Does Reed have conditioning issues?

Yea, I think he does but not to a significant degree, just not used to starter minutes he’ll adjust. It wasn’t anything major but you could tell he’s gassed.

Contrary to the new stupid narrative he has been playing his ass off on D getting tons of steals and blocks. Inevitsbly leads to tiring out.

that’s not why Udoka didn’t play him though, Udokas moods and unrealistic expectations for different player is going to he reeds biggest enemy

 

Yes.

 

Reed has been getting beat off the dribble a lot. He needs to get better at staying in front of his man like Fred in my opinion. Everything else is already A+ tier.

A lot of times they are targeting him and then kicking out after beating him off the dribble to wide open shooters.

 

He plays very hard at times, might need to do a better job moderating his energy expense.

 

Well he'll never get the conditioning you covet in this offense if you think he has Curry potential

 

Yes. He will train with Goggins this summer.

 

Yea he will level up here over time. Not a big deal.

 

hes 21. conditoning and defense are the two easiest things to develop

 

It will get better throughout the season, pretty sure he didn't expect to play this much because the Fred injury happened during training camp.

 

I've suspected this. One of Curry's underappreciated super powers is his ability to run around the court constantly for the whole game and still shoot the ball incredibly well.

 

Not unusual if so for a guy who needs to expend a ton of energy to keep up on defense. I feel like it took Sengun until this year to final get his conditioning up to par with other NBA starters. Not everyone can be an athletic freak of nature like Amen

 

Yup. He’s constantly on the move. It’s unreal.

 

I think Reed playing high energy & quicker pace for shorter stretches is exactly what the Rockets need, rather than him playing 40 minutes of Kevime Slowrantdokaball fadeaways.

 

You forgot that Curry was the assistant coach to Kerr also......phenomenal leader on Offense.

 

Totally agree! That last game against Utah he was hunted and Keyontae George was eating...Reed is an opportunistic defender meaning he's effective in playing passing/driving lanes. He'll get you a couple of hustle plays, but on iso he's a terrible defender. I'm nervous when playoffs come around that Reed will be unplayable during crunch time.
Hence, why Ime is focusing more on mastering the 2-3 zone, forcing our opponents to shoot 3s with our high rebounding percentage team. The 2-3 zone defense protects Reed from getting into foul trouble.