Van Jordan is injured! Can Shepard be entrusted with important tasks?

With Van Vreet's torn ACL, the season was completely reimbursed, which also left the Rockets' point guard who was originally in a short-term position, and the Rockets' team reporter Biased Houston lamented on social media: "This ends the possibility of the Rockets winning this season's championship..." This sentence made countless Rockets fans even more worried!

However, there are often turning points in crises. American media person Bill Simmons pointed out a key name in his recent podcast - that is Shepard. He said: "They selected Shepard at the third pick. Our draft experts like him, and many people like him. Shepard may become Mark Price. I thought he would play more games last season, but he didn't match the Rockets on the timeline."

Shepard averaged only 12.6 minutes per game in the rookie season, scoring 4.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shooting percentage of 35.1% and three-point shooting percentage of 33.8%. As a Tanhua Show, giving such an answer to the rookie season has to make fans ask questions in their hearts, will Shepard lose water?

If it is really a bit too early to say that it is lost, after all, no one expected that the Rockets would emerge last season. Although it is good news for fans, this makes Shepard lack more opportunities for training!

You should know that during his freshman season at the University of Kentucky, he averaged 12.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game with an astonishing 52.1% three-point shooting percentage. In a game in the Development League, he scored 49 points and scored 8 three-pointers, and scored 27 points in the final quarter. This shows that he can show explosive scoring power when he gets enough ball.

Although Van Vreet is reimbursed for the season, it may not be a bad thing for the Rockets, which will allow these young point guards to get more opportunities for mobile phones, such as Amen and Shepard. Although there are two big fishes in the free market, Simmons and Brooks, if the Rockets want to sign them, they must make room through transactions. For the current Rockets, trading to make room is an unwise choice, and the two seem more practical than internal mining!

Durant's joining did raise the Rockets' upper limit, and his trade was even the best deal with 11 votes. However, for the Rockets, the one who really determines his destiny may be the 1.91-meter-tall young shooter Shepard. Now there is a chance to become a hero, and it depends on whether Shepard can seize it!

After all, Bill Simmons selected the template for him is Mark Price, who has a three-point shooting percentage of up to 40.2%. He played in 722 games in his career, averaged 15.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game. He has been selected as the All-Star four times, was shortlisted for the Best of the Year four times, and won the three-point championship twice!