Dereck Lively II

Dallas Mavericks

Position:

C

Offensive Role:

Roll/Cut Big

Defensive Role:

Hang Back Big

Height:

7'1"

Positional Size:

B+

Weight:

230

Wingspan:

7'7"

Age:

20

Hometown:

Philadelphia, PA

Dereck Lively II Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Plus Minus

	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	11	22.4 ↓	3.6 - 5.3 ↓	69.0 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	1.4 - 2.5 ↑	53.6 ↑	6.8 ↓	2.3 ↑	0.6 ↓	1.5 ↑	3.1 ↑	1.2 ↑	8.6 ↓
Career	66	23.3	4 - 5.4	73.7	0 - 0	0.0	0.8 - 1.7	51.4	6.9	1.3	0.7	1.4	2.7	1	8.8

	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	2.4	1.9	12	1.53	0.8
2025	247	67.5		48.3	26.1	1.8	23.8	5.8	3.3	12	0.53	0.3

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	247	0 70%	1.9 90%	1.9 89%	-0.1	1.2	1.1	-1.1	0.7	-0.4	1	2.5	3.4

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	71.5%	98
SQ	22	8
FTr	32.6%	82
3PAr	0.5%	4
ORB	0.4	76
cTOV	11.1%	11
Load	18.7	23
Creation	1.3	24
Portability	2.3	28
Passer Rating	3.3	38
CraftedOPM	-0.4	61

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.9	43
raDTOV	-0.1	38
DRB	0	58
Rim Defense	-7.8	89
Rim Frequency	39.9	72
BLKpct	5.5	96
Versatility	12	18
rPF	1.4	10
CraftedDPM	0.8	75

*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 247 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	Neemias Queta	91
2	Rudy Gobert	90
3	Daniel Gafford	89
4	Onyeka Okongwu	89
5	Ivica Zubac	88
6	Jakob Pöltl	88
7	Goga Bitadze	88
8	Isaiah Jackson	87
9	Drew Eubanks	87
10	KJ Martin	87

defense

	Player	Score
1	Daniel Gafford	88
2	Jaren Jackson Jr.	86
3	Peyton Watson	86
4	Drew Eubanks	85
5	Alex Len	85
6	KJ Martin	85
7	Jock Landale	85
8	Kobe Bufkin	85
9	Myles Turner	85
10	Trayce Jackson-Davis	85

overall

	Player	Score
1	Daniel Gafford	89
2	Neemias Queta	89
3	Rudy Gobert	88
4	Drew Eubanks	87
5	Goga Bitadze	87
6	Onyeka Okongwu	87
7	Trayce Jackson-Davis	87
8	Alex Len	86
9	Jalen Duren	86
10	KJ Martin	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.