07-04-2026, 03:58 PM
(07-04-2026, 03:50 PM)BigDirk41 Wrote: IF and that's a big IF, but if he continues to improve and he's efficient shooting, I won't be surprised if we see a starting front court of Morez, Aldama and Flagg by the end of the season UNLESS Lively gets healthy and becomes a regular again. Lively deserves to start when healthy. I don't think Gafford will be here at the start of the season and I have a feeling that the rotation is going to look a lot different than people are predicting. I think they are bringing the Euros over to play immediately. That's not a win now move, but it can definitely be great for long term growth of this team.
Re: Lively: just consider how different the two possible futures are with this guy: 1) he struggles so much with health the next year or two that the Mavs give up on him and he either ends up out of the league in a couple of years or tearing it up on another team. 2) He gets fully healthy, tears it up over the next two years, and becomes the prime facilitator of Project ‘28 happening. Yes, yes, I know there’s a colossal range of possibilities in between. But the spread between those two - wow.