Reed Sheppard going to have a better year two?
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Hard to be any worse than year 1.
I care just enough to say I don't give a ****.
He is going to play a lot this year
Houston Rockets has no other options
If he still can not have ok performance, his nba career will come to an end soon
Houston Rockets has no other options
If he still can not have ok performance, his nba career will come to an end soon
Who cares?
Reed has his tongue on Calipari’s anus.
He won nothing here. Zilch.
Wore Arkansas garb against Kentucky.
His father, won 2 titles here. MVP Final Four. Celebrate him.
Why get on a thread about something you dont care about?
To be honest, I was completely baffled by Reed Sheppard's rise to #3 NBA draft pick.
I never saw him as that level of talent, and certainly after a more mature Horizon League player totally outclassed him in the NCAA Tournament I felt like this was a bad outcome unfolding in slow motion, with no way to stop it:
Certainly Reed and his family were not going to turn down a selection that high. And no one in their right mind was going to advise him "You are being overrated right now. Come back, play another year, and get taken 20th overall which is more realistic." And NBA Scouts and management seemed to see what I could not. So, he just didn't fall in the draft projections, no matter what physical, defensive or athletic flaws emerged.
Now, everyone is stuck playing out this hand. I can't see any way he develops into a player who justifies a #3 pick -- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had a better shot of justifying his #2 pick just based on size and athleticism, and that didn't happen.
It's far from a calamity for Reed or his family. He'll walk away with more money than probably any 30 people on this board will ever see, combined.
But if his goal was a solid NBA career to look back on with a sense of achievement, I don't see it happening.
I never saw him as that level of talent, and certainly after a more mature Horizon League player totally outclassed him in the NCAA Tournament I felt like this was a bad outcome unfolding in slow motion, with no way to stop it:
Certainly Reed and his family were not going to turn down a selection that high. And no one in their right mind was going to advise him "You are being overrated right now. Come back, play another year, and get taken 20th overall which is more realistic." And NBA Scouts and management seemed to see what I could not. So, he just didn't fall in the draft projections, no matter what physical, defensive or athletic flaws emerged.
Now, everyone is stuck playing out this hand. I can't see any way he develops into a player who justifies a #3 pick -- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had a better shot of justifying his #2 pick just based on size and athleticism, and that didn't happen.
It's far from a calamity for Reed or his family. He'll walk away with more money than probably any 30 people on this board will ever see, combined.
But if his goal was a solid NBA career to look back on with a sense of achievement, I don't see it happening.
still way too early to tell - he could end up with a great career. The fact that they invested in him at #2 means they’ll throw everything at his development and he’ll have every opportunity to improve
He had to take the money. I don't blame him a bit.
I dont see him being anything other than a solid bench piece n the NBA and that's fine.
I think Reed is a highly skilled basketball player with modest athletic talent as compared with the middle and upper echelon NBA player. I want him to succeed as it would indicate that at least some basketball is still played in the NBA. I’m not confident however. That league has became nothing more than a troop of impressive acrobats that toss a ball at a metal hoop.
He's going to be good. Something or other seems to make people underestimate his athleticism; maybe it's the bad mustache. I'm thinking about making a futures bet on him for most improved player since he's going to get big minutes and has a very good frontcourt. He should put up big offensive numbers.
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Same. All he had to do was wear the Arkansas on bottom instead of top or not wear it at all. Wear Kentucky and verbally say he supports Cal. Not gonna forgive him for that.. at the same time Ik it’s not a big deal. Gotta mess with the people who said it didn’t matter at all. It mattered a little.
He can’t do any worse. Don’t like what he did but don’t hate the dude. I hope everyone lives out their dream, therefore I’m hoping he does better than last year and can hang around the league and have a great career.
Sometimes I feel like Cal pulled some strings because he knew he wasn’t gonna be at Kentucky another year and most definitely didn’t wanna leave Kentuckys next coach with a legacy player.
It mattered for a lot of Kentucky fans. Probably doesn’t matter at all to him in the least I agree.
Imo he took advantage of a historically weak draft class. That said.... anytime he played in the g league he absolutely set the world on fire. So much they had to pull him from both summer and g league. That surprised me.
So the kid definitely belongs. I never thought he would dominate like that at the g league level. He will probably never be more than a second team pg, which isnt a bad career. Not what you want from a #3 pick, but they had to take someone.
He should, the path has been cleared with FVV going down. But im afraid this season is really going to decide how his career goes. He doesnt have to be an all-star by anymeans. But he needs to show some growth and confidence most importantly. If hes still afraid to attack the game, houston and the NBA arent going to wait around.
Thankfully I think hes going to take a step forward in FVVs absence. Hes proven to be a guy who CAN play in this league, he just needs the confidence.
Thankfully I think hes going to take a step forward in FVVs absence. Hes proven to be a guy who CAN play in this league, he just needs the confidence.
Stay in college to work on his weaknesses? In the NBA, he has unlimited time to work on those, and being a lottery pick who has $20 million guaranteed, he will be given every opportunity to succeed. If you're a fringe draft pick, yeah, you should probably stay in school. Reed made the right decision.
How is that working out, other than the bag?
So he should have stayed and risked injury and passed on being a guaranteed top 5 pick?
Did pretty well the end of the year after his GL stop. He also will be getting a lot more PT this year with the FVV injury. Potentially starting PG for a playoff contender.
I’d say it’s going ok right about now. How were you doing at 20 or 21 years old?
Calipari wanted us to see that our favorite family is as corrupt as he is, which they’re not and Reed leaving after 1 year doesn’t mean that. Then Wagner and the rest of that trash crew knew him wearing that shirt would cause problems and they led him straight into it. Reed is a pleaser, he thought he was doing it for his teammates. They’re pieces of sht who wanted him to do it so it would cause chaos. They don’t give a damn about Reed Sheppard and probably hate him deep down. Everything Reed ended up being, Wagner was supposed to be. I assure everyone he’s got some layer of jealousy.
Jeff can allow his son to be a OAD and still not like what it’s done to college basketball. Calipari is a grifter and a con man, always was always will be.
I will feel Reed is family when he shows it moving forward. It’s yet to be seen, we’ll know in a few years when Calipari hangs it up. I am highly surprised that Jeff and Stacey haven’t expected more for Mark from Reed and that’s the most shocking part of this to me. Reed should be all in on helping Mark not just Kentucky. But he doesn’t seem to be at all, quite he opposite. That’s the most surprising part of this. I think Stacey and Reed bought hard into Con Calipari’s cheap charisma. I don’t believe Jeff has at all. No quality man would have ever wanted that family to hurt themselves across an entire state and their legacies in that way. If Calipari had any loyalty or respect he’d have said don’t wear that, and I don’t believe he would have even if he did know.
Jeff was never a fan of Calipari and I know that from a really good source. He didn’t like handing the program over to him and didn’t like the OAD. But you didn’t see him one time wear Louisville even though he’s a Pitino guy. None of them did. And Rick didn’t ask them to because contrary to what many believe he has respect for their legacies here and the tradition. Calipari doesn’t respect anything.
we’ll see how it goes, but Reed has a lot of work to do. He’ll realize this when the NBA is over and he wants to be famous somewhere.
I get what you’re saying but Jeff probably don’t give a crap either. I would have told my boy to go get that money also honestly I never had a problem with him leaving. But the shirt thing did make me look at him a different way even tho my opinion didn’t hurt his bank account.
What did you win here? Oh nothing, you’ve done nothing for UK but attack players coaches and administration? Got it.
Yes, Cal has the power to call an NBA franchise and control who they pick 3rd overall. You people are so unhinged and filled with hatred that it’s pathetic.
He’s played one year. That’s like judging Mark Pope for going 22-12 or whatever.
Maybe you are slow. Cal has a lot of power. His whole reason for getting so many top recruits is because he has connections. That’s a real thing. I guess you’re one of those.. of course top players get drafted no matter what. Cal gets players like Reed drafted 3rd……… like seriously you don’t think he helped Reed? He may be the first player I seen be picked third and never play meaningful minutes. He wasn’t a third pick. So yes I do believe Cal pulled strings and got him drafted higher. Key words I think. It’s just my opinion. I didn’t say I know what happened.
You just have to pay attention and they out themselves. “Full of hate”. Code language for “I sucked Con Caliapri even when he was laughing at how easy I was”.
All those backwards comments just to out himself as a person stupid enough to buy into a guy like Conipari. That crew looks ridiculously stupid so they spend their time throwing shade because the years of backing a slickback conman blew back so much egg in their face they can’t see straight. But they’ll never admit it, they defended that northeastern jaggoff even
Though it was butchering this program and we still haven’t recovered. His smile captivates them to this day. I’ve always wanted to sell cars to that crew, no telling what you could make on them.
It’s said to see it but it’s still there. Same crew, same style, same nonsense.
I didn't say that.
All kids get way better playing till they are Sr's than they were as Frosh. I think Reed would have gotten better and better and still been a high pick. I dont blame him for taking the bag
And he may get better.
I think history shows that MOST(not all) kids that stay till their Sr Year end up developing better than kids that come out early and develop while sitting or playing the G League
I was doing just fine. I would say as well or better than you Bro. But we were taking about Reeds development