Dereck Lively II fantasy basketball
Dallas Mavericks · C · 7-1 · 230 lb
Day-To-Day · 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 fantasy value
9-cat rank
–
not enough games
9-cat value
−3.24
z-score total
ESPN points
19.3
rank –
Yahoo points
18.4
rank –
Category profile, 2025-26
Per-game z-scores against the average draftable player. Blue is above average.
| Category | Per game | Z-score |
|---|---|---|
| FG% | .611 on 2.6 | +0.52 |
| FT% | .800 on 1.4 | +0.01 |
| 3PM | 0.0 | −1.68 |
| PTS | 4.3 | −2.09 |
| REB | 5.3 | −0.24 |
| AST | 1.9 | −0.88 |
| STL | 0.6 | −1.28 |
| BLK | 1.6 | +1.87 |
| TO | 1.4 | +0.53 |
Last 7 games
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | TO | FG | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | NOP | W 118-115 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| 2025-11-19 | NYK | L 111-113 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 2-2 |
| 2025-11-16 | POR | W 138-133 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025-11-14 | LAC | L 127-133 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 2-2 |
| 2025-10-26 | TOR | W 139-129 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 0-2 |
| 2025-10-24 | WAS | L 107-117 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025-10-22 | SAS | L 92-125 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
Player facts
- Team
- Dallas Mavericks
- Status
- Day-To-Day
- Games 2025-26
- 7
- Minutes
- 16.4 per game
- Position
- C
- Height
- 7-1
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Jersey
- #2
- College
- Duke
- Country
- USA
- Draft
- 2023, round 1, pick 12
Compare him in the 9-cat rankings or the center rankings.