It would only make sense to play him in 1 more game, the Rockets are likely out of any Summer League Semi Final hopes, so no extra games.
It's going to be a long summer for those individuals. We still have 3 months to go before the regular season begins. I'm sure we will see a lot more overreactions on everything over the next few months.
I don't think so. Reed is supposed to be killing it in SL yet he is playing at the same level as undrafted rookies.
I agree, he is no rookie, he is a sophomore, time for him to play like a sophomore. We already had Jalen Green who played his 3rd and 4th year as if he was a 2nd year dude.
True but what do you think Reed is going to do in real games this season if he can't even dominate in SL?
it's incredibly difficult to make it as a legit NBA player under 6'2. Your handles, shooting and mental/physical toughness needs to be elite. Right now Sheppard's best skill shooting is not good enough because defenders close space so quickly in the NBA and even summer league. His handles are worse than Amen and Jalen when they arrived and on defense he gambles too much, is short, weak and not laterally quick.
Just a reminder that Reed shot 49% from three after the all-star break last season. He obviously won't be that good moving forward, some upward regression there from his wretched start of the season. But the talent is there to knock 'em down in the NBA.
Being good in SL means next to nothing but being bad in SL can mean something. Not always but it has a possibility to be a red flag where being good means nothing. The concerns with Reed seem more to do with the role the Rockets seemingly want to rely on him for this season as well as his contract coming in as the 3rd pick. If he was drafted at 15 instead of 3 and the rockets had an actual backup pg or lead guard then this SL performance would be colored much differently. If we drafted him to be our potential future JJ Reddick it would be one thing but we drafted him and have a roster setup for him to be the next CP3 or Steve Nash.
2 summer league games and all of last season. Isn't Reed supposed to be a sharp shooter? Maybe he ends up being. But according to you hes a chucker & flop
He actually shot 40% after the all-star break through the postseason. He had 3 games of that would be classified as good. 1 against OKC that was really good. He showed some progress, but everyone is overstating his performance to build a case for him. I don’t think anyone should be complaining about Sheppard’s shooting. It is obvious he is a good shooter when left open. That is what he is needed for and it’s up to Ime to put him in a position to take advantage of his shooting prowess while hiding his weaknesses which is creating on the ball and defense. Somebody said it earlier. He needs to be in constant motion off the ball and find spot up opportunities. If he doesn’t do that or Ime won’t let him, he will find himself on the bench again. Hopefully, he will develop on ball skills at some point, but asking him to turn that corner coming off the bench for probably around 15min is a tall order.
LOL, keep up the shtick as long as you can kiddo....but shouldn't you be headed to a Suns fan page? You can't tell me that you are going to abandon your boy like that, I know how much he means to you and that's why you are lashing out now....you have to realize no one is going to take it seriously.
He also mostly played in garbage time where no one was trying on defense. If you took that time seriously then we should of payed Can Whitmore 70 mil for his 1 pt per 1 min average
I still think Reed can be a good player, but folks have to dial down the enthusiasm a bit. Honestly, he seems like his ceiling is going to be a sharpshooting role player, perhaps at a very high level. I don't know if he can ever get good enough on defense and from a playmaking perspective to command major minutes on the floor as a star. Obviously, size is an issue. We'll see, but I thought Castle was the better pick at the time and it's pretty obvious he has about a 95% chance of being a better player than Reed long term. Rare miss by Stone, but hopefully this guy can be good enough down the line that it won't matter as much.
Friendly reminder that Steph Curry shot sub 35% for both 2s and 3s across his 5 summer league appearances in 09/10 (avg 33 mins a game). Not to say some of the concerns are not valid, but 1) this is the hardest position to develop and 2) think about the abysmal roster this summer league has. I really think this summer league experience should be viewed through the lens of a stressed sample for him, in what is obviously a very tough assignment: take a s*** roster and mesh, read and lead. It’s not going to be the same situation for the actual team, but it’s a valuable set of video records to be had for reference and development. I will bet on his intelligence and work ethics as well. (He is way smarter than the Jalen’s and Cam’s of sorts btw) All the “Cam is better”, “Jalen would have been roasted” crowds are laughable tbh. You sift through Sheppard’s repeated stellar reads and flashes and took away with those kind of takes. Amazing. Ultimately the ability to appreciate Sheppard’s basketball intelligence is the litmus test of a fan’s basketball knowledge. He has a long way to go but if those trashy nonbasketball takes are your takeaways, I can only laugh.
It's also probably good to note that this was AFTER he spent 3 years in college. If Reed Sheppard went the Steph Curry route, he'd be getting ready for his 3rd season in college, not coming off a season where he dropped an efficient 25 on the starters of the eventual NBA champions. I mean, let's face it though, those with the knee jerk BS aren't acting in good faith and should be ignored.
