Both Reed Sheppard and the Houston Rockets' brass insist the rookie guard is NBA ready after just one collegiate season at Kentucky. Sheppard's performance in his Summer League debut Friday reinforced that theory.
Summer League stat lines should be treated as anything but gospel when predicting a player's NBA future, but it's hard to blame Houston fans for getting excited by Sheppard's efforts Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Sheppard buried his first triple of the night, then hit three of his next five three across his 30 minutes of play in a 99-80 victory.