Michael Shapiro

full clogged toilet mode and he's not in the game.

Like that's the important thing.

That's a thing where Eme Udoka will be scrutinized.

And I know, as we've said, ad nauseum, there are going to be headaches.

There are going to be frustrations, but we have to pick and choose moments late in the season in March and April, you know, to give him real meaningful moments.

meaningful clutch moments, I guess is the best way to put it, to put him in situations where he could survive and thrive in April and May.

If you don't give him those reps now, he's not going to do it.

So I kind of thought that Knicks game was a big miss for Mimei Udoka.

Let's see in the next kind of few weeks if he will give Reid more run ultimately.

Yeah, just my guess is, actually, we know that Dorian Finney-Smith will be off for one of those two the Thursday-Friday as he sits through back-to-backs.

Wouldn't be surprised if Jabari Smith, after playing on the game on the 5th, sat on the 6th, and we'll kind of see with him and Thompson.

So it is kind of a patchwork together crew in these next couple nights.

Yes, I would definitely agree with that.

And something you brought up earlier, which I thought is a good point, is one of the main reasons why I think it will be perhaps more functional if you were to pair a man and read for these last 20 ish games is that interplay between the two where we see more and more of a man as a screener or read Shepard instead of the premium on ball rep guy.

it just kind of opens the playbook a lot more.

So I think it's actually more of a sensible and an easier fit than some friction some people might think.

So all due respect to Tar-Eason, know his voice that he does want to start, but I still think he is more ultimately a six man for at least this Rockets team.

Yeah, I'll be brief and I guess a little boring.

I would be pretty surprised if the Rockets ended up adding a guy through the buyout market.

I kind of think their internal guys with Davis and Isaiah Crawford will be their end of bench guys by the end of the year.