SACRAMENTO – In some respects, Dereck Lively II is like all of us who have a job to do.
Sometimes, that work stuff gets in the way of the fun things we’d really like to be doing.
If Lively could be at American Airlines Center on Friday for Duke’s meeting with Houston in the NCAA Sweet 16, he would.
The Mavericks’ center would love to be in Dallas to support his Blue Devils. After all, he was playing for Duke in the NCAA tournament last March.
“Sadly, I’m just mad that we’re not there,” Lively said as the Mavericks hit the road for a five-game trip that spans 11 days.