2023 DRAFT: Mavs take Lively, OMP, sign Mike Miles to 2-way, sign Jordan Walker

[Scott41theMavs]

If Hendricks happens to be available at 10, but Lively is the real target, hoping to be able to trade down, pick up assets or clear bad contracts, and still get Lively, then why not just take Lively at 10.  It may be a reach, but he may have more potential upside than Hendricks.

Many mocks now have Lively going 12 to the Thunder, which blows up the idea of trading down for him, unless the Magic want to gift us a player to move up one slot. I like Lively a lot, but he'd better be a huge draft hit since we would surely be be passing on someone more highly thought of. I love the idea of Lively for the Mavs, but unfortunately I'm not a professional. Even more regrettably, neither is the guy who will make the ultimate decision.