Here are last season's Bigs in Rim Protection vs Perimeter Isolation Defense.
Gafford ranked better than Lively on both, and had a higher D-LEBRON too.
I'm in the camp that feels the Mavs need both Bigs, and can easily keep both for another 3 years at least.
Also feel their minutes should be evenly split, or be very close. An unreasonable split would look something like 30 mins to Lively and 18 mins to Gafford. That could end up alienating Gafford... and make Lively demand a bigger contract than he might be worth 3 years down the line. Or vice versa.
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Gafford ranked better than Lively on both, and had a higher D-LEBRON too.
I'm in the camp that feels the Mavs need both Bigs, and can easily keep both for another 3 years at least.
Also feel their minutes should be evenly split, or be very close. An unreasonable split would look something like 30 mins to Lively and 18 mins to Gafford. That could end up alienating Gafford... and make Lively demand a bigger contract than he might be worth 3 years down the line. Or vice versa.
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