Kelly Iko
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Buyout also.
Yeah.
So I actually talked to Kevin about this a couple of days ago, but if you go back and look at Kevin's history, the last couple of years, he's always been a proficient pick and roll player.
And I talked to him about putting the ball more in his hands and allowing him to be in an initiative.
He talked about how everyone understands why he's on this team to make shots, but sometimes he,
as opposed to being a play finisher, you can be a play initiator.
Put him in the ball, let him run pick and roll with Alperin, let him run maybe inverted pick and roll with a smaller guard.
They've done that with Reid.
So they're bottom 10 in terms of pick and roll frequency, which is...
You know, in terms of high-octane, you know, up-to-modern offenses, which is one of the Rockets' calling, the things against them that's been over the last couple of years is that they've had an outdated offense, right?
If you want to speed things up, get them a little bit more modern, you need a high picker row.
And put the ball in Kevin's hands.
I think what would happen is that this is a Rockets team that's in the 25th in time to shot.
They take a lot of time off the shot clock.
They're very patient with it.
But if you put the ball in his hands, maybe you can speed things up.
Maybe you can get Reed or Dorian or Jabari more looks early to open things up.
And then you can go to your two-man game with Alperin and have that high-low balance.
So I think...
If you want to pivot and you want to find another branch of your identity, I think it's a smart idea to lean on one of the greatest scorers of all time and say, hey, let's put the ball in your hands and allow you to create and see what happens after that.