I think Reed overall had a solid year. He was in the GLeague last year and just didn’t play. This year he was the youngest player on the team. He shot solid from 3 and his splits are good. His consistency and defense was a mixed bag. Next year is a big one for him. He has to improve but I haven’t seen anything to believe he won’t. I am fine trading him in the right deal… but the Rockets already traded a #2 (Green) and Reed was a high pick too.
He just needs a real coach who will institute an actual offensive system instead of Ime's "I have no clue what I'm doing, you guys figure it out for yourselves" system.
Not sure what his value is now that the league basically knows he’s too small for the NBA even though he can still play as a 6th man Lou Williams type. Like maybe he’s a poor man’s Trae Young but even in that rosey scenario there is just no future where a GM sees him as NOT a defensive liability. I think what Reed can do is probably most valuable on a team like Houston anyways so I don’t see Stone being able to move him for the value they’ll want back. So yeah… if they need to include him to get a good deal done, I wouldn’t miss him. However I’d be shocked if there was a ton of value out there for what he’s proven he has potential to become consistently.
If I am his agent, I am requesting a trade. I want him out of Houston, far, far from Udoka. The right coach and right organization can make Reed into an effective player. Likely not an All-Star, but a better, more valuable role player.
Rookie contracts and Max deals (before the CBA change particularly) are two best value contracts. Unless it’s a very good pick (what even is that after the odds change), I would not even consider trading rookie deals with more than one year left. Not to mention, as you pointed out, that Reed has probably shown more promise than concerns in essentially his first year of playing. People here started to lose sight and perspective after this playoff. Where were all of you when Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith all stunk in their second year of playoff runs ? Wait they stunk so bad that there were no playoffs for them to begin with!
I think he needs needs to know he will play 30+ minutes a night and not be benched because he is 0-3 from the field in the first quarter. He would really do well to have another capable guard next to him that can get him the ball and hit shots off Reed kick outs. If Reed still gets 30 minutes a night next year, he will benefit from playing with FVV. No one talks about it but Reed was basically the only guard in the Rockets rotation this year. There wasn’t another shooting guard or point guard… put a lot of pressure on Reed. I like Amen, but he isn’t really a guard.
There is nothing wrong with Reed in the 6th man role, given his current limitations. Ideally this would have been his role this season. He was a lottery pick to shoot the ball and he should focus on that for now.
He definitely needs to work on his “bag”, whatever that is. His inability to get by a big at the top of the circle and to shake a defender without a screen is a problem. Here’s hoping he gets to spend time with CP3 this offseason.
The league doesn’t “know he is too small for the NBA”. He is bigger than Chris Paul, whom retired months ago. Most of what he needs to work on has little to do with his height. He needs to stay in front of his man more on defense (although that will matter a lot less with a genuine lane presence). He needs to work on his consistency more than anything. He has always been someone that cuts very well and as a result uses screens and movement to get his points inside the 3 point line. The Rockets did very little of that. Next year they will do more of it is FVV and Adams are healthy.
Yeah - he isn’t at a point where he is limited to “working in his shooting”. He isn’t a one dimensional role player. If he becomes that in the future he can limit his work to shooting drills. At this point he needs to play a LOT of ball this summer and get stronger. He has had a low work volume in his basketball career, so he should reap benefits from a lot of practice. He is the youngest Rocket - his body is still growing and filling out. He also can be skittish at times and hopefully that improves with confidence. He needs to get better - but overall this year was a real positive for him individually. He showed real improvement.
Actually, Im pinning my hopes on winning a CHIP and if Reed can't get in the paint, then he's going to continue to LIVE AND DIE by the 3pt shot. Which is going to be INCONSISTENT, which future means we are going to have a bench player we can not count on
Re: Thread topic..... I would like to keep Reed, but anyone, and I mean ANYONE on this roster is trade bait if it makes the team better, and more talented. That is why I hated the CAM trade, it made us less talented - it was a classic case of horrible asset management. DD
The Rockets are fairly talented......they just do not mesh....too many wings/forwards masquerading as PGs and guards.....including Alperen. What they lack other than a younger 1A player......dudes that are unselfish, playmakers. They are playing a brand of a basketball that lacks creativity and full of Udoker ball too reliant on 2nd point chances, ignoring 1st Point Opportunities. The Spurs/OKC have like 10 guards incl. PGs and Combo guards respectively on their roster.
Actually THEY DO MESH, but they need a COACH who has a plan for all of it to work, if we had Kerr this team would look so much better...... So, the problem is NOT the players, we don't have ISO players, we have guys that need a system - and we have a coach that runs ISO, it is the coach that doesn't fit. Ime is/was JaSean Tate as a player, he has no ****ing clue how to play or coach offense. DD
A big part of his offense struggle (applicable to Alperen too) is because there hasn’t been consistent effort and design to CREATE advantage for him.
