Paulo Alves

And then you have one of your defensive specialist wings, Tarvisan, playing a lot worse as well.

A man has taken a bit of a leap ball handling wise.

Shooting still seems awful.

He's a better free-throw shooter now, which is a nice upgrade.

The men's made some progress.

Defensively, he's not as good.

Perhaps the scheme also doesn't help with that.

And then, I mean, I think Sephardi is actually better than what he was last season.

This season, but not necessarily anything transcendent.

Reed, as the economic just stepped up offensively, I think.

Defensively, he's gotten stronger, but not never going to be his strong suit.

And then you don't have two starters, and you don't have...

And Darion Kennedy-Smith was just a complete miss.

So going into the offseason, I mean, it's a tough conversation to have.

Not sure necessarily trading for Giannis' right move.

I mean, I guess Giannis and KD, if KD's healthy, makes you a contender.

But I've said this before and I'll say it again.

Feels a bit cheap to tank for four seasons and then...

Even if you do win a championship, win it off of two guys who've been here for one or two years who are absolutely not going to go down as Houston Rockets at the end of their careers.

And they're carrying all of the weight.