dereck lively is just so crazy and deserves all the praise. he’s immediately fit into the rim running/protecting role Dallas so desperately needed and has done it better than anyone could’ve expected. on top of that, he’s functioning in the pick and roll, he’s shown flashes of good court vision and passing, he’s making his free throws at a decent clip, and he’s practicing a 3 pt shot.

3-4 years from now he’ll be the perfect modern center for a superstar that loves feeding easy looks to his centers. dallas so spooky