The injury recovery is quite good, the Mavericks inside star will return with full health before the training camp begins

According to Grant Afseth, a reporter for Dallas Hoops Journal, Dallas Mavericks' inside star Dereck Lively II has basically returned to health after undergoing foot surgery. Lively is fully prepared for the next training camp. Last Saturday, the Mavericks have released a video about Lively, where Lively is in Philadelphia for training with Riley Crean, the team's chief video coordinator.

Lively cleaned up the bone spurs on his right foot last month. He once needed to use walking boots to walk normally. Lively chose to perform this surgery because his right foot suffered a stress fracture in January this year, which also led to him being out of the game for a long time, and his health is also somewhat worrying. According to previous news, Lively's foot injury caused a conflict between the team's health director Johann Bilsborough and the athletic performance director Keith Belton, who was eventually fired by the team.

Lively was born in February 2004. He is 216cm tall and weighs 104kg. He is the inside player selected by the Mavericks in the 12th pick in the first round in the 2023 NBA Draft. In the NBA regular season last season, Lively played 36 games in total due to injuries, averaging 23.1 minutes per game, averaging 8.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.6 blocks, and 1.1 turnovers and 2.8 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 70.2% and a free throw percentage of 63%. In the first round of the playoffs, the team defeated the Sacramento Kings, Lively made 2 of 5 shots and 1 of 2 free throws in 17 minutes and 1 of 2 free throws, scored 5 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and 2 fouls; in the second round of the playoffs, the team lost to the Memphis Grizzlies, Lively made 0 of 2 shots in 20 minutes and 12 seconds of playingoffs, and did not score 1 point in the game, contributing 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and 2 fouls.

Lively's performance last season was only average, and his injury also affected his performance, resulting in him missing a large number of games, and his condition was more or less stable after returning from injury. Moreover, at the end of the season, the Mavericks' record began to decline sharply, and the team's attention seemed very distracted. This summer, Lively's attention is not just about his injury recovery, but also had in-depth exchanges with Cooper Flagg, the Mavericks' No. 1 pick in this year's NBA Draft. Lively is Flag's senior at Duke University, and he also hopes that he can help Flag adapt to the pace of the NBA as soon as possible.