Where should Reed Sheppard be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 89 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 58 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 120.5 on average, 32 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

How many games will Reed Sheppard play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 72 games, after 82 last season.

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Reed Sheppard

Houston Rockets · PG/SG · Age 22 · 6′2″

Rankings Devin Vassell Kristaps Porzingis

Rank#89PG #45 · of 233

Value-0.2629-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP120.5ESPN 105.9

$ Max value$7Yahoo avg $1.2

Games7224 min a game

Rostered72.3%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 89 player on the 2026-27 projection, down from No. 58 in 2025-26. His weakest category is rebounds at 2.7 a game. Yahoo drafters take him at 120.5 on average, 32 picks after his rank: a value at that price.

Stats over time

Rising: 4.4 in 2024-25, 13.5 last season.

Last season13.5

2-season average9.0

Trend a season+9.1

2026-27 proj.11.9

Up and down: between 4.4 (2024-25) and 13.5 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 12.6 in 2024-25, 18.5 last season, on 12.6 → 26.2 minutes: the change is mostly his playing time.
The projection (11.9) sits between last season (13.5) and his 2-season average (9.0).

PTS rank among rotation players

24-25–of 26625-26#121of 27226-27*#155of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	89	-0.262	72	24	11.9	2.4	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.5	44.6%	4.3/9.7	80.7%	0.8/1.0	1.4
2025-26	58	0.167	82	26	13.5	2.8	2.9	3.4	1.5	0.7	43.0%	5.0/11.5	80.2%	0.8/1.1	1.5
2024-25	386	-0.812	52	13	4.4	0.9	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	35.1%	1.6/4.6	81.3%	0.3/0.3	0.7

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

11.9#155 of 213-0.46

3PM

2.4#51 of 2130.46

REB

2.7#194 of 213-0.81

AST

2.8#134 of 213-0.41

STL

1.2#43 of 2130.30

BLK

0.5#69 of 213-0.13

FG%

44.6%4.3/9.7#145 of 213-0.30

FT%

80.7%0.8/1.0#81 of 2130.00

TO

1.4#69 of 2130.32

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Houston Rockets

No. 4 at PG for the Houston Rockets, behind Fred VanVleet, Marcus Smart, and Bruce Thornton. 48 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Josh Okogie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and Aaron Holiday; Fred VanVleet is the arrival projected for the most minutes (32).

PG

1Fred VanVleetNew
2Marcus SmartNew
3Bruce ThorntonNew
4Reed Sheppard
5Bogdan BogdanovicNew
6Quadir CopelandNew
7Sean PedullaNew

SG

1Amen Thompson
2Reed Sheppard
3Marcus SmartNew
4Bogdan BogdanovicNew
5Tari Eason
6Bruce ThorntonNew
7Quadir CopelandNew
8Sean PedullaNew

Left since 2025-26

Josh OkogieSigned by UTAH Jul 1017 min → UTAH
Dorian Finney-SmithAcquired by CHA Jul 617 min → ATL
Aaron Holiday14 min
Minutes a night48

Arrived

Marcus SmartSigned Jul 1029 min from LAL
Bogdan Bogdanovic20 min from LAC
Oscar Tshiebwe17 min from UTAH
Sean PedullaSigned Aug 174 min from LAC
Fred VanVleetnew
Bruce ThorntonSigned Jul 7new
Quadir Copelandnew

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Houston Rockets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	HOU	82	26.2	13.5	2.8	2.9	3.4	1.5	0.7	43.5%	5.0/11.5	80.0%	0.8/1.0	1.5
2024-25	HOU	52	12.6	4.4	0.9	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	34.8%	1.6/4.6	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Reed Sheppard in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.