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Report: Reed Sheppard to play for Rockets at NBA’s 2025 summer league
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The Houston Rockets reportedly remain very optimistic on the future of young guard Reed Sheppard , even after a rookie season in which he played only sparingly.
The 20-year-old, University of Kentucky product is expected to play more in his sophomore NBA campaign, and that will likely begin with a summer-league stint in Las Vegas next month .
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Regarding Sheppard, drafted at No. 3 overall in the 2024 first round, the Houston Chronicle's Danielle Lerner reports :
Speaking of summer league, Sheppard will participate again to prepare for an increased role with the Rockets in his second NBA season.
Sheppard earned All-Summer League First Team honors last July. Houston's 2024 summer team was coached by Garrett Jackson , one of Ime Udoka's assistants with the Rockets, and Lerner reports that Jackson could be in line to hold that same position in 2025. However, that role has yet to be finalized.
Another one of Udoka's assistants, Ben Sullivan, was the summer-league head coach in 2023 — when Houston went 5-1 and advanced to the championship game .
As for 2025 and the summer-league roster around Sheppard, that remains to be seen. Should the Rockets keep their No. 10 overall pick in the first round of the June 25 draft, that rookie would seemingly be in line to play. Among the existing roster, third-year wing Cam Whitmore and second-year center N'Faly Dante would seem to be possibilities, as well.
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In addition to the No. 10 choice, Houston also owns the No. 59 pick in the second round. Assuming the Rockets keep that selection, that player and any undrafted free agent signings would also be firmly in the mix to be featured on the summer-league squad.
The NBA's 2025 summer league will take place from July 10-20 in Las Vegas, with rosters, schedules, game times, and TV details still to be determined. The league waits until after the June draft to finalize its schedules, since teams with highly touted rookies are usually given the lucrative television windows.
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