Michael Shapiro

I think we're seeing a lot more comfort from Reed as much more than just a long range shooter or a guy just making kind of the most simple play.

We saw him a lot in recent nights, rejecting the first screen, taking the second one, he's sneaking in and out better.

He's become kind of not an expert, but pretty proficient in that skip pass all the way across with two hands.

So we started to make the reads that you saw of like, oh, this is a real NBA point guard that we didn't really see as much in December or January, right?

So

It's not just the shots that are falling, although I think that's a big part of it for his energy and rhythm and bounce, so to speak.

But the reads we've seen in the past few nights from Reed, no pun intended there, that's been some of the better stuff we've seen, I think.

I'm really going to circle, especially I think that San Antonio game on Sunday, especially how the standings are looking right now.

It's kind of hard to project totally ahead, but as it sits, that kind of is shaping up to be a two versus three series, right?

And I think moreover, that's been a real battle between Houston and San Antonio this year.

And the last game they had,

san antonio seemed to figure a lot out against the rockets at toyota center victor webbignana kind of owned out prince shengoon they had a lot of stefan castle small on big action that gave the rockets trouble so i think sunday in san antonio let's try to see the rockets problem solve against a very good team the team that kind of had their number last time

We can only take so much from Washington, right?

It's Washington.

But get excited for that San Antonio, Toronto, Denver stretch, those two Western Conference teams, especially like that's going to be an April May preview, I think.

So that's pretty fun.

Yeah, I mean, I kind of struggle with how much does it totally ultimately matter if Reed Shepard is a starter versus if he comes off the bench.

I think he's a guy that really, especially in that end of first quarter situation, adds a lot of energy and pace to those units that kind of need it.

So that's not the biggest deal to me.

It's those situations where like the New York game, I think it was, I'm pretty sure he sits the last 547 of the contest, right, as the offense is kind of going