Dereck Lively II
Dallas Mavericks · C
Injury risk score: 93/100 (High).
Current status: Out — Foot (on today’s NBA injury report).
Latest: Lively (foot) is listed as out for Monday's game against the Kings.
Next up while he’s out: Moussa Cisse (1.7 PPG).
Why Dereck Lively II’s risk score is 93
- Injury History (+56): 17 recorded injury events, 4 in the past 18 months, 8 severe
- Position Load (context only): C with 12 lower-body injury event(s) (context only, not counted toward risk score)
- Recurring Injury (+15): Knee has been the site of 4 separate injury episodes — a recurring, chronic-pattern concern rather than isolated bad luck
- Contract Year (×1.15): In a contract year (fringe-tier contract) — more incentive to play through a minor issue rather than rest it: can mean a monster season, but also raises the odds of a nagging injury compounding
The injury risk score (0–100) is built from a player’s injury history — how often, how recently and how seriously he has been hurt — plus a body part that keeps failing, age, a recent return from injury, and his contract situation. 70+ is High risk, 40–69 Medium, under 40 Low.
Dereck Lively II injury history
Dereck Lively II has 12 recorded injuries since 2023, 9 of which cost games (136 games missed in total). Most common: foot (3), ankle (2), hip (1).
- Sep 2026: Foot (Out)
- Jun 2026: Foot (Day-To-Day)
- Nov 2025: Foot surgery (Out) — 63 games missed
- Jan 2025: Ankle fracture (Doubtful) — 36 games missed
- Dec 2024: Hip contusion (Questionable) — 3 games missed
- Nov 2024: Shoulder sprain (Questionable) — 4 games missed
- May 2024: Neck sprain (Questionable)
- Apr 2024: Knee sprain (Out) — 5 games missed
- Apr 2024: Leg (Out) — 8 games missed
- Jan 2024: Nose (Out) — 7 games missed
- Dec 2023: Ankle sprain (Questionable) — 8 games missed
- Nov 2023: Back contusion (Questionable) — 2 games missed
Dallas Mavericks injury report
- Morez Johnson Jr. — Day-To-Day: Injury
- Sergio de Larrea — Out: Knee
- Tarik Biberovic — Out: Injury
Dallas Mavericks injury risk
- Kyrie Irving, G — 82 High
- Santi Aldama, F — 80 High
- Caleb Martin, F — 59 Medium
- P.J. Washington, F — 57 Medium
- Daniel Gafford, F — 54 Medium
- Marcus Sasser, G — 50 Medium
- Zaccharie Risacher, F — 47 Medium
- Cooper Flagg, F — 43 Medium
- Tarik Biberovic, F — 34 Low
- Jett Howard, G — 33 Low
- Max Christie, G — 30 Low
- Naji Marshall, F — 26 Low
- Sergio de Larrea, F — 19 Low
- Walter Clayton Jr., G — 19 Low
- Morez Johnson Jr., F — 14 Low