Game 13: Milwaukee Bucks (9-4) vs. Dallas Mavericks (9-4) | 125-132 loss

[Winter]

People here lose their mind when you suggest we need another high quality center with size.  No one is advocating that Lively shouldn't start and isn't the future of the position.  But some minimum wage backup isn't going to be any better than Powell in big games and in the playoffs.  We died when Lively picked up his fourth foul last night.  There has to be an answer other than Powell/Maxi when this happens (and it is going to keep happening for some time to come).

To me, this is obvious. I'm not sure whether people on the board are in disagreement with it as much as they simply talk around it. The discussion about Green is mildly interesting, but his play has very little do with team wins. We have wings that can replace his minutes. The same can't be said of our center problem. We have no rim protection without Lively on the court, and he's still learning.

Bigger teams will continue to hammer us in the paint until we get some bulk.