03-21-2024, 10:40 PM
(03-21-2024, 09:31 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Lively struggling on defense. Has already lost his starting spot and is seeing a steady decline in minutes over the last few games. Gafford has been better in the same role and Kleber can do stuff that the other two cannot do.
Difficult to balance the development minutes vs playoff race. Would prefer to let him play through it but I can understand that the Mavs cannot afford to experiment right now.
He's played 50 games already this year. Maybe he hit the rookie wall?