With Dereck Lively II expected to miss the next 2-3 months, Gafford is ready to handle a bigger role in Dallas. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and the entire NBA family pay tribute to Kobe and his ...

And those teams' coaches all branch from the same tree: Ime Udoka started cross ... which allows them to unleash wily second-year center Dereck Lively II as a back-line rover.

“I did my best to make this week special for my team, for my family, my friends ... since Doncic sustained a calf injury on Christmas Day and lost center Dereck Lively II to a broken ankle this week.

“I did my best to make this week special for my team, for my family, my friends but people ... injury on Christmas Day and lost center Dereck Lively II to a broken ankle this week.

Lively is averaging 9.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game this season. He will not participate in the event because he’s ...

The Dallas Mavericks say center Dereck Lively II has a stress fracture in his right ankle and will be re-evaluated in a month ...

The second-year big man has been Dallas' best center and adds to the list of injuries catching up with the Mavericks.

Dereck Lively II, the best center on the Mavericks, is now out for at least a month — and likely longer — with a right ankle stress fracture, the team announced. Dereck Lively II injury update ...

The Mavericks' front-court has been decimated with injuries. Dereck Lively II will be out until around when the playoffs start due to a stress fracture in his ankle, Dwight Powell is out with a ...

Earlier in the day, it had been revealed that center Dereck Lively II is expected to miss two-to-three months due to an ankle injury. Dallas is now tied for eighth place in the Western Conference ...

Injured Dallas Mavericks players Dereck Lively II, right, and Luka Doncic, left, look on from the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder ...