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It worked with Hardy and there really isn't any reason it won't work with Lively. 

Like your post, Dan, and of course you.  I also like what the Mavs did last night.  I don't know why, but I really hate how you phrased this.  It just feels way too definitive and Lively could just as easily be starter, bench player, or bust as he could be star.     I don't have a dog in the Lively conversation as I know next to nothing about college hoops.  Maybe that's me overthinking what Hardy is or will become shortly, but that seems like some unfair pressure to put on the 12th pick in the draft.  Ditto for all the Tyson Chandler comparisons.