Paulo Alves

So that's just something to keep in mind.

I don't know how realistic it is to expect him to potentially be a playoff option if he barely plays the next two months.

So...

you might have to realistically give Davidson a standard contract if you want that to be viable.

But at least it's theoretically an option that even if you keep him on the two-way and you use the open roster spot for a center, you could conceivably still have Davidson as an option in the playoffs.

Because I do think he looked good today.

Let's just say that.

Defensively, he's just...

He's so trustworthy, even though he hasn't played.

And offensively, he just doesn't make the mistakes that Reid does.

And, you know, the Rockets internally sort of view Reid as a two-guard.

Like, that was part of the reason that they weren't that keen on Kobe White.

They see the two of them very similar in playing styles.

And so there's going to be some matchups, as we saw today, where you can play Shady and Reid together.

And so that's something to consider moving forward.

And speaking of Jalen, you know, I mentioned the Rockets wouldn't have done the KD trade if Fred had to be included.

The way it turned out, not only did they sort of do the KD trade while losing Fred because of the injury, but they lost Jalen and Dylan as well.

Like losing Fred would have been a non-starter by himself, but then you lost Fred and two other starters.

So that's why if it seems like there's not alignment, yeah, it's a really tough spot that the Rockets were in.

One last thing in the chat that I want to address before we hop out.