Reed actually reminds me alot of Jabari in the way that he plays. Jabari also struggled his first year with his shot. They are both sort of mild mannered good kids and that seems to extend to how they play on the court. They constantly defer to the point of passing up the right play for themselves because they think they're being unselfish. Also, up til now they are both slow processors on offense. They both know the right play to make and will make it in a slower half court environment but struggle in bang bang play situations that require more instinct and reflexes. Watch them both on fast break situations. Both will pull up for jumpers unnecessarily and at times completely freeze and stop the break even when we have an advantage (2on1, 3on2, etc). On the positive side, similar to Jabari, I think he can have a good career accepting whatever limitations he has and leveraging his strengths.
Last night was the perfect game for him: We had a solid lead and there was really no pressure on him at all. And it sucks to see the opposition's faces light up when they realize Sheppard is guarding them on D. They don't hesitate for a second and just go right at him, and it's almost always successful. The positives he's shown so far: 1. Quick hands and a good sense for how to use them 2. Good handle and passing skills 3. Good shooting form (albeit lacking results) And some of you were saying he'd be our starting PG by the trade deadline or that he was destined to be a multi-year All-Star. Send the guy to Rio Grande for 15-20 games so we might at least get a 3-pt threat when he returns. Maybe he can learn how to defend pro players while he's there.
It's weird how sometimes on here as fans we'll watch the same thing with completely different takeaways. I've thought his defense has been respectable this season. He's really active, recovers pretty well, and works well within the team defense concept. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong things but stats like FG% against seem to match up with that. I don't think he'd still be getting rotation minutes for Ime if his defense was bad and think that's part of the reason he hasn't been sent down up to this point, even though I agree with most here that he could use a G League stint.
I don't think Amen had trouble processing his first yr, I think his was more injuries and illness. He played well early on, got an ankle injury, was out for a month or more, came back, got sick and went to the G-League. When he came back k he was fine. With Reed, I just don't see it. He showed some positive play in the SL but he hasn't shown anything in the NBA
I think there's some truth in that, but Ime is more likely to take someone out for making bad reads or for lack of effort on D. Reed seems to be good at both of those, but he's easily bullied by bigger guys when he's switched onto them, and that seems to be an opponent tactic whenever he's on the court. The good news is that with more experience and more muscle, he can learn to mitigate that damage.
Reed is not nearly as good as Holiday at this point in his career. Needs a reset similar to Cam. G-league for a decent length of time, as he needs to learn NBA speed and develop a non-rushed shooting form and confidence. Rockets made a severe mistake not taking Edey, but all they can do at this point is try salvage what they have.
So they made a "severe mistake" not picking a permanent 2nd or 3rd string center? That's quite the hot take.
Reed looks good to me. His shot is just not falling. Just typical rookie **** imo CP3 ELITE PG. Similar build to Reed. first season he shot 28% from three. We all know CP is a sniper.
Delilah, the Dj not the biblical w****, says you don't have to have resources to give your heart. And yesterday I witnessed something special. Holiday talking to Reed and setting him up for a couple of shots. Not just Holiday but Cam talking to him. It shows me one thing: this is a very close team. One love. Represent to the fullest.
I liked Edey a lot too and yeah it would have paid off to take him 3rd considering how much of a crap shoot this draft was. That it would have taken some major balls to do it especially considering we had Adams coming back and Sengun at C. Tbh he probably would have fit well with Sengun since he can shoot. Oh well… I completely understand the Reed pick and we can only hope for the best but I just never thought he would be so mentally shook. Even the guys that didn’t work out as late picks like JC and Garuba all had some dog in them. Tari, Cam, and Amen all have that spirit in them. Summer league he looked great and you could see the upside. Now it’s like what the **** has happened? He looks like he feels like he doesn’t belong out there and he’s looked like that for awhile now. Kind of loosely reminds me of what happened with Markell Fultz.
1) His 3 point shots were dead on, but obviously slightly off as he missed. 2) I'm still wishy-washy on his handle. In the open, he's ok. Once he gets pressured it can get hectic, but I remember Amen was initially somewhat like that, too (still can be once he enters the paint). The difference with Amen nowadays is that he's making a quicker decision to pass out or just drive/eurostep his way to the bucket. Sheppard can make the decision to pass, but I'm not too sure about the eurostep or drive to the basket. 3) His form is damn-near perfect on most of his long-range shots. The one thing I liked about this game despite him bricking everything was he was actually taking open shots. He wasn't thinking too much about taking the shot vs. passing. He would run up and find himself open at the 3 pt line and launch one. Ime's said they want him to be more selfish and take those shots in the past. Hopefully he's turned a page and will be a bit more selfish, but I'm wary he was playing against a crap team that was missing most of their best talent. I don't know if he will get the opportunities against better teams - both minutes-wise and shots-wise. We're about to run into a stretch of good teams where we'll find out.
I am in favor at this point of putting him in the G league for 10 games. Not only for him to have the green light but for him to work on being the team’s main point guard. This also frees up minutes for Whitmore and holiday who are both starting to play well.
Yeah. Who knows, maybe just having 4 or 5 go in on a single night might turn him around. At least on the shooting, which is the biggest part of why we put him out there at this point.
No they wouldn't, neither would get more than garbage time minutes if here. They'd be behind Sengun and Adams on the depth chart... and if we picked one of them, San Antonio picks Sheppard and gives him legit playing time and competent coaching which would make us look pretty stupid for passing on him to take a guy with a ceiling of a backup center.
I cannot even comprehend the arrogance of a message board laughing stock calling Ime an incompetent coach when his team is 5th in the entire league.
I didn't think I'd have to spell it out.... but i often show my audience too much respect. Ime is a very good defensive coach... but he doesn't care about developing players at all and is next to clueless when it comes to running competent rotations. That shouldn't be news to anyone.... You can be very bad at some things while very good at others. Shocking stuff... clearly things i needed to explain to you. The goal should be winning a championship, and you can't do that if you don't develop your talent.
I see we're drinking early this evening. You do know that Clingan has already broken a rookie record right? That skill off the bench would have us leading the league in rebounds and possibly in defense as well.
