Diante Lee

And then I'll go back to the bottom to make sure that I'm following, you know, the entire stretch of the day.

So probably not the most efficient, but I think that there's also a part of me who kind of just likes the wild nature.

I think that this is something we could probably talk about in conjunction with their other moves for the last week or so.

But my first like was Jalen Watson going to the Rams, right?

I like that for a lot of reasons.

A, I think that ultimately they needed to continue to upgrade their DB room, right?

I think so much about...

the second half of the year where the effect of their pass rush and their front four really seemed to be muted by the weaknesses that they had at corner.

I would say even for a guy like Cam Curl, who started out the year like gangbusters, right?

He's forcing a bunch of turnovers.

He's all over the field.

Eventually, offenses were just able to kind of avoid him by attacking more on the perimeter.

Guys like Emmanuel Forbes, who was really struggling in the second half of the year.

I think even Kobe Durant, who I think kind of had some rough patches out at corner as well.

I think that...

I think that for them bringing in Jalen Watson and then really the conjunction of Jalen Watson plus Trent McDuffie with the trade last week for Los Angeles, I think it teased them up perfectly, I think, to go out and be able to chase a championship in 2026.

I do like the combo of both of them.

And then I'm thinking too, right?

Like, I think you only are willing to spend this amount of draft capital plus real cash if there's a clear understanding that 2026 is the end of the road for this iteration of this team.

That's what I'm thinking.