I noticed that when the team made an effort to involve him in the offense in the first half he delivered. When senguin etc kept freezing him out dude was out of rhythm and didn’t get a shot up till late and then missed badly. Was also much more hesitant to shoot obviously that’s for Reed to figure out, but they main goal should be to get him confident enough to let it fly in the playoffs
@Bobbythegreat if senguin can’t play the inside out game, be a willing passer, not clot up the offense… he’s going to have to go
That's fair. He's by no means beyond criticism, no one is. He's a capable passer but far too often he stops being a willing passer and the same is true with his screens. It's unacceptable
The Miami loss was just another example of this Reed/KD/Sengun trio not working. The trio once again failed with a net rating of -6.4 in 24 minutes. Should pair them with Clint more. I'm just saying...
He’s definitely “looking for his” this year, much to the detriment of the team. In past years, his scoring was set up by the threat of his passing (Sen-Hub). Now, he wants to be a face the basket initiator. Honestly it started happening last year. News flash, he’s NEVER going to turn into Dirk. I used to call him SenGod, now I just call him “you’re ****ing up the play, get your head out of your ass”.
Sengun was so selfish in the 2nd half. He had Reed open a few times, but kept doing his own thing, either a turnover or a brick.
Clint + Reed minutes are good minutes. Here’s to hoping the Rockets buy into the late first round this year to draft a Kalkbrenner type who will rebound, clog the paint a little, and MAYBE be a threat from range.
It's much more frustrating when a player CAN play the right way, they just refuse to. Sengun CAN set soul crushing picks to spring other players.... but that doesn't get him stats so too often he refuses to do so. Sengun CAN make the correct pass, but then that doesn't score individual points so he refuses to do so too often. KD can fall into the same trap.... but he's ****ing KD. He's earned the right to do so to a certain extent.
We have to get Reed some better looks. Every single shot of his is either contested, or is forced to be 3-4 feet behind the line. Take a note from Golden State with the flares they set for Curry. Forces teams to over load on Reed, and the screen man is usually the one open. This offense we are running now....where every pass is forced to a guy that is sealing off his man (and isn't doing a good job of it) is just not sustainable. It's where most of our turnovers come from. Set a pick for Durant to come high and get the ball instead of lobbing it to him with a defender fronting him. The offense just has to be more creative. Hopefully Ime one day will hand the reigns over to an offensive assistant coach. We'll see.
I'd argue that if teams are guarding Sheppard that closely, he's doing his job for the team. If they leave him he burns them. If they don't, then the rest of the players have some breathing room. Then Ime destroys that breathing room by parking two bad midrange shooters in the paint (Amen and Sengun) which makes Durant's jumpers more difficult and drives to the basket impossibly difficult. The offense is absurd. Let's just live with Sengun attempting 3's. It's much easier to absorb than 48 minutes of a packed paint.
Over the last 8 games, Reed Sheppard is scorching hot. 16.6 ppg on 48.5% from 3 (8.5 attempts) and a 67.2 TS% (48.4/48.5/88.9)
Draymond and whatever big they happened to have at the time made it a point to get him free. Our big doesnt want to do that.
