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[Poll] Do you believe in Reed Sheppard?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by MystikArkitect, Jul 15, 2025.

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Do you believe in Reed Sheppard?

  1. Yes. He needs more reps with real NBA players and more development in general.

  2. Yes but he's a little behind where I'd prefer him to be right now.

  3. No he's too small and physically limited for the NBA game we should've picked someone else.

  4. No he's not as good of a shooter as people think he is.

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  1. Snow Villiers

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    Yep
     
  2. Easy

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    .522 TS%, .476 eFG%, .286 3p%

    Rookie Jalen Green was more efficient than that on higher volume on a bottom feeding team coached by Stephen Silas. And Rockets fans have been crying about Jalen's inefficiency and wanted him off the team. What would people think of Castle's offensive chops if he was on the Rockets?
     
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  3. MystikArkitect

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    Bro put up worse numbers than rookie Jalen Green who is now a Phoenix Sun.
     
  4. TEXNIFICENT

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    I think Amen should be the primary ball handler long term with Reed playing off his penetration.
     
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  5. Little Bit

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    The loud minority as usual the most active in this thread. Keep hating haters…..
     
  6. daywalker02

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    Gary Payton Glove the Senior was one of the better players who hailed from an era of non shooting.

    Castle would fit right in, but yeah, the Rockets would have a problem with non shooting.

    https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paytoga01.html

    Castle is an allround defender and player, the only thing he is not good at is shooting, he is probably a poor guard version of Amen.

     
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  7. Easy

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    Yeah, but Payton played in a different era. He would have to work on his shots if he played today.
     
  8. daywalker02

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    He had one of the highest 3 Point Attempt Rate for that era.....lol 4-6 Attempts per game.

    He was just Dell Curry who could not shoot well. He sure attempted as many shots as Old Curry if not more.



     
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  9. rockets1995

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    Stephon Castle plays similarly to Chris Paul.

    Midrange game, passer, defender.
     
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    ……

     
  11. daywalker02

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    He can do about anything other than shooting....hence a diverse portfolio of whom he can become.

     
  12. bustamove

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    curious how was Cade's efficiency during his rookie year was
     
  13. yixiixiy

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    For that kind of shooting profile to be any impactful, you need to have at least one area that is top of the stack. Unfortunately he has NONE.

    and playing like Chris Paul, come on man

     
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  14. rockets1995

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    The 30 year old version of Chris Paul not the Younger, Faster 20 year old.

    Stephon Castle does play like Chris Paul. especially the Midrange and Floater Game.
     
  15. Mr. Dominant

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    We gave Jalen Green 4 years to see what hes got. Got to give Reed at least 3.

    I do think Reed is going to break out and be a vital part of our starting line up soon. But he needs to play starter minutes and get a lot of reps.
     
  16. ThatBoyNick

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    Okay but I did not give Jalen 4 years of belief, lol.
     
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    He needs 4,085 minutes this year to equal the time on the court Jalen was given to develop his first two years. That's not even possible. Even if his minutes are doubled going forward he wouldn't even reach that many minutes by the end of his 3rd year.

    But, on the bright side it's also not even remotely possible for him to miss 1,012 shots from behind the arc his first two years like Jalen did. :p
     
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    The Glove got into the lane at will. (especially against us)
    Now, with these rules...
     
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    Rockets desperately needed rotation players who can shoot 3s.
     
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