As the Houston Rockets prepare to enter training camp, a number of questions have sprung up from the devastating Fred VanVleet injury.
Yet, perhaps the most pressing of these is whether young guard Reed Sheppard, who played a limited rotational role last season, will be able to take on the new responsibilities that will be laid upon his shoulders this season, and training camp should begin to reveal just how afraid Rockets fans should be.
Sheppard, 21, was not drafted with the immediate intention of becoming an every-game player for Houston given their excess of young talent on the roster.