Houston offered "several" Nets picks to Brooklyn for Mikal Bridges

Most every draft analysis I've seen of Sheppard lists his quick release as one of his strengths. I've yet to see a single draft analysis that says that his release is slow.

 

Not a thing that happened in college though, so it's just an assumption that his really quick shot....which is almost identical to Klay Thompson's would get blocked at the next level with nothing really to back it.

So yeah, I just don't understand that criticism unless you are thinking he's planning on dominating the ball like Jalen Green and just trying to go one on one every time down the court. He's simply not that kind of player....he's better than that.

 

How high is his potential though? To me, he has a nice floor, as a solid rotation player...possibly starting somehwere, but still an undersized combo guard that can bust it.There are built in weaknesses on both sides of the ball.He might have good defensive instincts, but is going to automtically have disadvantages too. I don't see hiim being a PG, with the ball handling. Now, he does have great vision/feel for the flow of game...Perhaps with a lot of offense running through Sengun...I worry about the other side of the ball though. I'm tiired of the size disadvantage. Why paint ourselves further iinto that corner again?

 

His ceiling is something like a more athletic Steph Curry with better defense, his more likely outcome is a shorter Klay Thompson.

The idea wouldn't be for him to dominate the ball, it would be for him to unlock the potential of guys like Sengun and Amen Thompson by creating spacing for them to operate and giving them an elite shooter to punish defenses if they try to double them.

Either way, we're talking about his likely outcome still being a key starter on a championship team.

I think people get too caught up in height determining everything, James Harden is 6'5, Jalen Green is somewhere between 6'4 and 7'0 depending on who you ask.....Sheppard comes in day one as a better defensive player than either of those guys ever dreamed of being.

Hell, arguably one of the best defensive players on the Rockets right now is FVV who is even smaller than Sheppard and less athletic.

 

I'm tired of the "weak draft" this "weak draft" that comments.

The rockets are lucky they moved up from 9 and have another shot at drafting a difference maker. They just need another guy that will be a rotational piece on a contender and if he becomes a star great.

They were given a great hand and now we just need to let it play out.

This Bridges report is clearly coming from Brooklyn's camp and they aren't fooling anyone except dumb fans

 

For a weaker draft instead of ceiling, maybe the focus should be on the floor and what they can give you for fit.

And as guys like Sengun and Green might getting paid big money soon. The likes of a Reed can be the start of a team's cheap pipeline talent.

No Wemby/Chet in this draft.

 

If Shepp converts 3pters at 40%, much of his defensive shortcomings are negated. Not to mention the increased space on offense. People will need to fight OVER every Steven Adams screen on the 2nd unit.

Let him take 1-2 attempts every game from 3ft behind the line. If he hits those at 36% the space created is significant.

 

Klay Thompson has 4 inches on him. I'm all for setting screens and running more of a motion offense. But you would never give the ball to Klay Thompson at the end of the game and ask him to create a shot. So it caps how good of a player he will be.

 

If it was the end of the game with either Curry or Sheppard, you'd handle it the same way, moving screen to create space, easy 3 for the win.

The notion that being 6'3 with shoes caps how good a player can be pretty much ignores that some of the greatest players in the history of the sport are that height or shorter. It's just lazy analysis.

 

Curry historically has also been one of the least clutch players in the nba. Warriors usually lose close games and win blowouts.

 

looks like next draft is loaded with SG/SF prospects, FWIW...


tony parker regen


lefty combo guard with good game feel


gen z tmac?


spanish large SG 3 level scorer who plays above the rim


not evening mentioning cooper flagg... yeah this draft might be worth it.

 

I like Reed Sheppard but this bar is high as hell. Reed should be the undisputed 1st pick overall if this is his comp.

 

In no way should the rockets include next years draft pick unless it’s for a bonafide star

 

Why? Neither Klay or Steph went first overall and guys like Jan Veselý and Hasheem Thabeet went ahead of them because tall. Why wouldn't the same happen to Sheppard?

 

I think Sheppard is a pg on defense and a shooting guard on offense. Of course, with switching defenses he will spend a lot of time guarding superior athletes. If we don’t trade the pick, I have warmed up on taking him or Dillingham because there is no one else in this draft that excites me, so we might as well go with guys that will pair well with Amen in the next couple of years if Jalen doesn’t work out.

 

Ha! What a ridiculous comment. Not surprising but certainly rich coming from a Harden fanboi.

 

So you’re saying Reed Sheppard is a Hall of Famer? If he’s Steph or Klay, that’s Hall of Fame level. There’s a good distance from being a good NBA player and a Hall Fame player. I don’t see Hall of Fame in Reed Sheppard.

 

Can’t tell if you’re serious. Curry’s resume says the opposite

 

The NBA hall of fame means significantly less than in other sports. It honestly means little more than being a multiple all star or being a key part of championship teams.

That said, I consider that to be a reasonable outcome given his skillet. Could he fall short, of course, but that's the standard disclaimer that goes with any drafted player.

 

Dude, he didn’t even start for his college team and we’re talking about him AT #3!!!!!!!!!!!!