Michael Pina
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I think just the depth of this team.
I know Dorian Finney-Smith is hurt right now.
But I forgot he was on the roster until I was...
Checking out Media Day.
Aaron Holiday is like a stopgap, can be a stopgap point guard who gives you a solid 10, 15 minutes a game.
I'm really high on Reed Shepard.
I like him a lot.
And I think this is a fantastic opportunity for him throughout the course of this season.
I think we could see him contributing in ways that are different in March and April than they are in October and November.
Yeah.
So I love this team still.
I sound like I'm not really an appreciator of Fred Van Vliet.
I am.
I just think that how the team is built can still withstand that injury to a certain extent.
And by the time we get to the playoffs, they will have figured out some stuff about themselves that I think is crucial to surviving multiple playoff rounds in the Western Conference.
It's fair.
I will say real quick, I like the fact that the Houston Rockets are built to preserve Kevin Durant, like preserve his body.
Like he's not going to be playing in the interior defensively at all.
He was probably Phoenix's best defender last season, which really says a lot about their situation and why they were so poor.
But yeah, I just think it's a really great