Jeff Sheppard on son Reed, a frosh at North Laurel

[Smashcat]

who had a quadruple double in January.

Sheppard started for North Laurel as an eighth-grader last season. He has already scored 1,000 points in his high school career.​

Might the younger Sheppard, who is already 6-foot-3, someday follow his parents’ footsteps and play for UK?

The recruiting whirl is not a preoccupation for the family.

“We’re really concerned about him enjoying his high school experience right now,” Jeff Sheppard said. “Those are days that will come, and we’ll see how things play out. At this point, it’s just way, way too early to know about any of that.”


Read more here: https://www.kentucky.com/article240058908.html#storylink=cpy

 

[On-On-UK]

He's only a freshman but I sure hope he comes to Kentucky.
Looks like the Tyler Hero type. Very athletic and has great basketball genes. I hope he can shoot like his dad...

 

[TurnipDaBeet]

Will be shocked if he attends UK

 

[Supafuzz75]

I'd say there's a better chance he goes straight pro than to UK..

 

[BlueTick2]

Guy could jump out of the gym.

 

[1crazy4blue]

If he stays on current pace he’ll end HS career with around 3,100 points, which would put him too 25 all-time in state. But, if I had to guess his ppg. will go up quite a bit as he gets older and he’ll challenge Coleman for all-time leading scorer in state history. Crazy thing, I think Coleman only played 3 seasons

 

[1crazy4blue]

He would have to average 25 PPG to break all-time scoring record. Which is Coleman at 4,337

 

[Poetax]

He's only a freshman but I sure hope he comes to Kentucky.
Looks like the Tyler Hero type. Very athletic and has great basketball genes. I hope he can shoot like his dad...

Or even his mom.

 

[Supafuzz75]

He would have to average 25 PPG to break all-time scoring record. Which is Coleman at 4,337

Yea,, camron justice averaged from 24-29 pts his 4 years and finished 3rd at 3,588 pts.. 749 from King Kelly's record of 4,337.. He actually scored more than Coleman if add in his 7th and 8th grade varsity numbers..

 

[loublue22]

so what's the story with people saying he'll never end up here

 

[JFCats22]

so what's the story with people saying he'll never end up here

Cal and Jeff don’t have a great relationship

 

[Supafuzz75]

so what's the story with people saying he'll never end up here

Jeff isn't one of Cals biggest fans at UK to say the least.. He,, at one point,, called Cal the enemy..

 

[Blue_2_the_bone]

If the kid grows to about 6’5-6’6” and can keep his quickness he can be a really good D-1 college player, especially if he improves his outside shooting. I’ve watched him a lot and he’s impressive. Really interested in seeing him and the Akal kid from Harlan go at it this month. The Akal kid is a sophomore and averages 27ppg. Both kids are super athletic.

 

[yoshukai]

Jeff isn't one of Cals biggest fans at UK to say the least.. He,, at one point,, called Cal the enemy..

You're doing a little bit of spinning here . He replied to a question and said something like " it felt a little weird cause when I played Cal was the enemy "

 

[LukaszObrzut87]

He had a triple double against my hometown team, let me tell you that we are awful. Probably the worst team we’ve ever had, and we’ve had a lot of shitty teams.
I’ve seen Reed play a handful of games and he has potential but not elite by any means.

 

[MakinMusic]

If he has the skill set and ability, bring it on. If not......

 

[Supafuzz75]

You're doing a little bit of spinning here . He replied to a question and said something like " it felt a little weird cause when I played Cal was the enemy "

Um.. No.. I said at one point he said Cal was the enemy.. That is the time he called him the enemy.. He hates how Cal runs UK with the OAD..

 

[ULisnotmyman]

Apparently there’s several studs in the freshmen class in KY. MJ was saying it’s being said that it could be the best KY class in 40 years. Wonder who the other kids are? Hopefully they all pan out and all come to Kentucky and dominate

 

[KopiKat]

Guy could jump out of the gym.

7 foot high jumper in high school. Legit. Just look at your nearest door frame. Standard 6-foot, 8-inches. So envision another 4 inches of door and imagine being able to jump over it cleanly.

Another way to think about it is a bar just three feet below the basketball rim. How few players do you really believe could jump clean over that bar? LeBron even?

 

[FishersBlue]

Um.. No.. I said at one point he said Cal was the enemy.. That is the time he called him the enemy.. He hates how Cal runs UK with the OAD..

Where are the articles or quotes where Jeff said this about the OAD?

 

[poppycat]

7 foot high jumper in high school. Legit. Just look at your nearest door frame. Standard 6-foot, 8-inches. So envision another 4 inches of door and imagine being able to jump over it cleanly.

Another way to think about it is a bar just three feet below the basketball rim. How few players do you really believe could jump clean over that bar? LeBron even?

Jumping 7 feet in a horizontal position would not gather many rebounds and not a good shooting form.. Might be fun to watch......

 

[Ed323232]

Um.. No.. I said at one point he said Cal was the enemy.. That is the time he called him the enemy.. He hates how Cal runs UK with the OAD..

False

 

[Sparkaces1]

Apparently there’s several studs in the freshmen class in KY. MJ was saying it’s being said that it could be the best KY class in 40 years. Wonder who the other kids are? Hopefully they all pan out and all come to Kentucky and dominate

KSR did an article about em, another kid on Shepherd’s team, a kid at male and a kid at Ashland!

 

[Sparkaces1]

KSR did an article about em, another kid on Shepherd’s team, a kid at male and a kid at Ashland!

Apparently the kid for Ashland is really highly rated nationally, sounds like a hell of a class especially for KY!

 

[Mojocat]

Reed, the kid at Male (Kaleb Glen) and the kid at North Oldham (Dallas Roberts) - 3 of the I think 7 freshmen mentioned in that article about the class of 2023 on KSR - played on the same AAU team (Darius Miller Elite). Of the 3, Glen is the only one blessed with an obvious pro body, he’s 6’6 and looks to be around 200. Very athletic. But at this point he’s a purely an inside player, and at that size he needs perimeter skills to play high D1......

 

[yoshukai]

Um.. No.. I said at one point he said Cal was the enemy.. That is the time he called him the enemy.. He hates how Cal runs UK with the OAD..

A person reading your post could think Sheppard referred to Cal as the enemy nowadays . He was meaning Cal was the enemy when he was coaching UMASS .

 

[Supafuzz75]

Where are the articles or quotes where Jeff said this about the OAD?

Was sbnation article I read back in the summer.. Same one where he said Cal was the enemy when Rick was at UL.. Something to the effect he doesn't like how Cal pushes the oad at UK..

 

[yoshukai]

Where are the articles or quotes where Jeff said this about the OAD?

There aren't any .

 

[morgousky]

Cal and Jeff don’t have a great relationship

this isn’t accurate. People are spinning this to death. He was just asked a question and he was talking about how Cal was the enemy when he played. He doesn’t have a problem with Cal.

 

[morgousky]

Was sbnation article I read back in the summer.. Same one where he said Cal was the enemy when Rick was at UL.. Something to the effect he doesn't like how Cal pushes the oad at UK..

Again it’s being taken out of context. Many people don’t like the OAD. Cal isn’t loved by everyone because of several factors. There are things even fans of Cal don’t like, like the OAD he implemented, or how he led the charge across basketball in home and home series being dismantled

. Cal is revolutionary. Some won’t like it, doesn’t mean they don’t like him.

 

[yoshukai]

Was sbnation article I read back in the summer.. Same one where he said Cal was the enemy when Rick was at UL.. Something to the effect he doesn't like how Cal pushes the oad at UK..

You are misrepresenting what was said . He was referring to Cal being the enemy when Jeff was playing at UK and Cal was coaching UMASS .

 

[yoshukai]

Sheppard is a used car salesman. I don’t think his personality would mesh well with Cal. I see that kid going to Duke or Carolina, Michigan St maybe. Don’t see him ever wearing the blue and white. He will go to the highest bidder

You're an idiot .

 

[JFCats22]

this isn’t accurate. People are spinning this to death. He was just asked a question and he was talking about how Cal was the enemy when he played. He doesn’t have a problem with Cal.

It is 100% accurate. I never said anything about being the enemy. I said Jeff and Cal don’t have a great relationship which is absolutely true.

 

[Supafuzz75]

You are misrepresenting what was said . He was referring to Cal being the enemy when Jeff was playing at UK and Cal was coaching UMASS .

Google Jeff Sheppard on John calipari.. You'll find it with first hit it brings up.. I'm a lazy ass..

 

[Supafuzz75]

Rick's players are loyal to him,, not UK.. How many former players of Rick's hang around UK since Cal got here?

 

[yoshukai]

Google Jeff Sheppard on John calipari.. You'll find it with first hit it brings up.. I'm a lazy ass..

I've read the article .

 

[yoshukai]

It is 100% accurate. I never said anything about being the enemy. I said Jeff and Cal don’t have a great relationship which is absolutely true.

That is true , they don't have ANY relationship . Quite frankly Cal and Jeff are both WAY too busy to develop one at this point in their lives .

 

[Supafuzz75]

Now back on track.. His boy will never play at UK..

 

[Stonewall12]

Will be shocked if he attends UK

I will or won’t
Hell it is four years from now

 

[yoshukai]

Rick's players are loyal to him,, not UK.. How many former players of Rick's hang around UK since Cal got here?

I know Jeff pretty well . His office and home are decorated with UK stuff and I know for a fact that he is a lot more of a tubby guy than a Pitino guy .