Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[DanSchwartzgan]

 

1 Lively will be the Mavs' starting center in the playoffs. He's their best. He is improving. The Mavs will be in a "ride or die" mode with him. It's silly to think otherwise.
 
2 Their obvious hole for right now is at PF. 
 
I have to think that the Mavs intended type of answer is likely to be a part-timer, and I see the Sixers roster as a very promising place to shop.  

It's just (what's the word I'm looking for) to think Nico was talking about the Clipper trash via Sixers when he spoke of rebounding and physicality.  

Love me some Lively, but 'ride or die' with a rookie 19 year old center in the playoffs is not a plan.  It is a prayer.