Paulo Alves

Yeah, I think it bodes well, but it's not like I was worried about the Rockets being cheap the last few years.

So it's not like I was one of those guys where, oh, I need them to prove to me that they're not cheap by doing X, Y, and Z. No, when you look at the details, I had always thought that they weren't being cheap ever since Rafael Stone took over.

I won't talk about before that because, you know, obviously Brandon Knights and, well...

we all know what happened so yeah I don't think I don't think that that's a and I've seen it sometimes in reference to potentially you know firing Imei Yudoka and why they won't do that I don't think it has to do with the money I think it and I don't think the six year deal that he got in the offseason has to do with it as much as they believe he is the right guy to be leading the team and I think that

Once they don't, or if they ever don't, I think they'll fire him.

I don't think they'll keep him because of his contract.

Because that's just not what they've shown to be over the last five years now.

So yeah, I think that's mostly sour grapes from previous times.

It hasn't been the case for half a decade now.

Yeah, I think that's a fair assessment.

And obviously, we'll talk about Imei more leading into the playoffs, his strengths and weaknesses.

When we learn the opponent, we'll talk about how the matchup might go, what Imei is going to do, what he might be resistant to.

And then, of course, when the season eventually ends, we'll review what we learned this season, the good and the bad.

To this point, there's certainly been more bad than we would like.

And

It's not that I don't want to talk about EMA now, but we've already spent an hour going through some of the recent changes to the team, and I think future shows will be much more EMA-focused when we talk about matchups in the playoffs, adjustments, and then ultimately reviewing the season, what they accomplished and ultimately did not accomplish.

So not ignoring the EMA thing.

You'll hear more from us on that in April.

Anyway, that'll do it for today.

Well, no, let me put a bow on the Pertitta discussion, because I think beyond the points that you laid out, I think one small thing to keep in mind, whatever you think of the politics, I think Tillman Pertitta getting that job in Italy, where he's now the U.S.