Where does the confidence come from? The reporter firmly believes that Shepherd will explode in the new season, and paves the track for him in three aspects

can be selected by the team with the third pick in the first round in the NBA, which has already shown many problems, but for the Rockets Shepard, this may have become a kind of pressure. The rookie's average of 4.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game makes it difficult for him to equate with the word "Tanhua Show". However, in a recent TV show, ESPN reporter Tim Bontemps said that Shepard will have an extremely outstanding season.

He said that Shepard will definitely give people a refreshing feeling on the court in the new season, and people just need to wait quietly for the regular season to start. In the Rockets' first game in the summer league, Shepard has handed over a report card with 28 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks. However, data is one aspect, and Tim's confidence in Shepard mainly comes from the following three aspects.

The first is the team's training plan for Shepard. It can see the Rockets under Uduka's rule. The way to train rookies is very different from that of Selas when the Rockets were just rebuilt. At the beginning, Selas had no long-term plan for young players, and the players had no pressure on playing time on the court.

For young people who play under Uduka, the draft pick may only represent the potential contained in the players themselves and the differences in the salary they receive. Everything else needs to be spoken with action on the field. Even the top three rookies like Green and Xiao Jia are still pressed on the bench and unable to play in the game when they perform poorly.

At the same time, since Uduka became the Rockets head coach, no rookie player has become the team's starter in the new season. Amen Thompson also tried two seasons before he squeezed out Xiao Jia and won a starting position. And a proud newcomer like Whitmore, Uduka will not be abusive.

So Shepard averaged only 19.5 minutes of playing time in the Rockets rookie season, which is not because the team does not pay enough attention to him. But now the Rockets' strategy for cultivating rookies is completely different. They have a long-term and clear growth plan for Shepard. After a year of training, the Rockets now send off Green and Whitmore, every game 1 and 2, Van Vleet and Amen will be given a large part of Shepard's free time.

The second point is that Shepard himself works very hard. After a season of regular season training and Van Vleet's guidance, Shepard is very clear about his disadvantages in confrontation and defense. So this offseason, Shepard has been in the training hall since the end of the playoffs.

According to him in an interview, he has now gained 6kg of weight, and his strength improvement is also very obvious. Judging from his performance in the first preseason, the effect of the top players in the confrontation and defensive end has indeed improved a lot, so after solving the big trouble of weak defense, Shepard has met the basic requirement of Uduka to keep players on the court for a long time.

The third point is based on player data, and people should be patient with Shepard. In college, he was able to shoot 52.1% of three-pointers, which proved his talent on the shooting end. At the same time, in terms of advanced data, the personal BPM value of Shepard University League was once as high as 13.9, and this data was ranked seventh among freshmen after 2008. The players ahead of him are Williamson, Davis, Love, Chett, Irving and Beasley. Yes, there are 3 NBA No. 2 picks and 5 All-Star players.

So for Shepard, the rookie's performance in a bad season is more because he cannot match the strength of his opponent on the defensive end, and at the same time he cannot obtain stable playing time to find his state. After improving this only shortcoming during the offseason, people have reason to believe Shepard's performance in the Rockets in the new season, after all, it may be only about two years left to take over VanVleet's starting point guard. Do you think Shepard's new season is likely to explode suddenly? Welcome to like, follow, leave a message to discuss!