Paulo Alves

And the guys that you thank for are, like, most of the main guys are, you know, in Shingun and Jalen are gone.

And I guess you could have a man playing a big role.

But, like, at that point...

Is this really the same team?

Or did you accumulate assets and trade for stars the way the Brooklyn Nets did?

And I mean, it didn't work for them.

But I guess as a fan, it wouldn't feel that great.

I mean, I guess winning a championship is always great, right?

But to win a championship because you kind of bought it, it just doesn't feel as good.

Like, it doesn't feel as rewarding, I guess.

Well, as a fan, and maybe putting the big analysis cap on as well,

That, you know, I'm still torn whether... If we were to rank ways of moving forward, my number one might still be, at this moment, running back the Fred Van Vliet and Stephen Adams and see how good they can be.

Because I do think that a lot of the issues with Shingun come from...

Yep.

No, when I talk about Fred, it's mostly about the defense, not the offense.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

I think a lot of the problem has to be point of attack.

Defense and the fact that last year we were so good at denying penetration and then recovering after guys when we did need to show help.

And this year we're not able to.