How Dereck Lively II Achieved More By Doing Less and What We Can Learn For the 2024 NBA Draft

Dereck Lively II had a tremendous rookie season for the Dallas Mavericks by playing to his strengths. Lively's season also provides a roadmap to success for some 2024 NBA Draft prospects.

One of the pitfalls with draft evaluation is our desire for prospects to be able to do everything. We get too hung up on what prospects can’t do instead of focusing on what they can do. This is a difficult obstacle to overcome with any position, but the center position may be the most ridiculed in this realm. One of the biggest victims of this in the 20…