I had to click on "show ignored content" to see who you were replying to. I have had him on ignore for a long time.
He played the 2nd most minutes and the 2nd most minutes per game at guard on that Kentucky team. Why does it matter if he was starting or not?
Being better than Jalen Green means basically nothing.... most NBA players are better than Jalen Green. I get that you're being intentionally dishonest with the "couldn't start on his college team" bit, so if you're not going to be a serious person I won't pretend otherwise.
This is interesting. Jabari was suppose to be this great 3 pt shooter based on his college stats and everyone was predicting it will translate. After 2 years, he is at respectable level so you can make an argument that the skyhigh 50% on 3 pointer may be statistical fluke at 18 game sample size for Reed and if that is the case then his floor will be worse than jabari due to lack of size..
Nah he played 18 games, is 5-11, missed all of his shots at the combine, faked his vertical and was a bench warmer that only came in during blowouts.
I think that is mostly what's wrong with the world today, people can not accept that someone else has a different opinion from there own and if they do, they get criticized. However, you probably thought Will Levis was going to be the next great QB too or that CJ Stroud was not worth the #2 pick last yr. Well we know how that turned out thus far. A what if Nick Caserio had thought along the same lines as you and your cronies?? Let's just hope Rafael Stone feel the same way I do and DISAGREE with your assessment.
My man, it's not just that you have a different opinion than other people, it's that you post about the same thing almost every time--most of your posts basically boil down to "the Rockets need a tall athletic center". It gets old really fast. Have a little self awareness
posts like this just show how the collective IQ of this forum has gone down so much over the years… It’s gotten to the point I just Scroll until I see a X post or something so I know it’s not a total trash comment
What????? First of all, you are acting like Jabari's .420 from behind the arc in college is even comparable to Sheppard's .521 from behind the arc. That's a huge difference. It's like saying a .321 shooter is like a .420 shooter. If Sheppard drops and rises comparatively to Jabari in year 1 and 2 of the NBA then he would still be shooting fantastic even year 1. Example.... Jabari college .420 Year 1 .307 / Year 2 .363 Sheppard college .521 Year 1 .407 / Year 2 .463 I wouldn't weigh too much on height as to who makes more 3's as a pro. If height made better 3 PT shooters than none of the best 3 PT shooters would be guards. I also wouldn't call his percentages a possible statistical fluke, simply because it was only a year of college. I don't know how many times I've heard people say about our players that they will develop more with experience. You don't think Reed can get even better with Pro coaching, training, and mentoring? I think a lot of players get better than how they played as a freshman in college. You think his high school or Kentucky coaches were better?
https://kentuckyhoopssource.com/player_view_page.php?player=26596 Freshman 34.7% on 3.4 attempts Sophomore 33.6% on 3.7 attempts Junior 40.9% on 5.7 attempts Senior 38.2% on 5.5 attempts Overall he shot 37.3% from three in highschool, and about 40% from three in his junior and senior season showing improvement. He averaged 30ppg and 25 ppg in those last two years so it was a more high usage role, where as in college he played a secondary role so his %s rose even more.
Just so y'all know, I'm taking notes. Let's see, he's Steph Curry max. He's better than Jalen Green now. He's going to be our starter next season. All of this from a bench player in a role player draft. Good stuff.
You realize Stephen freaking Curry is only a 43% career shooter right? So your worst case for Shep is he will be 3% better than the best shooter in NBA history?
Nobody is crowning him as the next Steph Curry. You are beating a strawman. Comparing Reed's measurement and style is not the same as saying he will be the next Curry.
I was just using the example that person gave comparing Jabari to Sheppard. My point was you don't know how low they will drop. For instance, Grayson Allen shot 46.1% at the 3 this year, and shot .370 as a senior at Duke. His percentage dropped from college to the NBA, then got way better. There are now great 3 PT shooters besides Curry, even though Curry has done it for so many years. I never compared him to Curry anyway. My point was that if Sheppard's average dropped in the NBA that doesn't mean he can't bring it back up to a high percentage with more practice, coaching, and experience, especially since he already has great skills. It's not like I'm expecting an ave or poor shooter to become great with time.
As I said way back on pg 22, knowing our luck, we’ll draft him, he’ll “forget” how to shoot and turn into a bust. Why do guys come to Houston and “forget” how to shoot or turn into subpar shooters? And then leave and turn into Klay Thompson. (Or before coming to Houston, they were respectable and then poof.) Where’s Auburn Jabari and what made him everyone thought to be the first pick? Ryan Anderson, he just became hesitant to shoot (numbers didn’t go down) Carmelo: career 35.5, Houston(albeit 10 games) 32.8, 39% after leaving Houston Omri Casspi: 34% in Houston, goes to Sacramento 40% Rob Covington: career 36%, drops to 31% in Houston, right back up to 38% the next season after he left Garrison Mathews: 35% in Houston, 44% in Atlanta since leaving Houston Chandler Parsons: 37% in Houston, 40% in Dallas Iman Shumpert: 36% in Sacramento, he’s traded to Houston mid season, 29%! Westbrick: 30% for his career, 25% in Houston! (Hey, Amen’s 13% makes his 25 look good) Sweet Lou, Lou Williams, great sixth man, turned into a brick layer here. 36% in LA, 31% in Houston Jalen shot nearly 37% with the G League Ignite. Now that mfer can’t shoot! “I really feel a lot of guys are not comfortable playing in this arena," McGrady said. "I hear guys saying things about how they're not comfortable playing in the arena, how it's not a good shooting arena for whatever reason.” — Tracy McGrady Let’s check on T-Mac: 36% in Orlando, 32% in Houston
Shooting 40% from 3 is good but I dont think thats good reason take him as a top 3 pick. Allen is a good example if he was in a 2018 redraft you thinl he'd go top 3?
