MoneyTalks41890 wrote:Kiss of Death wrote:He's getting outmanned and outplayed by the Mavs rookie backup center.
He has zero chance against Jokic or the twin towers in Minnesota. He will get destroyed.
He's a good player now and he will probably be a great center one day.
The people that are saying that he is a top 5 center in the NBA RIGHT NOW are the reason that this thread exists.
You would need to not be watching at all to think Lively is outplaying him. In game 1 he was elite protecting the rim, and has been great at times the other two games. He’s definitely a top 5 center already and he played 82 RS games already, we’ve seen him win those matchups already, and we’ve seen him lose some as happens with everyone.
But he’s a top 3 rim protector, and a top 5 C. It’s his offense that needs to get more consistent which is what he has to work on.
Yes. That’s why the OKC coach went to the ‘hack Lively’ strategy late in the game hoping that Kidd would take him out so that Chet could actually do something.
Chet isn’t even a top 5 center in the western conference. He’s barely a top 5 center in his division. He is a good player but you are overrating him by a million miles. That’s why this thread was made. People are finally seeing him.