Cason Wallace torching Reed Sheppard

Kentucky15

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Good grief he’s bad. Gonna have to pick it up if he wants to ever find a way. Not surprised he’s got great instincts but never a complete package defensively. Where he’s good he’s really good but where he’s bad he’s not playable.
 

BlueBlood96Cat

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The comments here tonight about Reed getting crushed are wayyyyy overblown. The butthurt is creepy.
He kind of asked for it from the Kentucky fanbase. He’s rich he has a good life. But the way we love our players for life….. he knew what he was doing. I don’t hate the guy but I don’t look at him like I look at a lot of the players I love. He kind of put himself in the S Wheeler category when it comes to UK players for me. Not that it matters.
 

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He kind of asked for it from the Kentucky fanbase. He’s rich he has a good life. But the way we love our players for life….. he knew what he was doing. I don’t hate the guy but I don’t look at him like I look at a lot of the players I love. He kind of put himself in the S Wheeler category when it comes to UK players for me. Not that it matters.

He did it to himself and this isn’t the fanbase to take something like that lightly. It’s a top 5 passionate fanbase in all of American sports. He wore a rivals shirt. Just not going to sit well.

I try and remember he’s young and all that but, at the same time, I’d be lying if I said I look at him the same. He can turn that around of course, just stop doing it and when Calipari is gone admit it was a mistake. That would end it, I’m sure with most.

All that aside he’s not playable on defense right now. Thread is confusing he’s clearly really bad.
 

BlueBlood96Cat

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Even if I was a huge Reed fan… there’s still no way to justify him being the number 3 pick. I’ll never understand how he fleeced them like that. Well they fleeced their self but still. Who was number 1 and 2 and what has their production been like?
 

Possum

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How many points does Wallace have? Who’s been guarding SGA the entire 4th quarter and overtime when he’s gone off? It’s not Reed. This is the NBA. These guys are unbelievable.
Ok Stacy
 

IH8bluedevils

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He kind of asked for it from the Kentucky fanbase. He’s rich he has a good life. But the way we love our players for life….. he knew what he was doing. I don’t hate the guy but I don’t look at him like I look at a lot of the players I love. He kind of put himself in the S Wheeler category when it comes to UK players for me. Not that it matters.
I agree
 
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BlueBlood96Cat

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Big houstin fab here. If reed Sheppard plays anything other than garbage time we are cooked. He's not an nba level plager
I think In about five years he will be a decent role player. He might settle in a little this year. First game. Opening night against current nba champions. He might even be a little star struck going against former cats. One that happens to be MVP.

I didnt watch a second of this game but I think he will have a pretty good career when it’s all said and done.

I think he will regret wearing that shirt every year too haha
 

LineSkiCat14

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Ho boy.. lot of interesting takes here.

Reed is filling in for Amen when he went down with cramps/injury. And thats after FVV was lost for the year. So Reed was asked to play the point, on opening night, barely really playing last year, against the defending Champs, in their house.

That was a tough hill to climb. I actually thought he did OK, but of course made some mistakes and his size (and lack of being a true PG) got exposed if he hits that 3, the game is probably over.
 

mash_24

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If you say he won’t ever live up to his draft pick, I wouldn’t put up an argument against it. But this over reacting to every play of every game. Against the world champs is pretty out there. But have at it.
 

LineSkiCat14

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It is also extremely embarrasing how much people are trying to find Twitter posts on Reeds performance.

.. especially praising Cason Wallace, who probably feels the same way about Kentucky as the majority of past players (cover your ears some of you):

Mostly indifferent.

All because of a pair of shorts or whatever. Oof.
 
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Possum

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Go watch some more twitter highlights my friend. A wealth of knowledge on there.
“Yet, the ugliest wart so far for the Rockets has been Reed Sheppard's minutes on defense, as he came off the bench and was immediately targeted multiple times by some of the Thunder's quicker players.”

 
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