After 10 three-pointers, 9 shots again! The Rockets sharpshooter is too stable, Van Jordan is reimbursed, and his strength has not declined but increased?

On September 28, the Rockets' training camp is about to be unveiled. Durant and Shin Kyung have arrived in Houston, and they have now started training. Although there are still a few days before the Rockets' official training camp, the Rockets' players have basically gathered in Houston and are waiting for the training camp to be unveiled. After that, the players will train together for a few days. On October 7, the Rockets will play the first preseason game with the Hawks.

Although Van Vreet, the 31-year-old star point guard, the Rockets can indeed reuse Amen Thompson, the 22-year-old point guard and 21-year-old Shepard. In addition, 23-year-old two-way contract defender Davidson is also a pretty good substitute; veteran Aaron Holiday has been Van Vreet's first substitute for the past two seasons, and next season he is a pretty good choice for the No. 1 position as a backup.

There are many experts questioning Shepard's growth rate. Many people think that letting Shepard be the point guard is not particularly reassuring, because he did get a lot of opportunities at the No. 1 position last season, but his personal performance is too poor, and he was even delegated to the Development League Vipers to play. After he was recalled to the Rockets' first team from the Vipers, Shepard completely lost his rotation position and became the Rockets' marginalist. At that time, veteran Holiday replaced Shepard as the second point guard, and this situation continued until the end of the playoffs. But in the new season, Uduka and Stone, two Rockets giants, have promised to reuse Shepard.

Now the Rockets don't want to reuse Shepard, because Van Vreett is reimbursed for the season and the Rockets don't have the salary space to sign a new point guard. Apart from Amen Thompson, Shepard will be the Rockets' first choice for point guard position. The 21-year-old has been practicing defense and improving his physical fitness this summer. His size seems to have become a little bigger, and his three-point shooting ability seems to have improved a lot. When she played at Kentucky, Shepard averaged 52% of three-point shooting percentage per game in one season. He is a standard double-aware defender. He can not only play without the ball as a pure shooter, but also hold the ball in hand to sort out the offense and promote the team's offense.

In the training in recent days, Shepard once again demonstrated his super-god three-point ability. The day before, Shepard made 10 of 10 three-pointers in training; and in a latest video, we also saw Shepard made 9 of 9 three-pointers, which added up to 19 of 19 three-pointers, with a shooting percentage of up to 100%. Although Shepard's three-point shooting percentage is only about 34% in the summer league, as long as he can no longer be nervous in the regular season and can adapt to the confrontation, his three-point shooting percentage can completely return to normal levels.

Shepard's three-point shooting percentage exceeds 40% next season, because he was originally a super shooter, but he didn't have many opportunities in the Rockets last season. In addition, he lacked confrontation and was too nervous in the game, which led to Shepard's three-point shooting movements being distorted.

Now Van Vreet is reimbursed, the Rockets have super shooter Shepard who can pass and control and have a high ball quotient, plus first-class point guard Amen Thompson with first-class defensive and advanced ability, as well as veteran scorer Holiday and fourth point guard Davidson. In fact, the Rockets' reserves at No. 1 are not weak.

Van Variett gradually declines in form. As long as the Rockets can reuse Amen Thompson, Shepard, Holiday and Davidson next season, this team, coupled with the arrival of Durant, the joining of Capela and Finney Smith, and Shin Kyung's progress in the offseason, the Rockets' strength will indeed feel like it will not decline but rise. It will not decline due to Van Variett's season reimbursement. On the contrary, the Rockets' offensive and three-point shooting ability has indeed improved much compared to last season.