Raja Bell

When KD went there, Fred Van Vliet was in place.

That's what you need.

And in its absence, I don't think it's –

I don't think it's fair to see them in the same championship light as you would have seen them with him.

And honestly, early in the season, I did.

Because I thought if they got their paws on you,

When they were playing at the height of their powers as a defensive grind-you-out physical unit, they could threaten some people, but they're not at the height of their powers now in that sense.

They're not playing like they were playing early in the season.

And so for that reason, yeah, I don't see much of a playoff run coming out of them.

But if you could just plug one piece in, it unlocks so much more on your roster, and they just don't have that piece.

Yeah, I mean, it's a good question, Logan.

Um,

You know, when I watch him play, I'm not sure that he was ready to take that next step in his game this year.

So, you know, I think my point would be, well, yes, you're right that a Kevin Durant would stunt his ability to kind of, you know, broaden the scope of his offensive repertoire and continue to develop some pieces of his game because Kevin's doing those things.

I watched him play early in the season, and...

It was kind of a blank slate at that point.

A couple of their first games, I mean, I think we potted about it.

And I was really intently watching to see how that offense was going to run, who was going to do what.

He had a, basically, it was a ball of clay.

He could have made whatever he wanted to make out of his offensive, you know, role on that team.