We have a problem with the starters not finding Reed but there is a reality that should not be subtle to him this is the ****ing NBA he knows what it took to get into the starting lineup and how aggressive he had to play. Nobody is looking for lawn gnome that drops it off and plays scared. If he wants to succeed he has to rise up and say screw it. Was not happy with how he played tonight
Reed gambles way too much for steals. He'll adjust to that, but it's something that I saw get exploited a few times last night by Sactown.
I'm sure many people believed Reed was just gonna be an efficient awesome scorer the rest of the season with no backslides or hiccups. It's was an absurd thing to believe, but I'm sure many here believed it. The NBA season is a grind, particularly when you aren't used to heavy minutes and attention. On top of having to adjust and find your place on a team trying to win a title while the best players in the world are steadily making adjustments and plans to stop/attack you. He was abysmal in the 2nd Utah game, and he wasn't great last night (terrible defensively) despite the awesome +/-, and that's OK. With a 21 year old undersized player in his first full season there's still gonna be plenty of rough patches to go through. The good thing I have noticed is that even doing nothing, Reed has elite gravity on the perimeter right now. It's gonna be extremely hard for him to be a negative in any capacity on offense.
The Kings weren't giving him any space last night. Which is a good thing. If he's drawing that much attention, it opens things up for his teammates.
