Ben DuBose

I get it.

KD is amazing to watch, and I would love nothing more than the Rockets to win a championship this year.

But I do think they have to be responsible.

There are very fine lines here, and I guess what I would say in closing this rant, I'm not asking fans to wait indefinitely.

All I'm saying is unless it's a clear needle moving deal this year, which I don't think Kobe White is, think long and hard before you sacrifice a year that's already or sacrifice a lot from a year that's already better on paper, especially when we're talking just a few months later.

That's all we're talking about.

So, Paolo, I'm curious.

You spend more time on Twitter than I do these days.

Have you seen the same trend?

And what do you make of it, this sort of pivot that now it feels like for the fan base so much of it is about Kevin Durant as opposed to being about the young core?

I agree.

You could get lower and you could talk me into your suggestion of DFS and a couple of first round picks.

I mean, if you're sacrificing just one asset, i.e.

DFS, but you're keeping the first, I'm more open to that.

My mindset had been, I'm not willing to sell so low on DFS.

on any of the injured guys that you're having to expend future first-round draft capital to move them at this time.

But if it's that low, maybe.

But some of the proposals, I mean, people are throwing around first-round picks like they're candy, Paolo.

I know you've seen it too.

Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head in terms of what moves would make sense to make.