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Reed Sheppard is the Rockets’ Franchise Player™

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by J.R., Jun 26, 2024.

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Do you like the selection of Reed Sheppard?

Poll closed Oct 14, 2024.
  1. YES

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  2. NO

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  1. Easy

    Easy Boban Only Fan
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    I've said that Castle is pretty much a poor man's Amen Thompson. So maybe you can allow Reed to be a poor man's Nash. :D
     
  2. Rashmon

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    Oh, the irony...
     
  3. duluth111222

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    I mean as good as Amen is, what has he accomplished compared to the HOFs like Nash and Curry? They act like it’s a disgrace to even mention Castle and Amen in the same sentence, but have no problem comparing Reed with Nash/Curry. What world am I living in?
     
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  4. roslolian

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    Nah I know I am biased. But I'm not making deflections and attacking others cuz of my bias. Can you honestly say Castle isnt guarded compared to Reed? lol
     
  5. peleincubus

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    Ok cool. I was still accurate in regards to what I was talking about with thar specific game. And you could not accept that, so you start talking about other things. Pretending that an outlier in a data set is some difficult concept to grasp akin to theoretical physics. You just want to argue on the internet. As I said carry with your bad self. Volume sh*t posting about a rockets player. YOLO did it with Harden. Tinman did with Lin. Downtown Sniper with Greeen. You have your sacrifice at the alter of “fandom” Sheppard. Spend 100 hours of your life posting about the man idgaf.
     
  6. roslolian

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    Outlier isnt hard to grasp thats why Im surprised you still cant get it.

    Fandom is about being crazy thats why Fan is short for fanatic. You spent so much time defending Reed so dont act nonchalant all of a sudden lol
     
  7. peleincubus

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    I am just going to follow the 5 other posters in this thread that have mentioned it and block your annoying posts and personality. And thanks for defining fan too. Really novel revelations you’re dispersing here.
     
  8. dmoneybangbang

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    I'm a Rockets fan and not some b*tch Reed hater like a very specific poster....

    Castle is better now and good chance he will outperform Reed but why wouldn't I want the Rockets player to succeed? Why would I constantly being looking for the negative to gleefully post about it? Must suck to be that type of person....
     
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  9. roslolian

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    Why do you need to announce it? Just do it smh. You keep making these sarcastic posts when you dont even know what an outlier is. Literal BTG jr.
     
  10. Easy

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    Right, Amen has not accomplished anything career-wise. But people aren't comparing careers. They are comparing similarity as young players.

    Castle and Amen have similar strengths and weaknesses--can defend, can drive, can't shoot. But anyone can see that Amen is miles above Castle in those strengths. And because Castle doesn't have Amen's physical tools, he will most likely never get to Amen's level (unless he turns into a good shooter and Amen doesn't.)
     
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  11. duluth111222

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    I agree with everything you said. The similarities are exactly why I brought up Amen. I even acknowledged that Caste is not as good as Amen and may never be. Did not know even that would touch some nerves.
     
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  12. Landry's Tooth

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    Most would say Castle because he plays more. Playing more doesn't mean you're better, see Jalen Green.
     
  13. roslolian

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    Nah most would say Castle because Castle actually is the target of opponent defenses. Both Castle and Green way better than Reed. Reed is just 3 without D right now.
     
  14. Landry's Tooth

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    Except it's not high. It's lower than Okogie's.

    Sure, he might get better. Might not also... like Jalen...
     
  15. Landry's Tooth

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    I think you have to be the dumbest person alive or dead to believe teams are ignoring victor to stop castle.

    Like saying Luka scores a lot because defenses are worried about Austin Reaves...
     
  16. roslolian

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    Both of them are high. Why is beign lower than Okogie means someone's ts is low? Okogie is 74% He is prob in the top 5% TS right now. His current TS is higher than last year's highest TS by 2 percent. By your logic the entire NBA had low TS last year lol.
     
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    When did I say people are ignoring Wemby? Don't you know teams can target more than 1 guy on defense?

    You realize Reaves still has defenders even if he is playing with Luka right? Here is Reaves needing to score past defenders even if he is playing with Luka:

     
  18. roslolian

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    Just because you want something doesn't mean its true. By your logic you shouldn't have made any bad post about any Rocket player your entire life since that means you are gleefully posting about it and don't want them to succeed.

    Isn't this you? Why wouldn't you want the Rockets to be good shooters and gleefully posting they don't have any shooters? Must suck to be that type of person....
     
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  19. Landry's Tooth

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    No, they don't have a primary focus on multiple players.

    If it's as you now say, then you would have acknowledged he benefits from the attention victor gets.

    But we know you're a clown just making it up as you go. Just one set of standards for castle that doesn't apply to anyone else....
     
  20. Landry's Tooth

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    This isn't hard... you go to basketball reference and look it up...

    Okogie: 53.4%
    Castle: 53.1%

    https://www.sports-reference.com/st...comparison&utm_medium=sr_xsite&utm_source=bbr

    Sounds like you're done here...
     

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