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[mvossman]

I think in an IDEAL world, the Mavs hypothetically are unstoppable IF Lively and AD are good 3pt shooters.

Problem is there has been zero evidence that they CAN be. Especially AD, who for his entire career has been a horrible 3pt shooter. He tries to keep teams honest, but truthfully he's one of the best paint finishers in league history. I think he's close to 77% for his entire career for FG's around 3ft. 70% for anywhere in the paint. Essentially an automatic bucket, and a wasted possession every time he takes a shot outside the paint.

Lively I am more hopeful on. Mavs have teased us for 3 years now that he can shoot. This is how I look every time a Mavs member mentions Lively's shooting: 



Perhaps Lively can be that 40% 3pt shooter (hell I'd take league average). All we need is 1 so we can run a 5 out offense. 

Mavs are ready to take a risk. Big risk for a big reward though. If it doesnt work in the first 15-20 games I hope Kidd quickly pivots to what does work.

My memory may be failing me, but didn't we go down this route for a while with Powell?  It seemed like there were multiple seasons in a row where they talked about it, but then gave up very quickly in actual execution.