J. Kyle Mann

And I don't know what the argument would be at this point to say Houston is going to beat the Thunder, to say that Houston is going to beat even the Wolves.

I think there are just so many other high-quality teams in the West that

Like the Rockets pretending status quo is acceptable to me is a misunderstanding where they are and probably ignoring the fact that Kevin Durant is 37 years old and having this season like you can't bet on that miracle to continue year over year after year.

You have to be contending right now.

And how are you contending if you're not pushing as hard as you can at these kind of marginal opportunities that could really help you?

That's what I'm experiencing.

You want threads, bro?

I'm talking more about... I just deleted threads, actually.

Bye-bye.

I was going to call out relatives in my life, but I'm going to let them skate.

They don't need to be put on a blast.

They certainly do.

I 125 might not be enough, but

And like, look, the Lakers roster, part of the problem, it's not that they don't have good players in this way or that, it's that they don't have enough balance in terms of how those players interact.

And they certainly have a lot of like defense only guys and offense only guys.

And Luke Kennard certainly fits that latter category.

The idea that the Lakers of all teams who just are starving for point of attack defense would now bring in like Luke Kennard to add to and compound all of their problems.

It's just who they are right now, and I wasn't expecting them to, like, pull a rabbit out of the hat and suddenly fix all of the fundamental flaws in their roster.

Like, getting Luke Kennard is not a bad idea.

Like, getting more shooters, again, to keep everything honest, to lean into your strengths as a team, I'm for it.