7.2 million US dollars in one year! The Mavericks are determined to execute it. This pair of thick eyebrows is a good thing

Since being traded to the Mavericks by the Lakers, Big Eyebrow has played 9 times for the team for a total of 266 minutes. It is worth mentioning that 58% of the players played the fourth position. You must know that the last time the fourth position was played was back in the 20-21 season, accounting for 91%.

In the game against the Thunder, Thick Eyebrow mainly played the 4th position and Lively at the 5th position. The game against the Hornets was still the same. The same goes for the Jazz and Lakers. Judging from the preseason, Kidd will place his thick eyebrows at the fourth position in the new season.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the Mavericks' reserve at the fifth position - although Gafford is injured, there is also Lively. As for the latter, according to NBA China’s official website, the Mavericks have officially implemented Lively’s team option for the 26-27 season. It is worth mentioning that Lively's annual salary this season was US$7.2 million.

The Mavericks executed Lively's team option. How should we view this move?

I think it’s a good thing at least for thick eyebrows.

Position

Lively has played a total of 2127 minutes in his NBA career so far. It is worth mentioning that he has played 100% of the playing time at the fifth position. In other words, Lively is a "standard" center unlike Antetokounmpo, Shen Jing and others. The position is center, this is one of them.

Features

Lively has taken a total of 487 shots so far in his career, of which 68% came from the basket and 29.8% came from near the basket. The corresponding shooting rates were 82.2% and 59.9% respectively. Obviously, like Gobert, Kessler and other traditional centers, Lively mainly attacks inside and is very efficient.

Like the offensive end, Lively on the defensive end also focuses on the inside, to be precise, protecting the basket - 57.6% of the defensive rounds in the 24-25 season prevented opponents from shooting less than 6 feet.

Judging from his career defensive real plus-minus of 1.3, Lively on the defensive end is not as top-notch as Vunbanyama, but at least he is not a "cash machine" for opponents like Vucevic and Nurkic.

With high finishing efficiency on the offensive end and a certain deterrent ability in protecting the basket on the defensive end, it is obvious that Lively can well share the offensive and defensive pressure of thick eyebrows. The offensive and defensive characteristics can share the pressure of thick eyebrows, this is the second one.

To sum up, the reason why the Mavericks' implementation of Lively's team option is a good thing for the thick eyebrows mainly reflects two points:

1. The main player is the center;

2. The thick eyebrows can share the pressure on both offense and defense.

I think these two points are indispensable.

If Lively is the swingman at the fourth or fifth positions, given his immediate combat capabilities, he will definitely spend more time playing the fifth position, especially in the final decisive moment. But now Lively mainly plays the fifth position, or he can't "play" by swinging downward.

Secondly, if Lively has limited combat ability like Hayes, obviously the one who plays the fifth position will have to have thick eyebrows, but as mentioned just now, the former's performance on both offense and defense is worthy of recognition.

Finally, the "good thing" can be understood as the existence of Lively, who can return to the fourth position he likes and is good at. To a large extent, this is conducive to prolonging his career.