Danette (Paul Pabst)

You know, again, they got one game to win.

Yeah.

You know, and it's there.

Obviously, they're without Luca, their best player.

But, you know, on Houston's side, they're confident right now.

I don't think the Kevin Durant thing is an issue as long as he doesn't play.

And I know it sounds crazy, but they're winning without him.

um it seemed like when he plays they're so reliant on his offensive greatness that guys just sit around and they don't play like themselves especially thompson um who's a non-shooting guard so to play with a guy who's heavy iso it's really hard for him to help space the floor he's just kind of stuck out there in the mud um some of these other dudes feel like they're more unlocked and more free i think playing without kevin remember this team was one of the most promising up-and-coming young teams in the nba

They go get Kevin, and then they've kind of been in this murky water, similar to what Phoenix was in, similar to what Brooklyn was in.

You know what I mean?

So it's tough.

Kevin's so good.

Sometimes you just rely on him to beat teams with his ISO, but that's not going to win in the playoffs consistently, especially at his age now.

We're not talking about prime Kevin Durant.

So I think without Kevin, they're a better team for now.

Just because of where that seemed to be when he played, it didn't seem like it was...

I don't know.

I'm not going to sit here and say they have problems in the locker room and stuff.

I'm not over there.

I don't like to speculate.