{"id":97871,"date":"2025-06-14T08:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/97871\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T08:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:42:13","slug":"houston-rockets-reed-sheppard-will-have-a-larger-role-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/97871\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets Reed Sheppard Will Have a Larger Role Next Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/houston-rockets\/houston-rockets-reed-sheppard-will-have-a-larger-role-next-season-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Houston Rockets Reed Sheppard Will Have a Larger Role Next Season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Houston Rockets Reed Sheppard Will Have a Larger Role Next Season <\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard will officially be participating in the Vegas Summer League to prepare for an increased role with the Rockets in his second NBA season. The Rockets&#8217; coaching staff has been vocal about expanding his responsibilities. Whether playing alongside veteran Fred VanVleet or spelling him off the bench, Sheppard is expected to see consistent minutes and play a key role in Houston&#8217;s backcourt rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Houston&#8217;s half\u2011court deficiencies were exposed last season. Sheppard&#8217;s shooting and decision-making will help fix spacing issues, especially in late-game situations. Consistency from deep will be key for Sheppard next season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>If he shoots closer to his collegiate 50% range, he&#8217;ll command serious trust in crunch time. Last season he averaged 4.4 ppg as he was drafted with the 3rd overall pick in the draft. Unfortunately, he missed a lot of time because of injuries and being buried on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Reed Sheppard&#8217;s second season with Houston isn&#8217;t just another year it is a pivotal opportunity. His initial flashes, combined with a perfect skill set for the Rockets&#8217; needs, place him on the brink of a breakout campaign. With increased responsibility, better shooting, and a clean bill of health, Sheppard could evolve from promising talent to rotation linchpin in Houston&#8217;s quest for playoff resilience.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/houston-rockets\/houston-rockets-reed-sheppard-will-have-a-larger-role-next-season-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets Reed Sheppard Will Have a Larger Role Next Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Houston Rockets&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,866,292,194,4066,6,1081,211,21048],"class_list":{"0":"post-97871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-fred-vanvleet","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-houstonrockets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-reed-sheppard","15":"tag-rockets","16":"tag-vegas-summer-league"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114680833297538177","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}