07-13-2023, 03:34 PM
(07-13-2023, 01:34 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I'm glad you see how I feel about the pick. I made my feelings very well known about Lively. I am 100% sure the Mavs feel the opposite right now, and I could very well be wrong, but what I saw in Summer League hasn't exactly changed my mind.
The potential is definitely there. The idea of Lively is exactly what the Mavs need. I also tried to walk back my doom and gloom outlook to give the guy a fair chance against real NBA players. That hasn't changed. I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible, but I think Lively is a big project.
And I don't think he's good enough to forego getting a starting center that can play 30mpg because it could stunt his development.
Like I said, I'm going to give it time and see how he looks with a maestro in the PnR. Maybe that's all he needs.
I agree with you. I dont see this is as a successful summer if we go into the season with
maybe Holmes was just terrible because of his family situation
maybe Lively can be ready two years sooner than anyone thinks
maybe Maxi will be actually be healthy
Too many maybes for a team that wants to at least be a playoff team right now.
We also haven't seen much discussion about the McMahon nugget about Thybulle would have started over Josh Green if Portland had let him go. I'm still not sure the Mavs are as high on Josh Green as everyone assumes. Grant Williams might be your third best starter or at least in the running and he was an 8th man/out of the rotation for an actual good team.
The maneuvering the Mavs have done this summer has been pretty nice but the product on the floor still looks quite underwhelming.
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