Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

Reed Sheppard is good, but is he really that good?

He has active hands, has a good shot form, and seems very coachable. So I would definitely want to keep him, but I figure it would take a whole lot more than Sheppard to move up to 3-5 in this draft.

 

He can't be a catch and shoot player. He's too small for that in this offense.
He needs to be a point guard. I think he has those skills.

 

Cooper is one of the five best prospects of the last 20 drafts. Dylan is a very high level southpaw prospect that can do it all. Probably a smidgen below Cade Cunningham as a prospect.

Everyone else is blah and I wouldn't trade Reed for any of them. If he were in this draft he'd be the best shooting prospect by a mile. Kon would be second. VJ Edgecomb is probably the 3rd best prospect but wouldn't trade Reed's shooting for another defensive specialist that might shoot well in a few years.

Im also just incredibly bullish on Reed's abilities as a shooter, decision maker and 3 level scorer.

 

I’m not as high on Reed as you. I would trade him for a top 5 pick. None may be as good as shooter, but if they are better shooters than our current starters and bring other things to the table that Reed cannot they are more valuable to this team. One of Tre, Ace, Edgecomb are going to make it to 5 and they are all immediate upgrades to Reed who is physically challenged at the NBA level. They are all better athletes with very good perimeter games.

 

I think he just needs to be a connector and do most things well (not necessarily great or elite aside from the 3pt shooting). I just see a lack of confidence, probably stemming from being overwhelmed with the speed and physicality of the NBA. Still a Reed optimist as I'm hoping he uses the offseason to work on his body and train with a quicker release.

 

We already did the Tre Johnson/Ace Bailey thing with Jalen Green. Not interested in a shooting guard/wing thats 2 years away from being 2 years away from having a healthy shot diet. VJ is a project on offense. None of those would be more impactful than Reed will be next year (IMO). The closest you can get in this draft is Kon Knueppel though his lateral fluidity scares me or Cedric Coward who I love but he's more of a 3 and D specialist than a floor general that Reed projects to be.

After Flagg and Harper this draft kinda turns into the 23-24 draft. A bunch of projects and glue guys.