It doesn't sit right with us how Chris Paul's NBA career has likely ended. Not that the solution is a reunion with the Phoenix Suns, that ship sailed long ago.
This roster is simply too intense defensively and able to play at a speed others struggle to match to think about bringing in a 40-year-old, even if he will one day go in the Ring of Honor.
Paul to Houston Rockets makes sense for everybody
But what about the "Point God" making a return to another former team of his in the form of the Rockets? It kind of makes sense, and Dwyane Wade is a fan of the idea.
To be clear, the Rockets are not a Chris Paul away from winning a championship, but he kind of looks like both a cheap and available candidate to hold down the fort until Fred VanVleet gets back from his ACL injury.
Houston also looks like one of the few franchises out there who could do a solid job of hiding Paul defensively.
Their combination of athletic wings such as Amen Thompson and the jumbo lineups featuring Steven Adams and Alperen Sengun ideal for hiding a player whose mind is willing, but the body will no longer comply.
If this were to happen and be successful, it would actually be hurtful to The Valley for a couple of reasons. Most importantly it could ensure the Rockets finish the regular season above the Suns.
This was a given when the Kevin Durant trade went down, yet at the time of writing the Suns are only two games behind the much more fancied outfit from Texas in the loss column.
Really though it would suck to see Durant and Paul out there together alongside a younger, deeper and better roster than the Suns could ever manage to put around them.
It was a tandem cut short by trading Paul for Bradley Beal too, and although both ended up on the scrap heap with the L.A. Clippers, it was hardly a decision that worked out.
Suns fans wouldn't trade what they've got going right now for more of Durant and Paul, but it would be bittersweet if Houston then started to figure some things out.
If the alternative is one of the best to lace em' up washing out of the league without a proper goodbye however, then maybe we'll just have to be cool with this unexpected reunion happening.