Ben DuBose

Obviously, his college ties to Texas.

If it was just about Kevin Durant, you could have added Kevin Durant to last year's team that was already the two seed in the West.

I think you almost certainly would have beaten the Warriors.

So if your whole mindset is just maximize your chances when you have Kevin Durant because he's Kevin Durant and worry about everything else later,

then why weren't you pushing for the Rockets to do whatever it takes to acquire KD this time a year ago?

Because I don't remember that.

I feel like most people were against KD because of his age and said, you know what, if you can get him cheap, that's fine.

We can wait until the summer.

If not, that's fine too.

Well, somehow I think seeing KD in a Rockets jersey, it's sort of been a mindfuck.

Excuse my language on that, but it's just warped people's minds to where now they can't see the forest for the trees.

Like, they're so in love.

And I get it.

Like, Katie's amazing to watch.

But all of a sudden, the perspective has changed to where...

It feels like the consensus is the Rockets have to do something or they're missing this golden window.

They're doing wrong by KD.

And the reality is the timeline was and is about the young core.

They waited until the price came down on Kevin Durant to where he could be an add-on to the young core of Amin, Shingun, Reed Shepard, Jabari Smith, Tari Eason.

He could bolster their development.