Why is Reed Sheppard still not starting?

Dobbizzle · Mar 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM

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I've never really been sold on Sengun .... I don't mind moving him at all. I really don't consider him a foundational piece.

I like that bottom line deal with Miami, I wonder if Riley would do it?

But again, I don't think Amen is a foundational piece either and the idea of building a roster around a guy who's a 4th or 5th option who also kills your spacing seems nuts to me - no matter what else he does well.
And that's what you have to do is build the roster to suit his strengths and weaknesses because you just can't hide him anywhere else.
There was a tweet posted of his highlights today and the first one was him in the corner completely undefended with his defender coming all the way across the court to help, the next one was him and Alpi in the pick and roll - both defenders stayed glued to Alpi. The next couple were similar where he is just not guarded. Yep, he got his on a few possessions but at the expense of everyone else on all other possessions.

Then there's the contract - I don't know what it's gonna look like, some people talking max money, I think Jabari money might be too much (14% next year) and I doubt he takes that ($24m ish).. In this era of the CBA dominated by the aprons, you can't afford bad contracts.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind trading both of them and keeping Reed, Durant, Jabari and Tari.
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Whilst I'm not quite out on Sengun yet, I'm getting there with Amen. How many consecutive games does he completely lose his handle in a basic dribble into the lane for a turnover before we completely stop the PG experiment? To be clear, on offense, both KPJ AND Jalen Green look better than Amen. That's a ****ing problem.

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