Predicting what Ime will do is at best an educated guess. But my guess is that Holiday gets his chance first. If he lights it up, it gives Ime more time to develop Reed either in Gleague or practice. If Holiday looks bad, then Reed gets his chance earlier. But its not just about these players. How Jalen looks, Cam looks and others look will also mitigate things. If those guys look bad, maybe Griffin or one the the Nate's gets a look. Its a fluid process in my view. Not strictly dependent on what one guy seems to deserve or how he looks, but a broad look at how every player is doing and how the team as a whole looks when said player(s) are in the lineup and when they are not.
I think guys like Holiday, Landale, and Tate are cheap injury insurance for a team trying to make the playoffs. I wouldn't factor them into rotations unless someone is hurt.
I could maybe see that, I just think he's somebody that if you threw him down there he'd look even more ridiculously good than the players who dominated whilst not being that great overall. I'm not super convinced at the G-league being that beneficial just because the ball's in their hands more tbh.
Players don't improve by going below their level, particularly players like Sengun, Reed who understand the game, who already know how to move, have good judgement not to force things and already have skills like excellent post-up game or shooting that can produce at nba level.. They will improve by playing with an actual team. I don't see Reed going to g-league other than injury return.
I don't think think the reps are as good as NBA reps. I do think Reed was shorted reps because he came off the bench with Dillingham, and I worry he'll be in the same situation in Houston except the other guards are better than Dillingham. I want whatever path gets Reed ready to be a starting PG the fastest. I'd prefer he play in the NBA if they are willing to give him minutes and the ball.
Probably depends on the what issues he has early in the season. While I agree he might not need the reps as a shooter/offensive talent, but he got the ball poked away a bit more than you would like for your PG given the talent of SL and his on ball defense was NOT great - if there are specific things identified that he could work on there, it would be a worthy effort. I do tend to agree though that the recognition/processing/reaction things aren't the issues for him - it's on ball defensive lateral quickness and keeping a tighter handle given NBA defenders have much longer reaches.
While he had the highest floor of any player in the draft for sure - I don't necessarily think he was the "best prospect" - but the risk/reward with Reed was more suited towards a team who needs results now(like us) - not 3 or 4 years from now. I think time will tell whether guys like Sarr and Steph Castle put enough together offensively to reach another level that their defensive skills alone can't put them in...which is a familiar place for those of us wondering what Amen's Thompson's role on the team is if he can't shoot. Reed was the right pick for us but I get why Rischacher and Sarr went ahead of him.
I am not sure what your point is. If you are below a certain talent threshold than it doesn't really matter if you understand well or not.
We don’t need to wait to see how Holiday looks. He’s going be in his 7th year and we know exactly what he is, a fringe backup player and a decent 3rd stringer who is good injury insurance and salary filler if you can sign him for a one year deal, which we did.
I think FVV is his "biggest competition" which is perfectly fine for a rookie on a team that wants to make the play-in in a very crowded conference. It will be interesting to see how Sheppard does in training camp and preseason. There's a decent chance he takes some of FVV's minutes (~37 MPG last season) if he can prove to be competent in the eyes of Ime. From there, we can move on from FVV after this season if the team feels comfortable with some combination of Sengun, Amen, and Sheppard filling that playmaking role.
Sheppard getting his handle and just overall offensive arsenal tested every day by VanVleet is going to really accelerate his development. He got very lucky (as did the Rockets) that he ended up where he did. I know that everyone would love to see VanVleet off the books after this year but a full two years with his guidance would pay off massive dividends for both Reed and the Rockets org.
I think Amen will be used as a secondary ball handler moving fwd until he proves capable of taking the reigns. And that's a beautiful luxury he will have to beat out some tough comp
FVV is really good. I think the Rockets need to be looking to see what they can get for FVV in trade. However, if the Rockets feel comfortable this season with Sengun, Amen, and Sheppard (and/or Green) being capable for filling that role...the Rockets should also be comfortable keeping FVV while having improved players with him. If the Rockets have a young player take a leap like Sengun did last year (or Green plays like March Green most of the time), the Rockets are likely going to have a really good team. I'm unsure of how good the Rockets will be. I'm surprised as I expected FVV would be one of the top trade candidates this offseason and at the deadline when the Rockets signed him.
