With all due respect, this is a pretty silly and dramatic question with made up numbers to support it. Regardless of whether or not Sheppard will work out (and it's way to early to say either way), when you go through a rebuild, you ideally come out with 3 - 4 guys to build around. Here, we almost certainly have two in Amen and Sengun, and very likely at least a third between our other high end prospects. And we have a ton of ammo going forward to get another player. The concept that we will keep all our draft prospects for decade+ is romantical and unlikely. Far more likely, we'll make a consolidation trade within the next year that may or may not see Sheppard traded. In any event, the idea that we may not "recover" if Reed is a miss is laughable. We're literally ahead of schedule.
Ware may be averaging 20/10 since December but that's weak compared to the 25/11 that Sheppard has been putting up all year
I’d be more worried about our heavy investment in Jalen Green not panning out. We thought he was going to be TMac but looks like we’re getting Jamaal Crawford with better D. Still nice but we crowned him saviour day 1.
I do actually contribute AND I can edit, I just care not to because it's only the ones who care about numbers that are offended. The actual truth is in the players. As of now, no one will trade Reed over Castle, Ware or any other player that was mentioned. See you all are so focused on NUMBERS, STATICS and that's what sold you all on Reed Sheppard, not what you actually saw. Which was a player that could not get his own shot, who had no handles and was short but none of that mattered, because you all was focused on nearly 50% from 3pt range. Lol
If you look at only at the games where he put up 20/10 he is averaging 20/10. This kind of reasoning is surprisingly popular among posters who like wood, kpj etc.
You would feel worse if you invested and lost it all vs investing and at least getting something back? And that's the way you have to look at draft picks. Every draft pick is not going to live up to expectations but you hope at a minimum to get a role player. I think if Reed would be shooting 30% - 33% on 3-4 3pt attempts per game everyone would be happy. As mad as some are about Green in his 4th yr, at least we have seen some potential as a future star. And even if this is his max, a 21/4/4 player, he will make a good 2nd or 3rd option moving forward or a good trade piece. I don't think you can trade Reed at the moment w/o adding something
You say a lot, and i mean A LOT, of utterly asinine stuff, but this one might be your best one yet. Well done sir!
Once you start making up stats, nothing you say matters. I don't even like Reed that much either but don't make up stats.
We could have drafted the worst player in the 2024 class and it wouldn't affect us one bit, literal definition of found money. And I still think Reed will have a productive NBA career. However, even if he doesn't, it definitely will not sink us.
I've never conversed with you regarding anything but let me ask you this. Why do you think coaches say a win is a win no matter how it looks?
What player drafted based on "advanced analytics darlin" has panned out? Always prioritize raw tools and feel for game. Reed has neither. He averaged 4 FGM per game at Kentucky and half were three's... not much of a creator or able to generate space. Hardly a first round pick, let alone top 3.
Because when you win it gets permanently recorded as a win. It will go into the annals of history as a win. So in 50 years, if some doofus wants to say "No actually they lost that game", anybody can pull up the record and see it was unambiguously a win. Just like stats.
