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Case to Draft Reed Sheppard at #3

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Medicine N Music, May 20, 2024.

  1. AroundTheWorld

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    Devin Carter is older than Alperen Sengun.
     
  2. maj21

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    Sheppard shot 52.1% from 3, something Carter will never do
     
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    I have trouble figuring out whether posters are not well versed and genuinely unaware or internationally being disingenuous when they compare a freshman's stats to a junior.
     
  4. Buck Turgidson

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    I get it, why some people do not like this guy (he's white), but the kid can shoot and create, and is not a zero on defense at all.

    He is literally the 1 (of 2 things) that the Rox just do not have = shooting

    Interior defense who can play beside Sengun being the other.
     
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    You got the memo.

     
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  6. Buck Turgidson

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    No, it didn't really take me that long to figure things out.
     
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    Young players undergo the sink or float process.....so I am not worried about that one.
     
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    Well, then, you're the one who finally wrote and distributed the memo.
     
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    Does it matter? Who gives a rats ass if he’s white?

    Im sure Stone wants to keep his damn job. He better make the best choice, whatever it is.
     
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    Elite defense at the guard position and improved shooting.
     
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    He would be neither a better defender at PG or a better shooter than FVV which is who they currently have and he's such a head case that he's demanding the starting PG job day one.

    He's simply not even in consideration for a top 5 pick. He's just not good enough.
     
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    Something Carter never has to do. What else you got.
     
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    We're not looking for him to be better than FVV. Shep wont be either. He couldn't even beat out Dillingham. Carter will be the 1st guard off the bench immediately. Like I said, Reed is 2 years away from carving out a spot in the rotation.
     
  14. AroundTheWorld

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    Isn't it Castle (not Carter) who reportedly did that?
     
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    You all are hoping and wishing Sheppard, a bench player, turns out to be good. I know Carter will contribute to the Rockets much sooner rather than later.
     
  16. Buck Turgidson

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    That was the joke.
     
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    If we don't have that by now we're ****ed.
     
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    Ah, you're right, I got them mixed up. Castle is the version who is a headcase that can't shoot, Carter is the one being hyped almost exclusively due to his wingspan that was a 3 year college player for a 10 win Providence squad.
     
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    This just shows me that you didn't put ANY effort into watching these guys....Sheppard and Dillingham came of the bench together....neither started.

    I might take the analysis more seriously if I thought there was ANY chance it was even a little bit informed. If you even watched a single Kentucky game, you'd have known what the starting lineup looked like and who the 2 guys who came off the bench at the same time playing heavy minutes were.
     
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    If we trade #3 for a veteran stud (Dejounte Murray), I'd want a pick back in the 10 - 12 range to land Carter or Salaun,
     
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