2025-26

Reed Sheppard

HOU · G · #15

Unofficial: 4,874 comments, 126 short of the official minimum of 5,000. Among all 223 tracked players he would rank 27th most argued about.

PPG: 13.5
RPG: 2.9
APG: 3.4
GP: 82

Height: 6′2″
Weight: 185 lb
Age: 22
Born: Jun 24, 2004
Experience: 1 yr
From: Kentucky

Verdict

40.4%32.4%27.3%

40.4%Negative1,967 comments

32.4%Neutral1,578 comments

27.3%Positive1,329 comments

−13Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=4,874 comments about Reed SheppardUnofficial

Receipts

What the room said about Reed Sheppard, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
Houston fans were shitting on Udoka for not playing Reed fucking Shepphard enough like he's Steph Curry Bro is fucking ass holy shit he's been one of the worst players ive ever seen in this series i don't care that he hit that three at the end there, bullied by Smart, awful clutch turnover, can't do the only thing he's known for which is shoot
Post-game thread · LAL 112 @ HOU 108 · R1 G3 · Apr 24▲ 536Apr 25, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
You’re laughing? Reed Sheppard is going to get bullied in the middle school he attends on Monday and you’re laughing?
Post-game thread · LAL 98 @ HOU 78 · R1 G6 · May 1▲ 175May 2, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.HOU flair
I am so fucking done with Sheppard. Udoka can't even play him
Post-game thread · DET 115 @ HOU 111 · Oct 24▲ 162Oct 25, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Reed Sheppard that cleared the classifier's confidence bar and a second pass confirming it is about him. No usernames: the site judges players, not commenters.

Fans

Of what r/NBA says about Reed Sheppard, his own Rockets fans are 30% negative, rival fans 41%, unflaired commenters 43%. Among the 4 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Lakers fans are hardest on him at 42% negative and Rockets fans kindest at 38% positive.

29.6%Own fansHOU flair · 685 comments

41.5%Rival fansevery other flair · 2,516 comments

43.1%Unflairedno flair · 1,673 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Reed Sheppard are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Reed Sheppard was talked about most in the game threads: 2,276 of his 4,874 comments, −20 net sentiment against −13 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads; his warmest highlights, −2 on 9% of his comments. The game threads ran 13 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads47% of his commentsHarshest46.927.22,276

Post-game threads11% of his comments36.132.5538

Front page25% of his comments32.425.41,202

Highlights9% of his commentsWarmest35.133.5442

News7% of his comments36.820.4353

Method

A room is the kind of post a comment sat under: a game thread, the front page, a highlight. A room is drawn when it holds at least 200 comments about Reed Sheppard; left out here: Discussion posts (28), Lowlights (28), Daily chat thread (6), Injury posts (1). The bar is the room's share of his comments, its split the room's sentiment. Harshest and warmest are by net sentiment, positive minus negative, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Timeline

Over 4-week windows, the negative share of comments about Reed Sheppard ran between 17% and 63%. His worst week was the week of Oct 20, 65% negative of 903 comments; his best the week of Nov 24, 54% positive. 5 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 7 comments, under the floor
- W vs ATL 122–113
- W vs UTA 140–127
Oct 13 · 23% negative · 35% positive · 40 comments
- W @ NOP 130–128
- W @ ATL 133–115
Oct 20 · 65% negative · 13% positive · 903 comments
- L @ OKC 124–125
- L vs DET 111–115
Oct 27 · 29 comments, under the floor
- W vs BKN 137–109
- W @ TOR 139–121
- W @ BOS 128–101
Nov 3 · 32% negative · 32% positive · 178 comments
- W vs DAL 110–102
- W @ MEM 124–109
- L @ SAS 110–121
- W @ MIL 122–115
Nov 10 · 13% negative · 53% positive · 142 comments
- W vs WAS 135–112
- W vs POR 140–116
- W vs ORL 117–113
Nov 17 · 20% negative · 49% positive · 265 comments
- W @ CLE 114–104
- L vs DEN 109–112
Nov 24 · 13% negative · 54% positive · 192 comments
- W @ PHX 114–92
- W @ GSW 104–100
- W @ UTA 129–101
Dec 1 · 24% negative · 27% positive · 33 comments
- L @ UTA 125–133
- W vs SAC 121–95
- W vs PHX 117–98
- L @ DAL 109–122
Dec 8 · 44% negative · 26% positive · 34 comments
- W vs LAC 115–113
Dec 15 · 21% negative · 47% positive · 168 comments
- L @ DEN 125–128
- L @ NOP 128–133
- W @ DEN 115–101
- L @ SAC 124–125
Dec 22 · 29% negative · 35% positive · 85 comments
- L @ LAC 108–128
- W @ LAL 119–96
- W vs CLE 117–100
Dec 29 · 24 comments, under the floor
- W vs IND 126–119
- W @ BKN 120–96
- L @ DAL 104–110
Jan 5 · 42% negative · 29% positive · 38 comments
- W vs PHX 100–97
- L @ POR 102–103
- L @ POR 105–111
- L @ SAC 98–111
Jan 12 · 40% negative · 16% positive · 58 comments
- W vs CHI 119–113
- L vs OKC 91–111
- W vs MIN 110–105
- W vs NOP 119–110
Jan 19 · 25% negative · 39% positive · 145 comments
- W vs SAS 111–106
- L @ PHI 122–128
- W @ DET 111–104
Jan 26 · 33% negative · 17% positive · 52 comments
- W vs MEM 108–99
- L vs SAS 99–111
- W @ ATL 104–86
- W vs DAL 111–107
Feb 2 · 43% negative · 22% positive · 74 comments
- W @ IND 118–114
- L vs BOS 93–114
- L vs CHA 99–109
- W @ OKC 112–106
Feb 9 · 43% negative · 25% positive · 79 comments
- W vs LAC 102–95
- L vs LAC 102–105
Feb 16 · 33% negative · 22% positive · 36 comments
- W @ CHA 105–101
- L @ NYK 106–108
Feb 23 · 19% negative · 34% positive · 91 comments
- W vs UTA 125–105
- W vs SAC 128–97
- W @ ORL 113–108
- L @ MIA 105–115
Mar 2 · 31% negative · 31% positive · 55 comments
- W @ WAS 123–118
- L vs GSW 113–115
- W vs POR 106–99
- L @ SAS 120–145
Mar 9 · 45% negative · 8% positive · 60 comments
- W vs TOR 113–99
- L @ DEN 93–129
- W vs NOP 107–105
Mar 16 · 27% negative · 33% positive · 86 comments
- L vs LAL 92–100
- L vs LAL 116–124
- W vs ATL 117–95
- W vs MIA 123–122
Mar 23 · 48% negative · 19% positive · 54 comments
- L @ CHI 124–132
- L @ MIN 108–110
- W @ MEM 119–109
- W @ NOP 134–102
Mar 30 · 21% negative · 28% positive · 39 comments
- W vs NYK 111–94
- W vs MIL 119–113
- W vs UTA 140–106
- W @ GSW 117–116
Apr 6 · 28% negative · 19% positive · 36 comments
- W @ PHX 119–105
- W vs PHI 113–102
- L vs MIN 132–136
- W vs MEM 132–101
Apr 13 · 37% negative · 30% positive · 93 comments
- L @ LAL 98–107
Apr 20 · 65% negative · 12% positive · 548 comments
- L @ LAL 94–101
- L vs LAL 108–112
- W vs LAL 115–96
Apr 27 · 46% negative · 28% positive · 507 comments
- W @ LAL 99–93
- L vs LAL 78–98

Method

Lines are 4-week rolling rates from summed counts (Σ negative ÷ Σ comments), drawn only where the window holds at least 30 comments. Dots are single weeks, sized by n. Bands follow the season calendar.

Games

The room talked about Reed Sheppard in 19 of his 92 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −42 in losses (60% negative, 18% positive) against +29 in wins (23% negative, 52% positive), on a season net sentiment of −13.

+29In wins23% neg · 52% pos · 485 comments

−42In losses60% neg · 18% pos · 1,544 comments

−13His season40% neg · 27% pos · 4,874 comments

Games the room talked about Reed Sheppard in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
May 1R1 G6	R1 G6	vs LALL 78–98	L 78–98	36	10	0	1	4-19	1-10	1	-24	10/0/1	7,226	49 points harsher than his season, from 165 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	@ LALW 99–93	W 99–93	35	12	0	6	5-12	2-7	1	+2	12/0/6	6,820	40 points warmer than his season, from 136 comments.
Apr 26R1 G4	R1 G4	vs LALW 115–96	W 115–96	29	17	1	3	6-12	4-7	1	+22	17/1/3	4,414	2 points warmer than his season, from 55 comments.
Apr 24R1 G3	R1 G3	vs LALL 108–112	L 108–112	46	17	4	7	6-21	4-13	5	-2	17/4/7	12,328	44 points harsher than his season, from 257 comments.
Apr 21R1 G2	R1 G2	@ LALL 94–101	L 94–101	11	0	0	3	0-4	0-3	0	+1	0/0/3	8,572	40 points harsher than his season, from 36 comments.
Apr 18R1 G1	R1 G1	@ LALL 98–107	L 98–107	36	17	1	8	6-20	5-14	4	-7	17/1/8	5,925	5 points warmer than his season, from 50 comments.
Mar 16		vs LALL 92–100	L 92–100	31	11	0	3	5-11	1-6	2	-13	11/0/3	1,991	14 points harsher than his season, from 22 comments.
Feb 26		@ ORLW 113–108	W 113–108	31	20	3	4	7-11	5-7	1	+10	20/3/4	254	42 points warmer than his season, from 24 comments.
Jan 28		vs SASL 99–111	L 99–111	26	9	5	0	4-12	1-4	1	-16	9/5/0	1,170	7 points harsher than his season, from 20 comments.
Jan 20		vs SASW 111–106	W 111–106	29	21	2	4	8-17	4-10	0	+15	21/2/4	1,796	37 points warmer than his season, from 76 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 19 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Reed Sheppard's Game Score.

r = 0.90 · 19 games · win loss