the 6-foot-8 Reddish thinks the Knicks got back something special Thursday when they traded Kevin Knox and a conditional first-round pick for the small forward who just turned 22.
“I feel like I can be a star,” Reddish said in his first comments as a Knick after his new team routed the Hawks at State Farm Arena. “I feel like I could be a legit star. That’s what I’m working to be. It’s pretty simple.”
It hasn’t been simple at all for Reddish, who has battled injuries and a glut of wings in Atlanta. He requested a trade before the 2021-22 season started.
The No. 10 pick in the 2019 draft has played in 118 career games in his 2½ seasons, averaging 11.1 points on a substandard 38.5 percent shooting.
“I think I’m still on track,” Reddish added in an interview with the Knicks’ three…