Current player information

Ben Sheppard

Height: 6-6
Weight: 190 lb
College: Belmont
Country: USA
Draft: 2023 · Rd 1, Pick 26
Seasons: 2023–2026

Current injury status

Reported Oct 28

OutKnee — LegEst. return Jan 2

Head coach Rick Carlise confirmed Sheppard will miss "months" after undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, Tony East of Forbes.com reports.

Sheppard required a full repair and is without a definitive timetable for a return to action. With Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring) expected to miss at least two weeks, Quenton Jackson figures to see a significant uptick in playing time. Two-way player Braden Smith could also see increased action with the parent club.

Season averages

88GP

9GS

18.3MPG

4.9PPG

2.5RPG

1.1APG

0.6SPG

0.2BPG

0.4TOV

42.4%FG%

34.9%3P%

87.2%FT%

-0.9+/-

Rest and travel splits

88 final games

Situation table7 situations

Situation	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	TS%	+/-
SeasonEvery final box score	88	18.3	4.9	2.5	1.1	56.5%	−0.9
Back-to-backs0 full local rest days	10	18.30.0	3.6−1.3	3.3+0.8	1.10.0	39.2%−17.2	−3.4−2.5
Long travel1,500+ miles since the prior scheduled game	4Small sample (< 5 games)	21.7+3.4	7.8+2.8	1.3−1.3	1.5+0.4	74.2%+17.8	+0.5+1.4
Body-clock shift2+ hours from home time	8	18.4+0.1	6.5+1.6	2.50.0	1.0−0.1	57.9%+1.5	+0.3+1.1
Dense windowEnds a 3-in-4, 4-in-6, or 5-in-7	21	20.0+1.7	5.5+0.6	3.6+1.1	1.4+0.3	53.1%−3.4	−1.0−0.2
Extended rest3+ full rest days	9	15.3−3.0	4.2−0.7	1.4−1.1	1.10.0	54.5%−2.0	+2.4+3.3
High-fatigue spotsFatigue Index 7+ of 10	5	18.0−0.3	6.2+1.3	2.0−0.5	0.8−0.3	50.0%−6.5	−6.4−5.5
Road gamesAway from home; neutral floors excluded	44	17.5−0.8	4.8−0.2	2.2−0.3	1.0−0.1	54.5%−2.0	−2.6−1.7

True shooting drops 17.2 points on the second night of back-to-backs — 10 games.

How it's counted

Each situation shows this player's numbers in those games, with the difference from their full-season line in parentheses. The definition sits under each situation name. Situations overlap: one game can count in several.

True shooting is one shooting number that folds in threes and free throws; its differences are in points of TS%. Every final box score counts — there is no minutes cutoff. Fewer than 5 games reads as a small sample. These splits describe what happened. They do not prove the schedule caused it.

Game log

98 games

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-
Jun 22	@OKC	L91-103	16	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Jun 19	vsOKC	W108-91	21	7	5	0	2	0	0	2	3-7	1-4	0-0	-1
Jun 16	@OKC	L109-120	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Jun 13	vsOKC	L104-111	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	-10
Jun 11	vsOKC	W116-107	18	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	2-5	0-2	0-0	-2
Jun 8	@OKC	L107-123	14	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-8
Jun 5	@OKC	W111-110	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	-12
May 31	vsNYK	W125-108	20	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	+7
May 29	@NYK	L94-111	22	8	3	1	0	0	1	2	2-3	2-2	2-2	-1
May 27	vsNYK	W130-121	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-13
May 25	vsNYK	L100-106	17	3	3	0	2	0	2	5	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
May 23	@NYK	W114-109	13	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	2-3	2-3	0-0	+8
May 21	@NYK	W138-135	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+14
May 13	@CLE	W114-105	12	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
May 11	vsCLE	W129-109	29	14	3	0	0	0	2	5	5-10	2-6	2-2	-7
May 9	vsCLE	L104-126	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+2
May 6	@CLE	W120-119	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
May 4	@CLE	W121-112	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Apr 29	vsMIL	W119-118	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Apr 27	@MIL	W129-103	22	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	0
Apr 25	@MIL	L101-117	15	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	+3
Apr 22	vsMIL	W123-115	DNP — coach's decision
Apr 19	vsMIL	W117-98	DNP — coach's decision
Apr 4	vsUTA	W140-112	20	3	4	2	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+20
Apr 2	vsCHA	W119-105	14	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	0
Mar 31	vsSAC	W111-109	14	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4
Mar 29	@OKC	L111-132	22	10	4	2	0	1	0	1	3-8	2-6	2-2	-6
Mar 27	@WAS	W162-109	12	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	2-4	0-0	+16
Mar 26	vsLAL	L119-120	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-23
Mar 24	vsMIN	W119-103	15	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3
Mar 22	vsBKN	W108-103	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Mar 20	vsBKN	W105-99	22	0	8	2	1	1	0	2	0-6	0-4	0-0	-11
Mar 19	vsDAL	W135-131	26	5	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-6	0-4	1-2	+8
Mar 17	@MIN	W132-130	29	3	6	6	0	0	0	4	1-3	1-2	0-0	-1
Mar 15	@MIL	L119-126	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-19
Mar 14	@PHI	W112-100	16	2	4	1	1	0	0	5	1-4	0-2	0-0	-11
Mar 11	vsMIL	W115-114	15	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	+6
Mar 10	@CHI	L103-121	21	12	2	3	1	0	0	3	4-7	2-4	2-2	-12
Mar 8	@ATLGS	L118-120	19	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	2-5	0-3	1-1	-15
Mar 6	@ATL	L118-124	23	8	2	1	0	0	0	3	3-8	2-5	0-0	-13
Mar 4	vsHOU	W115-102	15	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	-5
Mar 2	vsCHI	W127-112	21	9	4	2	0	0	0	3	3-6	3-6	0-0	-1
Feb 28	@MIA	L120-125	15	5	4	1	0	0	2	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	-14
Feb 26	vsTOR	W111-91	29	4	5	3	0	1	1	0	2-4	0-2	0-0	+7
Feb 24	vsDEN	L116-125	24	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	3-4	1-2	0-0	-1
Feb 23	vsLAC	W129-111	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-2	2-2	+2
Feb 20	vsMEM	W127-113	14	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-6	1-4	0-0	+4
Feb 12	@WAS	W134-130	24	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	2-2	+13
Feb 11	vsNYK	L115-128	14	12	0	0	1	0	0	1	4-5	2-3	2-2	+4
Feb 8	@LAL	L117-124	28	10	3	1	2	1	0	1	3-6	3-5	1-1	+9
Feb 6	@LAC	W119-112	15	12	1	0	2	1	0	3	5-7	2-4	0-0	+3
Feb 4	@POR	L89-112	21	9	4	2	1	1	0	1	4-10	1-6	0-0	+1
Feb 3	@UTA	W112-111	18	5	3	4	1	0	0	2	2-5	0-3	1-1	+6
Feb 1	vsATL	W132-127	20	6	5	4	0	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	1-2	+7
Jan 29	vsDETGS	W133-119	33	12	2	4	1	0	1	3	4-6	4-6	0-0	+13
Jan 25	@SAS	W136-98	18	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0-3	0-2	0-0	+13
Jan 23	vsSAS	L110-140	19	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-6	0-4	0-0	-14
Jan 18	vsPHI	W115-102	21	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	4-7	3-6	1-1	+17
Jan 16	@DET	W111-100	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+5
Jan 14	vsCLEGS	L117-127	32	7	3	2	1	1	1	2	1-6	1-4	4-5	-4
Jan 12	@CLE	W108-93	22	5	2	3	2	0	1	4	2-4	1-2	0-0	+11
Jan 10	vsGSW	W108-96	20	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	2-6	1-3	0-0	-7
Jan 8	vsCHI	W129-113	21	7	7	0	0	0	0	4	3-5	1-2	0-0	-7
Jan 6	@BKN	W113-99	20	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Jan 4	vsPHX	W126-108	19	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	4-4	+6
Jan 2	@MIA	W128-115	20	3	2	1	3	1	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	-4
Dec 31	vsMIL	L112-120	19	5	7	0	1	1	0	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	+1
Dec 29	@BOS	W123-114	21	8	4	1	0	0	0	5	3-8	2-5	0-0	-4
Dec 27	@BOSGS	L105-142	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-7	0-4	0-0	-18
Dec 26	vsOKC	L114-120	22	5	1	2	1	0	2	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	-1
Dec 23	@GSW	W111-105	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-22
Dec 22	@SAC	W122-95	17	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	5-5	4-4	0-0	+6
Dec 19	@PHX	W120-111	16	2	2	0	1	1	0	4	1-4	0-3	0-0	+11
Dec 15	vsNOP	W119-104	DNP — injury/illness
Dec 13	@PHI	W121-107	DNP — injury/illness
Dec 6	@CHI	W132-123	DNP — injury/illness
Dec 4	@BKN	L90-99	DNP — injury/illness
Dec 3	@TOR	L111-122	DNP — injury/illness
Dec 1	@MEM	L121-136	DNP — injury/illness
Nov 20	@HOU	L113-130	DNP — injury/illness
Nov 18	@TOR	L119-130	DNP — injury/illness
Nov 17	vsMIAGS	W119-110	26	3	3	1	0	1	1	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	+6
Nov 15	vsMIAGS	L111-124	29	8	4	4	2	0	0	3	3-7	2-6	0-0	-22
Nov 13	@ORLGS	L90-94	26	5	3	1	1	1	0	2	2-6	1-2	0-0	-11
Nov 10	vsNYKGS	W132-121	23	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	1-4	1-4	0-0	+5
Nov 8	@CHAGS	L83-103	31	2	3	3	1	0	0	5	1-7	0-4	0-0	-9
Nov 6	vsORL	W118-111	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2-3	2-3	0-0	+1
Nov 4	@DAL	W134-127	17	3	1	2	0	0	2	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	-6
Nov 1	@NOP	L118-125	33	20	3	1	0	0	0	1	7-12	6-11	0-0	+7
Oct 30	vsBOS	W135-132	21	7	6	2	1	1	1	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	-3
Oct 28	@ORL	L115-119	23	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	3-6	2-5	0-0	+1
Oct 27	vsPHI	L114-118	15	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	0-0	+14
Oct 25	@NYK	L98-123	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	2-4	0-1	0-0	-13
Oct 23	@DET	W115-109	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Oct 17	vsCHA	W121-116	28	14	1	1	3	0	1	2	5-10	2-6	2-2	+17
Oct 14	vsMEM	L116-120	25	12	2	5	0	0	0	3	4-8	2-5	2-2	+13
Oct 10	@CLE	W129-117	16	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1-5	0-2	1-2	+2
Oct 8	@ATL	L130-131	20	7	3	0	1	1	0	4	2-7	2-5	1-2	-9