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Dereck II Lively

Dallas Mavericks

HEIGHT7' 1"

WEIGHT230 lbs

AGE22

FROMPhiladelphia, PA, USA

COLLEGEDuke

NBA DEBUT0

PRO YEARS0

DAY-TO-DAY · Foot · Surgery · expected back 2026-10-21
Lively, who is recovering from foot surgery he underwent back in December, will wind up missing all four of Dallas' preseason games. Given that there hasn't been any reporting of Lively ramping up his workload, it seems there's a real chance he won't be ready for the start of the 2026-27 season.

2025-26

Season averages

GAMES11

MIN16.8

PTS5.3

REB5.8

AST1.7

STL0.7

BLK1.5

FG%66.7%

3P%0.0%

FT%76.9%

N4 SKILL RATINGS

Skills

81OVERALL

Defensive disruptor · 11 games in 2025-26

Scoring11.3 pts per 36 min48

Playmaking3.7 ast per 3675

Rebounding12.5 reb per 3695

Defence4.9 stl+blk per 3699

Shooting69.5% true shooting98

Efficiency27.2 per 36 (box-score impact)95

N4's own ratings: each skill is this player's rank among NBA rotation players this season, worked out from box-score numbers per 36 minutes. Not an official NBA rating.

CAREER

Season by season

SEASON	TEAM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%
2025-26	DAL	11	16.8	5.3	5.8	1.7	66.7%	0.0%	76.9%
2024-25	DAL	42	22.4	8.4	7.1	2.4	69.3%	0.0%	63.2%
2023-24	DAL	78	23.1	8.5	7.0	1.1	73.0%	33.3%	54.9%
CAREER		131	22.4	8.2	6.9	1.6	71.4%	20.0%	59.0%

FORM

Recent games

GAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/-
vs NOP W 118-115Sat 22 Nov	18	4	4	2	1	1	1-1	0-0	8
vs NYK L 111-113Thu 20 Nov	18	4	10	1	0	3	1-3	0-0	10
vs POR W 138-133Mon 17 Nov	12	2	3	1	0	2	1-2	0-0	-7
vs LAC L 127-133Sat 15 Nov	17	4	5	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	-12
vs TOR W 139-129Sun 26 Oct	21	4	7	4	0	3	2-2	0-0	17
vs WAS L 107-117Sat 25 Oct	19	8	6	2	2	1	4-5	0-0	3
vs SAS L 92-125Thu 23 Oct	10	4	2	3	0	0	1-2	0-0	-5
@ LAL W 121-94Thu 16 Oct	25	12	11	1	1	2	5-7	0-0	-7
@ UTA W 114-101Tue 14 Oct	7	2	6	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0
vs CHA L 116-120Sun 12 Oct	22	10	6	3	2	2	5-6	0-1	2

TRANSFERS

Team moves & transactions

NO RECENT MOVES

Trades, signings and waivers appear here when they are reported.

Clubs played for: DAL