Lively should be the starter if he can hold up at all. I'm guessing he is in foul trouble quite a bit, but he needs the experience. Mavs had about as good of a summer as possible considering their ****ty assets. If they hadn't mega-tanked the last 2 games of the year they wouldn't have Lively. Prosper. and Holmes while dumping Bertans. I'm curious to see how Prosper's shot develops and to see how many minutes he can carve out minutes. It seems like defensively he is already the kind of big wing the Mavs haven't had in a while.
Other open questions are about Hardy and Green. Is Hardy going to be good enough to steal minutes from THJ? If not, he could get buried pretty far in the bench. I think he showed some good potential last year. Is Green going to be good enough to play 30 minutes per game with the starters? Sometimes he just disappears out there. I could see one or both of them being potential trade bait depending on what is available and how the Mavs feel about their squad in the West.
Other open questions are about Hardy and Green. Is Hardy going to be good enough to steal minutes from THJ? If not, he could get buried pretty far in the bench. I think he showed some good potential last year. Is Green going to be good enough to play 30 minutes per game with the starters? Sometimes he just disappears out there. I could see one or both of them being potential trade bait depending on what is available and how the Mavs feel about their squad in the West.