MAVS NEWS:

[Smitty]

Bone spurs, in terms of medical "red alert" levels, is about as benign as it gets. They're a painful annoyance sure, but the treatment for it is very simple. Lively should be totally back and ready to go by October.

My comment was made before the 'bone spurs' part was reported. Even so, it's very concerning.

This morning, I posted this on discord before any Lively news: "Arguably the biggest season of Lively's young career. If he can show that he can stay on the floor, it'll lead to a big extension. Another year of less than 50% games played, it's going to be difficult to give him bigger money."

There are several that try to minimize and explain every reason he's missed games. I get the same push back every time I mention my concern. The fact remains, he's only played in 55% of games through two years and now has a major foot injury that are known to be troublesome for NBA Bigs.