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[Smitty]

It's really a tough issue. If Lively becomes a healthy player with very rare injuries for the rest of his career, he's a top five big man in this league. His switchability on the perimeter defensively makes him a rare (big) bird indeed. And if they start letting him shoot the 3, and he can hit it consistently at 35%+, he has even more value. On the other hand, he might be Greg Oden. A healthy year this year might land him a $20 mil AAV offer sheet which the Mavs are leery (not "weary," folks - that means tired) of matching. Watch him become our next Brunson story - or watch the team who signed him fall into the abyss because they have that much money tied up in a guy who never plays.

To me, $12 mil AAV would be a no-brainer for the Mavs, if they have a competent medical staff who can sign off. That, DallasMaverick, is one of the main reasons I don't want them to settle for anything less than a top 5 medical staff. 

And as a side note, you (DM) may be poo-pooing the idea that the Mavs' medical staff was abominable the past two years. Zero other folks in sports media and Dallas fandom is doing that. Perhaps it's because of the Lively debacle + the AD debacle + the fact that no other team had as many injury absences as the Mavs last year. Might be something to that, no?

Perhaps your agenda is having a family member on the medical staff. Or maybe you yourself are on the current medical staff. Hmmm...

I have zero opinion of any medical staff. Have probably never mentioned it. Not sure what you're talking about... I think players get injured. I think some players are more prone to injuries than others. I have no clue who is great at being a medical professional or who isn't. Who can help prevent injuries or who can't. I'm an engineer, not a doctor...