Adam Matas

Season-ending.

Now, if you don't watch the Houston Rockets too much, they have some good players, Kevin Durant, Changoon.

Don't do this.

Don't do this.

Don't do it.

Don't do this.

We never root for anybody's injury, especially somebody as beloved as Steven Adams.

Oh, I see what you're doing there.

It's a Bo Nix thing.

Steven Adams, though, if you don't watch, their best three players are Amin Thompson, Kevin Durant, Alperin Shangoon.

Not in that order, but those are their three best guys.

They have some length.

But their identity, their real identity, is that they are so physical and a monster on the offensive boards, in large part because they're the only team in the NBA that commits fully to the double center lineup of Alperin Shangoon and Steven Adams.

That's their identity.

They have holes in their roster.

They lost Fred Van Fleet.

They don't have a true point guard.

Losing Steven Adams to me is losing your identity.

And this team, even though they still have some talented players, as presently constructed, in my opinion, not a contender.

Could they upset a team in the playoffs?