Ben DuBose

It's saying that is a better chance.

And so you draw the line between aggressive and reckless.

You can still look aggressively to upgrade this year's team if opportunities present themselves, but you shouldn't be reckless, which is to decrease your odds in a year when they should be pretty good to slightly increase your odds in a year that they're not good to begin with.

And that's

that's the needle that I believe for fell stone is trying to thread.

And in the case of, you know, Kobe white, cause that gets thrown out a lot.

If you give up joy, Anthony Smith or Steven Adams at a future first round pick, I've seen this hypothetical thrown out so many places.

You're giving up a future first from your stockpile that could be part of an asset for a bigger move down the line.

And you're giving up a quality rotation player, one that I think the Rockets... I honestly think that if you ask for Felstone, now there's some risk with health, sure.

But if they're healthy and they've got a medical staff that they can lean on, I think they truly believe that Steven Adams and Dorian Finney-Smith will be more impactful players when it comes to winning than Kobe White will next season.

So you'd be giving up potentially the better player and a first-run pick and the friendlier contract if you do retain Kobe White.

I have a feeling it'd be much more than the

12 million or so in annual value on short-term deals that DFS and Steven are on.

So for a team that's going to get way more expensive, you're going to have a max or very close to max deal for a men Thompson.

You'd be getting a more expensive contract, potentially a lesser player, and losing a first-run pick, all for whatever bump Kobe White would give this year's team.

And personally, I don't see Kobe White as a long-term fit.

Now, I don't want to focus too much on him because I think the same logic can be used for a lot of guys.

But in the case of Kobe White, look, you'd have three small guards.

It's tough to play, in my opinion, all three of Fred Enfleet, Kobe White, and Reed Shepard.

And I think the Rockets believe that