Houston Rockets guard ReedSheppard is finding added ways to get in game shape ahead of his rookie NBA season, including incorporating spike ball in his training regimen. The 20-year-old former ...
Instead, it climbed up to third where the Rockets selected Kentucky guard ReedSheppard, a sharpshooter who has drawn comparisons to former great point guards such as Mark Price and Steve Nash.
No. 3 overall pick ReedSheppard will be able to be an instant contributor in Houston, even if does so in a sixth man. Green, the fourth-year guard, held a Rockets minicamp in Los Angeles.
"[He's very poised]," Rockets guard Amen Thompson said Wednesday in his assessment of Sheppard. "Got [Steph] Curry range, so that's the first thing you notice. Very poised player, very good guy.