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Chuckinden

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At first glance, North Laurel’s Reed Sheppard looks like any other athletic high school basketball player.

And then the whistle blows.

Suddenly, he’s more athletic than he first appeared. He’s quicker. He jumps higher than it seems he should be able to. He can handle it. He can steal it. He can dunk it. He draws multiple defenders and then makes opponents pay by finding open teammates, often with passes that border on the spectacular.
 
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His dad made one the most spectacular dunks I've ever seen, I wonder if anyone else remembers it? I think it was the '96 season....

Cat's are moving left-to-right on your screen. Sheppard catches a pass in the corner, sees the path to the basket is open. He drives the baseline. A defender slides in to block his way, and from outside the paint, Shep just leaps over the guy to deliver a resounding one handed dunk.
 
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Myotis said:
His dad made one the most spectacular dunks I've ever seen, I wonder if anyone else remembers it? I think it was the '96 season....

Cat's are moving left-to-right on your screen. Sheppard catches a pass in the corner, sees the path the basket is open. He drives the baseline. A defender slides in to block his way, and from outside the paint, Shep just leaps over the guy to deliver a resounding one handed dunk.
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He was a 7' high jumper in high school. He's one of my all time favorites.
 
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Ryan Lemonds Hair

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Hasn't it been documented that Shep doesn't like Calipari or at least his one and done approach? If so I don't see Reed at UK if Cal is here.
 
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Short-Dawg-69

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I have watched him play in person.
The kid is GOOD but sadly I do not think he plays at UK under Cal.

The kid will go somewhere else and play phenomenal and we fans will wonder why he is not playing for us.
 
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buster3.0 said:
Why the hell is Jeff Sheppard living in London, Ky? That surprised me.
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His wife Stacey, a former Miss Basketball and UK alumnus, is from London and they wanted to settle here.

However, Jeff's house was up for sale and maybe still is.
 
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Aike

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How can you tell how quick someone is or how high they can jump just by looking at them?
 
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NoDef

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Creed Bratton said:
How many stars does he have in front of his name? Is he going to contribute to the Calipari legacy on draft night? Has someone asked these hard hitting questions before we can show interest?
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Last I saw he was top 40 in the class. The kid plays big time AAU ball, so it's not like people don't know who he is .
 
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Maybe wait until Cal doesn't offer him or he turns down an offer before criticizing Cal for both.
 
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NavyCat88

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He is tailor made for Cal and Kentucky given their current trends.

Why?
(1) He is good enough to legitimately let on the court with the OADers.
(2) He will probably stay multiple years to graduate and provide quality-player-continuity for 3 or more seasons.

He is the perfect bridge between 21st century "all OAD" and 20th century four-year player development.

GBB!
 
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