Dereck Lively II

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

2/12/2004 (22)

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

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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
2025	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
2025	115	67		55.6		1.4	19.5	63	6.8	17	0.24	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
2025	115	-1 42%	2.7 98%	1.7 86%	-1	2	1.1	-0.6	1.7	1.1	-3	3.7	0.6

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	71.3%	99
SQ	15.5	4
FTr	34.4%	80
3PAr	0.5%	4
ORB	0.5	77
cTOV	13.7%	5
Load	17.6	7
Creation	1.2	17
Portability	3.1	28
Passer Rating	17.6	16
CraftedOPM	-0.6	53

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.7	22
raDTOV	0.1	62
DRB	0.3	72
Rim Defense	-3.9	69
Rim Frequency	40.4	70
BLKpct	5.9	96
Versatility	13.3	17
rPF	1.8	8
CraftedDPM	1.1	80

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 115 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Walker Kessler	91
2	Daniel Gafford	91
3	Mason Plumlee	89
4	Rudy Gobert	89
5	Isaiah Jackson	88
6	Trayce Jackson-Davis	88
7	Ryan Kalkbrenner	88
8	Ivica Zubac	87
9	Zach Edey	87
10	Drew Eubanks	86

defense

	Player	Score
1	Moussa Diabaté	88
2	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	87
3	Adem Bona	86
4	Jalen Duren	85
5	Myles Turner	85
6	Ariel Hukporti	85
7	Drew Eubanks	84
8	Isaiah Stewart	84
9	Joel Embiid	84
10	Neemias Queta	84

overall

	Player	Score
1	Walker Kessler	88
2	Isaiah Jackson	87
3	Mason Plumlee	87
4	Moussa Diabaté	87
5	Neemias Queta	87
6	Trayce Jackson-Davis	87
7	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	87
8	Drew Eubanks	86
9	Jalen Duren	86
10	Adem Bona	86

*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.