Kelly Iko

No.

Okay.

I mean, I have them in my head.

This is music.

Yeah, I'm skeptical.

Yeah, and I think the reason for that is not – it's just the way they operate as a unit offensively.

They're 25th, I think, in offense over the last two weeks.

And I'm seeing kind of similar things to last season where, you know, if you struggle in the half court and you struggle from the three, once teams understand that, have that data on you and that film –

we'll see what the Warriors did last year, which was they're just going to go zone and they're going to say you have to shoot 45 threes to beat us.

And if you can't, it's going to be a very long series.

So, yes, I think in the playoff series, you could see Kevin Durant raise the ceiling of this team.

But you could also see the weaknesses of this team be magnified in terms of shot creation, control, pace.

Those slow playing teams in the playoffs, everything slows down.

So it's not as if you can just rely on we're a patient team that's going to probe the defense and get the best shot.

You have to have a plan B, a plan C, a plan D. So do I see the Rockets as real contenders right now?

No, but I think they're a very strong tier two.

And in the playoffs, anything can happen.

That momentum swing, if you steal a game on the road, you come out, anything can happen.

But as currently constructed right now, I think they're a good second round out.

I think they're hanging on to any thread, even if it's like a 2% chance.