Howard Beck

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10,267 appearances 35 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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The Ringer NBA Show · Most Intriguing Headlines Going Into the 2026-27 Season | Ringer NBA · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

And I think that if you take the ball, because Houston's offense was just hideous last year in so many ways.

And a lot of it was because KD, I have another stat for you, Howard.

KD ranked first in gravity on NBA.com.

They kind of

measure this and I'll just read like what that means it quantifies how much a player's a player pulls defenders towards them above expected essentially measuring how much attention they draw compared to what the spacing on the floor predicts and this includes when you have the ball as opposed to just off the ball and so when KD had the ball he's getting swarmed he's getting doubled he's getting blitzed

And I don't think that that will happen with Fred.

And I think that Amen and Shangoon and Reed, I think all these guys, Reed Shepard, I think all these guys went through that season.

And I think they will all be better for it as also play creators and scorers and

and offensive engines unto themselves in their own way.

So I think if you're able to use KD off ball more, run him off screens a little bit more, and keep his legs fresh, I just think this team could be, like, pretty damn good.

And I feel like if KD is that tip of the spear piece, it changes the conversation about the Houston Rockets.

Can I. So yesterday, I think I forget if I said this over drinks or not, but I had a fake trade that I wanted to spring on you on the pod that would.

Yeah.

Not

So let me throw that at you right now.

wait.

This is a pretty spicy one, and I'll just get backdrop.

This is in a situation where things are going terribly for both teams involved, and it's possible that things go terribly for both teams involved.

So the Denver Nuggets get...

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