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

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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	64	6.7	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	-0.9 42%	2.7 98%	1.7 86%	-1	2	1.1	-0.5	1.7	1.1	-3.1	3.9	0.8

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	71.3%	99
SQ	15.5	4
FTr	34.4%	81
3PAr	0.5%	4
ORB	0.5	77
cTOV	13.7%	4
Load	17.6	8
Creation	1.2	17
Portability	3.1	32
Passer Rating	17.8	19
CraftedOPM	-0.6	51

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.7	23
raDTOV	0.1	62
DRB	0.3	72
Rim Defense	-3.8	66
Rim Frequency	40.4	70
BLKpct	5.9	96
Versatility	13.3	17
rPF	1.8	6
CraftedDPM	1.1	79

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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	Daniel Gafford	92
2	Walker Kessler	91
3	Rudy Gobert	90
4	Jericho Sims	89
5	Mason Plumlee	89
6	Trayce Jackson-Davis	89
7	Charles Bassey	87
8	Isaiah Jackson	87
9	Ivica Zubac	87
10	Jakob Poeltl	87

defense

	Player	Score
1	Moussa Diabaté	87
2	Drew Eubanks	85
3	Jalen Duren	85
4	Myles Turner	85
5	Adem Bona	85
6	Clint Capela	84
7	Trayce Jackson-Davis	84
8	Wendell Carter Jr.	84
9	Ariel Hukporti	84
10	Joan Beringer	84

overall

	Player	Score
1	Walker Kessler	88
2	Daniel Gafford	87
3	Moussa Diabaté	87
4	Trayce Jackson-Davis	87
5	Drew Eubanks	86
6	Isaiah Jackson	86
7	Jalen Duren	86
8	Mason Plumlee	86
9	Rudy Gobert	86
10	Charles Bassey	85

*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.