Paulo Alves

I'm sorry.

I couldn't let that one go.

It's just such a funny way to put it.

I'm not sure if I should read it like I'm Shams Sharania reporting a contract extension.

I don't know if I'm supposed to read it like kind of Yoda-like where you're talking about yourself in the third person.

Sorry.

I'll get to the analysis.

So, regarding the rest of the season, I do think that you've made some good points, but some stuff that I do disagree with.

I do think, while in past seasons you could have made the argument that they would have had problems with energy levels reaching the all-star break,

If that's the case, I think that's only kind of shown itself with a three-point shooting.

It might be that they're shooting worse because they don't have the legs under them, as we like to say.

Defensively, both the effort has picked up and the effort wasn't good to start the season.

So with all the energy, it didn't seem like the effort was that good.

So I don't expect that to be a significant upgrade.

But there's a few things that we can look out for that might be real upgrades.

The first of all is I do think that the legs on shooting threes will affect especially Reap for two factors.

First, it's his first real NBA season with playing minutes basically every game.

And he is someone who gets a lot of lift on his jump shot.

He jumps really high to shoot.

And so that increases variability and that makes his three-point shots more reliant on