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[ItsGoTime]

Lively is a lottery ticket right now. After a pretty good summer league showing, he’s just a little less of a lottery ticket than he was when they drafted him. But still a huge unknown.

In three years? We’ll see his capability, his trajectory much better. 

Sorta like Josh Green. We’ve seen his progression from year to year, and might still disagree on his ceiling, but he’s a legit NBA starter now. If we rewind to his draft, who among us wouldn’t be thrilled with what that #16 pick has become?

Perhaps we’ll feel the same way about Lively. Or maybe he’ll just be another Dominique Jones. Or Terrence Stansbury. No way to know for sure.

That’s exactly why I said what I said. If we get Allen now and win big while Lively is growing (or not) his wings, in 2-3 years we can make the decision on who we go forward with (and maybe both as Lively could at that point prove to be a great bench big).