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Why does Ime hate Reed Sheppard?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by lnchan, Jan 22, 2026 at 8:11 PM.

  1. PeterKingX

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    After 1st round playoffs exit, Rockets gave Ime 6 years fat contract.

    Rockets organization sucks.
     
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    Ime doesn’t hate Reed. He just doesn’t think Reed matters much. He thinks of him like he thought of year two Payton Pritchard. A young specialist who can help situationally, but not a main piece.

    Others see Reed as a blue chip prospect and a net positive NBA player right now. I mostly agree. If you hold that view of a player, they have to play 30+ minutes every night no matter what. That’s essentially always true in the NBA.

    Ergo, we know Ime doesn’t see Reed that way.
     
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    KD shoots 51% on midrange out of 100 shots that is 102 points.

    Reed shoots 41% on 3pters out of 100 shots that is 123 points.

    123 is greater than 102.....

    IME IS A ****ING IDIOT !

    DD
     
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    "We're not an analytics driven team." -Ime
     
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    Just a horribly coached game by Udoka. Winnable game sabotaged by bad coaching. His lineups at end of game were just awful.
     
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    Ime needs to teach his players how to shoot free throws…tired of watching “professionals” shoot 50% freebies and lose in overtime which should never have happened!
     
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    Ime is scapegoating in his post-game press by saying Reed was inconsistent in his 4th quarter D. Dude! The Rockets were leading by a few points until Reed got sub with a few minutes left in the regular period. Never-ending that the young man was solely responsible for providing the spark to make the comeback to a near double digit lead.

    Fire Ime.
     
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    Ime is a fraud.

    DD
     
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    Correct! If Jalen quickly becomes a decent player in phoenix that will raise even more questions. I don’t see any of the young ones developing well in offense. And with Reed it got to a new ridiculous level.
     
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    If Ime can't see that the Rockets play so much better with Reed in the lineup, then somebody else will. I'm not saying start Reed, mainly because we need a spark from the bench brigade, but play him 30 plus minutes, including the final minutes that usually mean "winning time" or not.
     
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    easily the 4-5th game he’s cost us alone this season
     
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    Guys, to be nitpicky about needing a scorer off the bench or some defense is really not looking at the big picture. The starting lineup is far from good enough offensively - so much so it needs a historic offensive rebounding rate just to look good.

    The core of Amen/Sengun/Durant can only generate about 10 attempts from 3pt range (and that's 60% of your lineup). We need to generate another 15 or so attempts from the other two guys. The absolute best we can do is Reed Sheppard taking 9-10 attempts and Jabari taking around 6-7 attempts. This thing doesn't flow well without Reed's shooting. Without that ability, we are trading way too many 3's for 2's and working much harder than everyone else to overcome that.

    That's a seismic problem. Things like bench scoring and falling behind 1-2 spots defensively are way less important/urgent.

    Time to start Reed. Will bring our core trio to life.
     
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    He does not hate him, dude just got control issues......he probably has the rotation minutes mapped out before games....

    And getting inflexible during games.

    It almost seems that he wants to prove that he is a great coach without Reed.
     

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