I can see Aaron getting some spot minutes for his shooting, but I think he'll be firmly planted behind Reed in the rotation. Fred KD Amen Jabari Sengun Reed DFS Tari Adams or Capela Ime doesn't usually go into 10 man rotations so I don't think Holiday will get regular minutes, but we'll see...
I'm currently on a very delayed flight with Reed and the entire summer league roster. Spoke to him and N'Faly earlier
Nothing to spill They were on my same flight (I am here for a business meeting) to Las Vegas. I'm a big fan think he will breakout If you want a little "inside info" it seems like the guys all look up to him
Thanks for sharing, but you’re doing it wrong. You are supposed to make some very vague riddles that imply some huge news if read one way, but which actually say and mean nothing so you can disavow it later. Seriously, it is good if they look up to him. Maybe he will be more confident - his timidity and insecurity was his number one issue last year.
If he can learn to get his shot off against Amen, the rest of the NBA will feel like he's playing against the junior varsity squad. The coaching staff knows this right? "Reed meet Amen. Amen meet Reed. Now play one on one for the next hour!"
why? Many of them have the same credentials as he does other than being a lottery pick. Some of them have had more experience than him either through g league, NBA, or international play. Dante was first team PAC-12 and all defensive team Nate Williams first team MAC. 3 yr NBA experience Moses Brown McDonald’s All American and has been in the league 5 years Everyone has earned the right to be here. Reed isn’t special and if he thinks he is then that’s an entitled and arrogant attitude that sets him up for failure. I don’t think he thinks he’s special and I’m glad he doesn’t seem this way.
It might teach him that some guys are just too tall and too athletic to get a shot off of. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a confidence stuffer. If Amen is really trying he probably skunks him game after game. He was thrown to the Wolves right when he came into the league and it destroyed his confidence. He got sent to the G-league and he got his shooting confidence back. He needs to walk before he can run.
He was ready to play 30mpg on a bad team and put up good numbers. When a player can do that, then he's ready for the NBA. Whether he was ready for the specific role given to him by Ime on last year's Rockets is another subject matter.
Nice to know he carries himself with some swagger and confidence. Leadership and commanding respect is always a very good sign for a point guard. After all there is a reason Ime and Stone speak so highly of him and his future. Talent opens up doors, but commanding respect makes the room yours. Also, it’s probably a reason team wanted to scour him away from the Rockets in trade talks. Pretty interesting the Rockets made him untouchable in trade talks.
Reed Sheppard is an NBA rotation player at 21 years old, Dante is hoping to get a 2 way contract at 24. Nate Williams is 26 and is really happy he might get to be a 15th man for a few more years before the fun is over Moses Brown has bounced around for 7 years making combined less than half what Sheppard made his rookie season and he's desperately hoping to get a real NBA contract as a garbage time player before he's done. They are nowhere near the same level.
I have a very high opinion of Reed but he wasn't ready (for consistent minutes on a team trying to make the playoffs in a brutal West) last year. This year is different and better be different. Training wheels are off. Let's hope he gets benched less than Jalen did last year.
"look up to" is maybe a weird phrase to use for this. Reed Shephard has a significantly higher upside than any of those guys right now. That doesn't mean they should look up to him though. Lots of guys have big upside that aren't worth looking up to, hell even a lot of great players aren't worth looking up to. if these guys are looking up to Reed it's a good sign about his leadership, his personality, not that journeymen players think "OMG HE'S GOING TO BE GOOD SO HE'S MY HERO!"
He's also currently better than all of them... and him making them look good in Summer League might make the difference between them looking for a real job and them making hundreds of thousands of dollars on an NBA team as a bench warmer. So it's not "OMG HE'S MY HERO" in the fanboi manner, but potentially in the career saving manner.
