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[KillerLeft]

DLive and PJ.  Both seem to be good dudes and are exciting to watch and impactful on the court.  DLive is ours we drafted him, which makes all the difference in the world.

Totally agree. But...

...the reason Lively's rookie year was so successful relative to his college year and draft position is that he's a pick and roll big who was not in a pick and roll system in college. I have a feeling he's going to be right back in that situation now, post trade. 

Try to remember all of the great chemistry plays between Kyrie and Lively (or Gafford, for that matter). There aren't many, and Kyrie, great as he is, is not a pick and roll PG. Is that even the offense they're about to run? 

Lively is still on track to be great, defensively, of course. But as far as I'm concerned, he needs a Luka...or a prime CP3, or a Harden, or an SGA, or a BRUNSON, or some other GREAT pick and roll guy, to do his thing on offense. Since they're not likely to get one of those guys until Lively is like 28, maybe not even then, I find it hard to care whether he is here much longer, and doubly so for Gafford.