He's improving and is definitely a player. But remember, this is essentially his rookie year in terms of playing time and most guys who play this number of minutes for the first time hit a wall at some point in the season. So, when that happens, recognize it for what it is. Don't think it's some massive regression.
Contrary to some of these people’s perception of me on here, I like Sheppard and can see Sheppard being a very good player with an important role. I just don’t like the fact that we are taking a risk developing a guy who’s playing in his first full year who barely played last year. He’s growing and contributing but his inexperience is part of what cost us games. It will be interesting to see where he’s at at the middle and end of the year. Hopefully he can fix or at least minimize these things before playoffs.
The Rockets - without someone massively breaking out - aren’t beating the Thunder. Which is why Sheppard needs to play heavy minutes. He also isn’t costing the Rockets games at this point.
