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Houston has hit a pretty bad skid beginning just before the trade deadline. They'd lost 6 in a row before beating the Raptors last night. Thought that they might be trying to inflate Sheppard's numbers as a way of making him more desirable to a trade partner, but they've also given him spot minutes post-deadline. Will be interesting to see how they approach the summer-- they're currently in 4th in the West, but they also aren't very far from 12th either.

They will not be able to trade him, unless they eat a lot of the contract.