Making the case for the San Antonio Spurs to use one of their lottery picks at Nos. 4 and 8 on University of Kentucky floor general Reed Sheppard is not hard to do. The 6-foot-3, 19-year-old point guard has been compared to Kirk Hinrich, and has shot at a sizzling 50.0 from beyond the arc at volume.
If that does not convince you to take a risk that his hot shooting will continue at the next level, Bleacher Report’s NBA draft expert Jonathan Wasserman writes that the UK guard has shown “enough burst and floater touch for NBA teams to consider the possibility that he can be effective for stretches in a lead-guard role.”
And while we are partial to drafting a larger prospect like University of Connecticut guard Stephon Castle, we’d be happy with Sheppard as well.
The host of the “Locked On Spurs” podcast, Jeff Garcia, sat down with Jack Thompson, formerly with San Antonio Sports Star, to put into context Sheppard on the Spurs. Check it out above!
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