8 hours ago
(8 hours ago)Smitty Wrote: Yep, AD and Lively played 8 minutes together. AD and Powell played 0. There was no "twin tower" aspect to last night's game. Which, to your point, is supposed to be their identity. BUT that means AD played 24 of his 32 minutes as the lone-big, like many of us believe he should, and they still got run out of the gym...
It wasn't a great AD game, that's for sure.
Kind of seemed like the plan was for him to be the third option guarding Wembenyama coming into the game, or possibly even 4th, in his defense (sort of). PJW was doing well, but couldn't do it without fouling. As much as I think folks are starting to turn on Lively too soon, I do think part of what will measure his career is whether or not he learns how to play against Wembenyama, seeing as they're in the same division and all.
Hopefully, this was a learning experience for the whole team.