Dereck Lively II

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

2/12/2004 (21)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Height:

7'1"

Weight:

230

Wingspan:

7'7"

Positional Size:

B+

Hometown:

Philadelphia, PA

Dereck Lively II Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2024	55	23.5	4 - 5.4	74.7	0 - 0	0	0.7 - 1.5	50.6	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	2.6	0.9	8.8
2025	36	23.1	3.7 - 5.3	70.2	0 - 0	0	1.3 - 2	63	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	2.8	1.1	8.7
2026	7	16.5 ↓	1.6 - 2.6 ↓	61.1 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	1.1 - 1.4 ↑	80.0 ↑	5.3 ↓	1.9 ↑	0.6 –	1.6 ↑	3 ↑	1.4 ↑	4.3 ↓
Career	98	22.9	3.7 - 5.2	72.5	0 - 0	0.0	1 - 1.7	57.9	7	1.6	0.6	1.5	2.7	1	8.4

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2024	1294	72.8	0.7	27.4	20.6	1.1	17	24	1.9	12	1.53	0.8
2025	833	70.4		38.2	22.7	1.7	22.7	61	4.7	19	2.23	1.1
2026	115	67		55.6		1.4	19.5	64	6.7	17	0.22	0.1

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2024	1294	-0.5	0.5	0	-0.3	-0.1	-0.4	-1.1	0.3	-0.8	-0.3	0.8	0.5
2025	833	0.4	2.5	2.9	-0.1	1.5	1.5	-0.5	2	1.5	1.1	2.2	3.3
2026	115	-1.1 32%	2.6 97%	1.4 84%	-1.1	1.9	0.8	-0.5	1.6	1.1	-3.6	3.9	0.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	69.6%	98
SQ	17	4
FTr	42.6%	94
3PAr	0%	1
ORB	2.1	92
cTOV	13.2%	6
Load	21.9	31
Creation	1.6	28
Portability	5.8	67
Passer Rating	61.8	82
CraftedOPM	0	72

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.3	28
raDTOV	0.6	88
DRB	1.4	93
Rim Defense	-0.9	56
Rim Frequency	41.2	75
BLKpct	6.3	98
Versatility	17	26
rPF	2	3
CraftedDPM	2.5	98

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 115 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Goga Bitadze	90
2	Mason Plumlee	89
3	Isaiah Hartenstein	89
4	Jakob Poeltl	87
5	Daniel Gafford	86
6	Rudy Gobert	85
7	Walker Kessler	85
8	Mitchell Robinson	83
9	Jalen Duren	83
10	Day'Ron Sharpe	82

defense

	Player	Score
1	Wendell Carter Jr.	85
2	Isaiah Stewart	84
3	Jalen Duren	84
4	Paul Reed	84
5	Neemias Queta	83
6	Moussa Diabaté	83
7	Oso Ighodaro	83
8	Goga Bitadze	82
9	Day'Ron Sharpe	82
10	Jalen Smith	82

overall

	Player	Score
1	Goga Bitadze	88
2	Jakob Poeltl	86
3	Isaiah Hartenstein	85
4	Mason Plumlee	84
5	Neemias Queta	84
6	Rudy Gobert	84
7	Jalen Duren	84
8	Mitchell Robinson	83
9	Day'Ron Sharpe	83
10	Daniel Gafford	82

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.