In the NBA, the arrival of an era heralds a new ruler, and in the past few years, Spider-Man-type players have become the mainstream of the draft, led by Wembanyama, as well as the Thunder's Holmgren. And many American media and fans are also very optimistic that the two will become the top stars in the league in the future. Perhaps the league will enter a new era, just as Curry led the NBA into the small-ball era.
This "Spider-Man" type of players have a common advantage, that is, they are tall and have long arms, and they move fast, which also allows him to defend five positions on the defensive end, and they all have good shooting ability and offensive ability with the ball, which also creates his advantage of playing anyone who is out of place, to be honest, most of these Spider-Man draft templates are Durant, which is considered to be the one size Durant in the majority. Although last season was only the rookie season of Wemban and Chet, both played beyond expectations.
The Mavericks also won a similar player in last year's draft, he is Lively Lyve, although Lively is not as good as Wemban and Chet on the offensive end, he can only eat cakes, but he has other advantages, such as fast movement, good defense, and next to Doncic, he doesn't need to be good on the offensive end, he just needs to be able to eat cakes on the offensive end, and he was also selected for the best rookie second team by relying on his excellent performance.
In the playoffs, Lively played his own value, in the face of this Holmgren, he played back and forth with his opponent, and even said that Lively played better in rebounding protection, the two played two games in the regular season last season, Holmgren averaged 11 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.5 blocks per game, and Lively was 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks, and the data is not much different. In the playoffs, Holmgren had 17.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks, while Lively had 8 points and 8.5 rebounds.
Even against Wembanyama, Lively's performance was not false, the first game of his career was against Wemban, Lively scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, Wemban's performance was 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assists and 1 block. Lively may not have the same ceiling as Wembanyama and Chet, but the Mavericks seem to have found a way to target such a Spider-Man, which could also give Doncic a reliable helper against this type of player in the future.
The Mavericks' expectations for Lively are high, especially in the playoffs, the first-year rookie played well, in the first round against the Clippers, Gafford was educated by Zubac, and in the last two games, Kidd reused Lively to let them crush their opponents. In the two games, Lively scored 12 points and 7 rebounds, 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in one game, and combined 8 of 8 in the two games, and his performance on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends was very good.
In the second round against the Thunder, he locked Holmgren and guarded the basket well, which also allowed the team to successfully defeat the opponent. In the division finals against the Timberwolves, Gafford faced Gobert and Towns to no avail, and it was Lively who stepped up, scoring 9 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in the first game and 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in the second game.
Because of his excellent play and key performance, Doncic wanted to give him the MVP in the locker room after winning the MVP of the Western Finals, but Lively refused, he didn't care about this, he wanted to win more, and last season's Mavericks also let their former champions see the hope of winning the championship, so many veterans have returned to the team to choose to coach young players, and Chandler coached Lively, the boxing champion has said more than once when facing the media that seeing Lavery is like seeing himself when he was young.
The boxing champion not only taught him defensive skills, but also coached him to play experience, so that he took fewer detours, with the guidance of this champion center, I believe that Lively's future will be bright, he is only 20 years old and still has a lot of room for growth, and in the recent training video, Lively focused on developing low-post offensive techniques, and also carried out more three-point shooting training, it seems that he wants to make up for his shortcomings.
Lively is also a more difficult child, his father died when he was 7 years old, his mother died of cancer in May this year, but during his mother's serious illness, Cuban found him the best medical team in the world, although to no avail, it can be seen that the team executives recognized Lively, although he lost his close relatives, but he found a good team, there are two excellent leaders, and a small owner Cuban who is extremely obsessed with basketball.
I hope Lively will have a smoother career in the future, but with that said, what do you have to say about Lively now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.