Ben DuBose

So I just feel like if they determine that Reid is ready to start this year, and we've seen the last couple of games, like Jabari is very valuable as just connective tissue on both ends of the floor.

They have certainly missed him these two games.

Part of the reason this game was so ragged tonight was not having Jabari out there as a stabilizer.

I think he also helps Shingun defensively by providing another physical presence on the front line that can rebound.

So to me, it's pretty clear.

If Reid starts, it's for Chari Eason.

Is that sort of your sense as well?

I've got a question for you because I've watched basketball 30 years.

That's the first time I've seen the retroactive technical.

So in advance of this Warriors game on Thursday, if Draymond Green gets a technical, does this quote unquote rule mean that we can then use video evidence to find what should have been a Draymond technical earlier in the game and then eject him?

Because I bet you the Rockets can find one or two examples of that.

Yeah.

Well, speaking of Reed Shepard, if he eventually goes into the starting lineup and I don't think the Rockets are there yet, but we're talking about the possibility.

I'm wondering how that plays into the buyout versus J.D.

Davison debate.

Or, you know, as Paolo Alves made the case in our last postgame show, maybe Isaiah Crawford figures into that equation as well, because we're now in March.

The buyout deadline, well, it's not the deadline to sign buyouts, but the deadline is March 1st for guys to be released from other teams and be eligible for the playoffs if and when they sign with a new team.

So we know who is and isn't out there.

And some of those bigger name possibilities that we've speculated about in recent shows, like Kevon Looney with the Pelicans, like DeMar DeRozan with the Kings,

They're not available.