How many years of college did Stockton play? Let’s pray Reed goes the same route.
Hot Take: Reed should transfer or declare
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Reed is making enough from NIL to not transfer. He may even stay another year (slight chance). Would love a new coach to come in and set him and Perry up for success as UK's backcourt.
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Not that I disagree with your post but if you watched the Arizona/Colorado game tonight, you got to see the supposed #1 overall pick go for 8 and 1 in 33 min.
If he's #1, Reed has to be in the lottery
I seen earlier this week where Cason is making a tad over 5 mil a year.
NIL at UK can't touch that.
Uninformed post. The NBA actually does place a high value on a player with knowledge of the game, the ability to anticipate and make correct decisions in the moment. A coach on the floor if you will.
There is a learning curve between college and the NBA. Game is faster, players stronger and the cream rises to the top pretty quickly. Some of those attributes will come to Reed naturally as he matures...speed, strength, etc. Knowing how to get his shot off against faster, bigger, more seasoned players is a learned skill. And you can't get that sitting on Calipari's bench for most of a half.
Guarantee you Reed has no problem with Cal. This season has been a boom for him personally.
May not be a player in the Cal era who's increased his stock more than the day he stepped on campus.
He's right there with Shai and Herro.
CBS Sports now has Reed Sheppard as the #2 pick in the draft.
^^ thats about as accurate as the star system for high schoolers
I’m not saying I agree or that it will happen. But they also have Dilly going 4th. And that will happen.
Those who think Reed will be back aren’t in touch with reality. The fact that these mocks now list him as high as second - means he’s almost surely going in the lottery, and if not, top 20. He’s gone.
Also, if you look at CBS’s mock from February 2023 - they went 9/14 on their lottery predictions. And they were wrong on some because dudes went back to school or were drafted right outside of the lottery. So it may be accurate after all.
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Stockton was NOT a better player than Reed at the same age. His freshman year isn’t even close to Reeds year this year.
That is lunacy. I saw that and I'm pretty sure that was posted BEFORE last nights nice game from him.
Shep is a tough call at this point. We've seen what he can do, and we've also seen some real deficiencies.. but someone is losing their job if they take him #2.
Hopefully Shep comes back, and there's always a chance he has a new head coach next year if UK and Cal work something out.
Players get better as they get older and gain more experience. It’s a complicated concept I know. Should work the same for coaches but the longer cal coaches the worse he’s getting. His coaching his comically bad at the moment unfortunately it is at our expense.
I didn't see college Stockton but from what I can see, Reed has massive defensive liabilities that will cause him to get lit up in the NBA game.
Now I completely expect Reed to put his name in, even if he 100% is returning, if for no other reason than to get direct input from NBA teams on what they want to see him work/improve on.
And I’m sure some on here, the minute he tests the water will be chicken little.
And I’m sure some on here, the minute he tests the water will be chicken little.
I just don't think so. I think he wants to allow his parents to watch him play at least 1 more year. I do agree he would improve more under Bennett. He would improve more under his parents than ccc
He is gone if he is a top 20 pick cal will push him out the door in any scenario like that
I'm telling you now.. he's not drafted in the top30 on his performance to date. Last night was a start, but he (and Cal) did so much damage to that great start of his.. I think the NBA is no longer an option unless something changes.
If the draft was today, he either returns or transfers.
And that includes Edwards, Bradshaw.. and hot take, DJ as well.
Dilly is our own lottery pick. Big Z and Reeves are late 1st round and into the 2nd.
Maybe this is Cals plan.. making a super team for next year. Is that the bourbon talking?
He was number 12 in the last mock draft, so I think the league still values him
Which mocks? You have to be careful, mocks will not only 1. Not update often and 2. Even when they do, they don't update *everything*.
I see no way that Shep is a lottery pick. If he can't play defense at THIS level, then he's unplayable at the next level.
I'd like to what his +/- are game by game. Because he gives up A LOT of points, more than he scores IMO. It's one area of his game that desperately needs work.
Sure the number two pick the whole draft does seem far-fetched. At the same time, the Spurs would love to grab him. So who knows.
And surely you’re not implying that last night game hurts him somehow? If you compare CBS Sports mock draft last February to the actual draft, they were pretty accurate. So if he’s being projected in the lottery by most of these things, he’s surely going to at least be a top 20 pick at this point.
No last night helps him. It was his best performance in a while.
But, I'm still skeptical oh his draft stock this year.
This has been exhausted in other threads. He is currently projected in the lottery by several, respected mock drafts.
Three of these have been updated in the past week. Just because fans desperately want him to come back doesn’t change the fact that this is where experts - not homers on message boards - value him.
It’s time to just let reality sink in - he will likely go in the lottery and if he does not, he won’t fall out of the top 20. And in an extremely weak draft class, he should most definitely bolt.
Last night definitely helped his case even more for sure. And from what I’ve read, the scouts aren’t too concerned about how he does in the combine because they know exactly what he does over the course of a season. Very few people have seasons like he is having. And they know that they’ll get better coaches around him to help him with his weaknesses.
No college player is ever ready for the NBA. But Reed is reminding me more of John Stocton every day(not saying he is in that class yet; Stockton wasn't either as a college freshman). I hope he comes back but I think he will be a great NBA player some day.
I don’t think Cal will push Reed like that, nor would his parents like that. Same for Wagner.
But if Stockton had left for nba before he was fully seasoned, he may not have lasted long enough to finish developing
Yeah, sure. I'm was mainly trying to say his court vision and fundamentals without flash reminds me of Stockton.
I hope, year 2 Reed would be great, but it’s what cal has always don’t In the past
The mock that had him at #12 was from Giovany and it was updated this week.
Like I said in an earlier post, if Cody Williams is the "bar" for the 24 draft Reed is a safe bet for a lottery selection.
The thread " Reed Sheppard declares for NBA Draft" will be at least 10 pages lol.
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Kinda ironic statement here . Tim Couch was set to transfer to Tennessee after his freshman year until Curry was fired and they hired Mumme. Couch even approached Anthony White to see if he wanted to transfer there with him . But Reed is not transferring anywhere.
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