In this episode, we cover a few questions facing this Mavericks team with 11 days until the season opener against Victor Wenbanyama and the Spurs in San Antonio. We first cover how important it is for the Mavs to get off to a fast start this season, and discuss how the preseason injuries to Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving might affect that goal. We then transition to discussing perhaps the biggest question the team faces right now, which is the starting small forward role. We discuss why Josh Green is probably the best choice and also react to preseason performances of Dante Exum and Derrick Jones Jr., who reportedly is in contention to be the starting SF. Finally, we talk about the encouraging play from Derrick Lively in the three preseason games and discuss how far he has come since Jay and Rohan saw him in his NBA Summer League debut back in July. Safe to say he is the right choice to start at center for the Mavericks given the personnel they have on their roster.

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