Don t trade 21-year-old shooter? The famous caller calls the Rockets: The new shooter beats Prichard, shouldn t play in the summer league

The Rockets traded two young players this summer, one of which is 23-year-old Rockets scoring champion Jaylen Green last season. In order to get Kevin Durant, the Rockets had to give up the young star, and in Durant's trade, the Rockets also took on draft picks and the veteran Dillon Brooks.

Another player sent away by the Rockets was their forward Whitmore. Whitmore joined the Wizards. The Rockets only recovered two second-round draft picks from this deal. It can be said that the 20th pick in the first round that year was indeed a bit of a waste. It’s not that Whitmore is not capable, but that he has no team spirit and has a weird temper. He often faces Rockets coach Uduka. Among the Rockets, Uduka’s authority is supreme, such a thorn player cannot be kept for a long time.

The remaining Rockets players are the kind of honest, obedient, down-to-earth and hard-working players, such as Shin Kyung, Shepard, Ethan, Smith Jr. and Amen Thompson. Among these five young players, 4 have become the core or main rotation of the Rockets, and the 21-year-old double-athlete defender Reed Shepard is in a slightly worse situation now. Shepard was temporarily abandoned by the Rockets last season and had only had a chance to enter the rotation in half a season. He was then accepted by the Development League. After playing for a week, the Rockets recalled him, but did not give him another chance to enter the rotation.

The Rockets have been reusing Shepard in the summer league. They gave him unlimited fire and the position of the main point guard in both games, but Shepard's shooting percentage is not high, averaging 4.5 turnovers per game, and a low shooting percentage, with only 31% of the three-point shooting percentage. Although he averaged 23 points per game, he is more like a data brush that only focuses on data but not wins and losses. Many people think that the Rockets should send 21-year-old Shepard away instead of Whitmore away, but some professionals believe that the Rockets really can't trade Shepard because Shepard's future ceiling is very high.

Former Hawks All-Star guard Jeff Teager called out to the Rockets on a show, thinking that Shepard would eventually become a very good player, even better than Celtics defender Pritchard. Teague believes that Shepard is very athletic. If you watch his game, you can see that his shooting is very good. Now he should give him more rest and not let him play in the summer league.

Of course, everyone has their own opinions. Many people only watched Shepard's few games and thought that his poor performance should be sent away. However, as a professional, Teague still saw Shepard's talent and unlimited potential. After all, a defender who relies on his brain is very rare in the league.

Although Shepard has average physical fitness and weak ability to fight, he has been practicing defense and improving strength this summer, and the ball quotient cannot be trained. Shepard has a very high basketball IQ. In the future, he will give him more opportunities. I believe he will realize his potential, and training guards is a difficult process. The Rockets gave Jaylen Green four years. Shepard has only been valued for half a season in the Rockets, so shepard can give him more time to play freely, so the Rockets can train Shepard into a star. Otherwise, if you give up so easily, the Rockets will not only waste the No. 3 pick last year, but also delay Shepard.