{"id":74725,"date":"2024-11-06T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/more-reed-sheppard-says-yahoos-kevin-oconnor\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T02:00:00","slug":"more-reed-sheppard-says-yahoos-kevin-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/more-reed-sheppard-says-yahoos-kevin-oconnor\/","title":{"rendered":"More Reed Sheppard, says Yahoo\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/category\/basketball\/news\/\">Kentucky<\/a> fans last season, Yahoo\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Connor wants to see more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/reed-sheppard-99207\/\">Reed Sheppard<\/a><\/strong>. The NBA beat writer penned a new Yahoo! piece, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/want-some-nba-moves-already-here-are-4-teams-that-should-try-out-these-new-lineups-now-154405737.html\">making lineup suggestions for four NBA franchises<\/a>. Among them was the Houston Rockets and how Sheppard should have a bigger role in the backcourt, a message we can all get behind.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connor thinks Sheppard should get some of Fred VanVleet\u2019s minutes, citing VanVleet\u2019s unimpressive numbers as the Rockets\u2019 leader in time spent on the floor:<\/p>\n<p>Fred VanVleet leads the Rockets in minutes at 37.6, but his performance has been underwhelming. He\u2019s averaging just 13.3 points on 13.1 shots per game, shooting a dismal 41.2% from 2 and 27.6% from 3. FVV will have better nights ahead of him. But he shouldn\u2019t be playing so often when the Rockets just invested the 3rd overall pick into Reed Sheppard, who plays the same position. Sheppard is playing only 9.3 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to redistribute playing time. By reducing VanVleet\u2019s minutes to a still-respectable 30 per game, Sheppard could see 16-20 minutes on the floor. This is a reasonable balance, especially considering Sheppard\u2019s shooting, passing instincts and defensive playmaking could immediately benefit the Rockets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/want-some-nba-moves-already-here-are-4-teams-that-should-try-out-these-new-lineups-now-154405737.html\">Yahoo!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Houston hosts San Antonio on Wednesday night at 8:00, the same San Antonio that drafted one spot behind Houston in the 2024 NBA Draft. It\u2019d be a good time for the Rockets to show off the new shiny toy that the Spurs might\u2019ve taken at fourth had Sheppard not gone third to Houston.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Sheppard has played more than 10 minutes only three times, including Monday night\u2019s win over New York. Sheppard had seven points and two rebounds, hitting three of eight shots from the field with no turnovers in the victory.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need NBA League Pass to see the opportunity Sheppards gets tonight against the Spurs. We\u2019ll let you know how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/more-reed-sheppard-says-yahoos-kevin-oconnor\/\">More Reed Sheppard, says Yahoo\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Connor<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Kentucky fans last season, Yahoo\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Connor wants to see more Reed Sheppard. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}