Houston Rockets, Reed Sheppard
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Cam Whitmore played well as a rookie but faces a lot of competition for minutes with Rockets in his second season.
Jeff anticipated the Houston Rockets guard would maximize his college eligibility. “We weren’t expecting Reed to be one-and-done at all,” Jeff Sheppard said in an exclusive with On3.
Instead, it climbed up to third where the Rockets selected Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard, a sharpshooter who has drawn comparisons to former great point guards such as Mark Price and Steve Nash.
No. 3 overall pick Reed Sheppard 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.