12-09-2023, 08:44 PM
(12-09-2023, 08:28 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I see Lively’s play pretty close to that as well (play that can be semi-easily gameplanned against), we’ll see if beating up these bottom dwellers helps his confidence or whatever to get past it, but last Mem game was a clinic on what to do with him. We’ll see as the season progresses.
I totally agree with this. On offense, he's in the same boat as Powell. The rolls can be taken away, it's just that we should see Luka feast as a result. As with Powell, some people might claim this means Lively isn't playing well, but the reality is that the defense has to commit to take the lob away, so the things that are available will be a credit to Lively, in a sense.
On defense, I think he's going to be fine in the paint. I wonder who will try to play him off the floor with shooting, and whether they'll be successful.