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Reed Sheppard (2024 Rd. 1/#3 Rockets) Vs. Stephon Castle (2024 Rd. 1/#4 Spurs)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Mr. Dominant, May 25, 2026.

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Who will be the overall better player when their career is over?

  1. Stephon Castle

    67.8%
  2. Reed Sheppard

    32.2%
  1. TheRealist137

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    Castle at the half 18 points on 7-9 shooting while playing solid defense in a hostile road environment and a must-win game 3 of the NBA Finals. Reed could never do this lol
     
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    Stone and Fertitta are also the end products of a non Competitive Sports media landscape.

    The local media are either mouth pieces or kittens......

    How can you become great in such an environment is beyond me......when you are unchallenged all the times. Almost everyone is sort of a nepo.

     
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  3. daywalker02

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    I mean you can call those stats by their name.....DD.

     
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    Sure buddy. Sounds like cope.
     
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    It's just true...I take Harper, Vassell, and Fox all over Castle.

    Not even because they are all good, but because he's bad.
     
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    if castle never scores a bucket again, he'd be more impactful than Reed. that's how elite he is defensively already. meanwhile teams are playing hot potato on whoever reed is guarding.

    even rui hachuimara said the gameplan was to attack reed. that's what happens when you're barely 6 feet with baby arms while the league is getting bigger.
     
  7. Bobbythegreat

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    I'm not surprised that a Jalen fan would say something this stupid. Completely checks out.
     
  8. astrosrule

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    This level of hate is impressive. I'm the same way towards draymond so i get it.
     
  9. CantStopJG24

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    why would I hate a player on a team that I support? There's a reason why the consensus and general NBA fan are straight up mocking us for not taking Castle. Hmm, maybe you guys are just unwavering homers? When the majority aren't siding with you...

    In a re-draft, you guys are taking Reed over Castle? Yes or no?
     
  10. Bobbythegreat

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    Of course. If the Rockets don't take Reed, the Spurs do and that's GG for the next decade.

    I get why a fan of a draft bust like Green would be high on Castle though....however, it would be nice if you eventually learned enough about the game to stop simping for scrubs.
     
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    You can hate someone on your team, i hated brooks just the same before, during, and after his rockets tenure. I would still take Reed for sure ya, i have zero interest in giving wemby a shooter like that and castle would be pretty much useless here.
     
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    The best weapon in Castle’s game is his hair.
     
  13. CantStopJG24

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    if Jalen Green is a bust, what would make Reed? LMAO.

    yea same Reed who shot 30% from the field and shot 30% from 3. His only skill and he can't even do that. mind you, he's taking damn near every shot wide open. Keep being delusional though. Quick tell me what Reed does better than Castle. I'll start off. Castle is a better playmaker, better scorer, better defender and better rebounder. This should be a fun game. I can only imagine how much you would dick ride Castle if he was a Rocket.
     
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    "shooter"

    our shooter shot 30% from the field and 30% from 3 on wide open shots.
     
  15. astrosrule

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    In real life he shot like 47% on wide open 3s this season
     
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    Reed is better at 21 than your boy Jalen will ever be.
     
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    Notice how you couldn't even answer the rest of the post and cut it off.

    That's how disingenious you are. Can't even have a real basketball conversation. I presented my arguments why I believe Stephon is better. You're just throwing petty insults. I'm pretty sure the argument has been decided at this point. You mentioned Jalen like 3x like that has anything to do with the conversation. Go be a Suns fan if you're obsessed with Jalen that much.
     
  18. yixiixiy

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    You can tell the Knicks does not give a damn about Castle off ball. (It’s working handsomely btw)

    At least you know it won’t happen with Sheppard. Even on his off nights. It’s far less grim than a lot of you work out it to be lol.
     
  19. LosPollosHermanos

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    you're seriously using a couple of games of a hodgepodge post season where every player played like ass and headless chicken to discount the jump Sheppard took in his first real munteus?

    How is that even remotely comparable to green? Reed's last season is better than Green's best season here..
     
  20. Aruba77

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    Yeah the truth is we still don’t know what we have in Reed. I’m not interested in the Castle vs Reed debate. I thought then and do now that Castle is the better prospect. But that doesn’t mean Reed can’t also be good. I’m primary concerned with the how do we find a young star debate ;). And the why are we not trading KD when we aren’t contending debate.
     
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