In my brief experience of talking about my beloved Houston Rockets on the internet, I’ve noticed a consistent habit among my peers. We, as a fanbase, tend to employ the sunk cost fallacy. It makes sense: the Rockets have, at this stage in their rebuild, already sunk a lot of costs.
Before I continue, let’s be clear on what a sunk cost fallacy is. Oxford defines it as “the phenomenon whereby a person is reluctant to abandon a strategy or course of action because they have invested heavily in it, even when it is clear that abandonment would be more beneficial.