Tim Legler

So that's going to be there.

Now let's see what great defensive teams can do against them.

And that's what I need to see.

A couple weeks ago, I said, and I think some people in Houston lost their minds, and I said, if Reed Shepard turns out not to be able to take that leap this year, and first of all, I like Reed Shepard a lot.

I think Reed Shepard's going to have a nice career in this league.

If it turns out he's not quite ready, and they see that after like 20 games,

When you've got Kevin Durant at this stage of his career, you didn't bring him in to think about any sort of long-term horizon beyond this season.

You're thinking about winning it all this year and next year and however many years he plays.

But every year, you're recalibrating to win a championship.

So if Reed Shepard

is not quite ready to do that.

And you're going, man, like this, this kind of run your offense by committee through Amin Thompson, Durant and Shingun is just not good enough, particularly in tight games in the fourth quarter when you've got to really execute and organize and make great decisions on the break and like all the stuff you have to do.

That's exactly right.

And I said then, if that's the case, they may look to make a trade and try to bring in a point guard.

And I do think that's true.

Now, we're not ready to quite do that yet.

We're a week in.

But let's look at this as you get to late November, like early December, and see what's their record in crunch time games.

What is their efficiency in the last three minutes of close games?

that's going to kind of tell you if they think what they have is good enough or not.