Ben DuBose

around the league, including in Houston.

And to me, he's a cautionary tale.

You know, the Pacers sold pretty high on him and brought in Tyrese Halliburton.

The Kings had opportunities to move him, didn't.

And now, even though his points, rebounds, all the top line stats are still about the same,

Leading into this deadline, it was widely reported that he did not have a lot of value.

And so if you just stay the course and say, well, you know, we're going to kick the can down the road, hope it works out.

And then if it doesn't, we can always make a move later.

Well, there's risk in that.

You're young guys, if the fit isn't right and the team isn't winning at a high level, maybe people around the league, you know, have a lesser view of their value and say, hey, these guys aren't really contributing to winning.

Like, there's risk no matter what you do.

And so I do wonder, again, this is all

This is not based solely on the Spurs game.

This is based on the hypothetical that this ends up being, you know, their downfall in the playoffs as well.

And it looks like there's a pretty decent gap between the Rockets and the true top tier of contenders.

Then, I don't know.

Do you consider moving a Shingun or Atari, someone like that, for players that are perhaps a better fit contractually, that have more upside, that are better fit stylistically with what Imei Udoka wants to do?

I'm not saying for sure that's the case.

I mean, the perfect scenario for fans would be to make that big superstar trade and have a contender this fall.

But I don't know.