The Rockets must really believe in Reed. We are the deepest team in the league, but not at G. FVV is inked in at PG (but hopefully we reduce his minutes a little to about 32 a game) and I guess Amen suits up at SG - but all our established role players off the bench (Tari, DFS, Adams…) are either forwards or centers. That leaves us here with Reed, Cam (who they seemingly shop around) and Holiday (who should be more of insurrance). That leaves Reed as the great white hope… last year he was rarily given a chance and often looked overwhelmed and got abused on defense. I still believe in him and I find it strange and gutsy that we semingly have this much trust in him after seemingly having no trust in him at all last season (at least not trusting him enough to play him real minutes). I am rooting for Reed… I could see it something like this now: FVV 32 / Reed 16 Amen 32 / Cam 10 / Reed 6 KD 30 / Tari 18 Jabari 32 / DFS 16 Sengun 32 / Adams 16 Probably with some small ball lineups with Jabari as the C mixed in and of course spot minutes for Holiday and proabably Tate, Green etc. And Adams will still take games off for Capela to play.
Regardless of what your opinion of Sheppard is, from how this offseason has played out it's clear the Rockets have a lot of faith in him as a player. If he doesn't take a big step from last season there is a significant hole on the roster right now.
