12-10-2025, 01:41 PM
(12-10-2025, 12:56 PM)Smitty Wrote: @ShamsCharania
Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II will undergo season-ending right foot procedure to address lingering discomfort, sources tell me and Tim MacMahon. Lively, who played 7 games this season, is expected to make a full recovery.
As for extension talks this summer. I think the most I'm offering is 4/$30M with a TO. Any higher and it needs to be structured like the Zion contract, or the FO needs to let it play out and see if he can stay healthy before reaching RFA the following summer.
Yeah I agree. His value is at an all time low. I don't think I would go higher than your 4/30 idea. At some point, the guy needs to earn his money and keep. I feel for him, but he's more fragile than Street Clothes. He certainly isn't getting big money from the Mavs or anyone else.