I don't care what you want !! WTF do you know about basketball? Clowns like you are comparing Reed to Steph Curry. Steph Curry was a 3 year college player.....started every game except one..... averaged 10 3PA's per college game. Reed might be a one year wonder.....started only 5 games in his one year.....shot 52% from 3..... who the F cares about a player coming off the bench?.....coaches game plan for starters and then casually mention, "oh yeah, they have a guy coming off the bench shooting 52% from 3." Reed the year before was in high school shooting 37% from three. So stick that in your pipe and shove it.
Isn't the bigger story that Sheppard is shooting 55% from inside the arc, rather than 24% from 3? To me, the worry with Reed was not that he wasn't eventually going to be able to shoot from distance at a high level, but that he'd be similar to Jabari in being unable to effectively create his own shot when pressured, with no midrange or driving game. The 3pt% is almost certainly going to come back up, so the fact that everything else has been able to translate, and that he has no issues finding the midrange against NBA defenses should allay a lot of fears in his game. Rather than comping to Steph Curry, how about we comp to Chris Paul instead, who was a 47% 3-point shooter in college across two years, but shot 28% from distance during his rookie year before developing into a career 37% shooter, and only 45 - 46% from inside the arc through his first two years. Not saying that he's Chris Paul, Steph Curry, or anywhere close, but its clear that even for the all-time greats, sometimes the adjustment period hits hard during the transition to the NBA.
Regarding the Knecht thing--yeah, he literally has three more years of basketball experience than Sheppard. It's to be expected for him to hit the ground running better. Older prospects are a little bit undervalued in the current CBA, that much is true; it's pretty useful to have a real contributor on a rookie contract. But organizations still keep drafting these freshmen highly for a reason--they might take a bit longer, but they have more room to grow, and finding a #1 or #2 guy is the ultimate goal, especially in the lottery.
We would be had we drafted the White Jordan, Dalton Kenect, over the biggest bust since Anthony Bennett.
You don't think this team contention worthy? The addition of Steven Adams alone does that. This team is loaded and ready.
