luciano-davidwesley wrote:GoBobs wrote:JDR720 wrote:The difference is Kerr and Seth can't do anything besides shoot 3's. Reed has a much better all-around game.
He's more like Derrick White, Brogdon or maybe Mike Conley. All-around PG/SG, although he's a better shooter than those guys. Could see a Booker or Beal if his 1v1 scoring is good enough.
Nobody thought Booker would turn into a 25+ppg scorer, he was once just viewed as a shooter too.
Derrick White was 6.45 in shoes and 189 lb at the combine. Brogdon was even bigger. Neither of them sniffed the lottery and neither is worth trading a top 5 pick for even in a bad draft.
Derrick White and Brogdon are two more examples of guys who drastically outperformed their draft status as they where criminally overlooked. They didn't dunk like Westbrook, Wall or Ja so they were ignored despite their obvious natural instincts and feel for the game. Their successes reinforces the fact if anything that we shouldn't just be looking at the most athletic and tall/long guys at the detriment of actual basketball players.
Brogdon is 6'4, not bigger and at this stage we are merely assuming Sheppard is a lot smaller than 6'3 for some reason.
But I'm sure we'll all feel better about drafting some guy that can't catch a ball but is 6'11 with a 40 inch vertical and the correct skin colour for a basketball player apparently.
In general I agree with you. Skill is more important than size. I don't want another Kai Jones, JT Thor ect that we have to teach how to play basketball.
Sheppard does not have Brogdon's size though and it isn't close. Those are different categories of players in terms of size.
Sheppard is listed at 6'3'' on his college info page. Those types of numbers are historically generous and virtually always the height in shoes.
Brogdon measured at the nba combine 6'5.5'' in shoes with a 6'10'' wingspan and weighing 223 lbs.
Here is a video of him dunking in college.
