{"id":903277,"date":"2026-09-24T03:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903277\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:44:10","slug":"dereck-lively-not-cleared-for-training-camp-could-miss-start-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903277\/","title":{"rendered":"Dereck Lively Not Cleared For Training Camp, Could Miss Start Of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dereck Lively II<\/a> hasn\u2019t received medical clearance to participate in the Mavericks\u2019 training camp as he continues to recover from a surgical procedure<\/a> on his right foot, sources tell Tim MacMahon of ESPN<\/a>. He adds that Lively\u2019s status for the start of the regular season \u201chas yet to be determined.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"However, MacMahon\u2019s sources state that the 22-year-old center is \u201cramping up\u201d toward being cleared for basketball activity and the team isn\u2019t discouraged by the pace of his recovery.<\/p>\n

Lively underwent season-ending surgery<\/a> in December to address persistent discomfort in the foot. He had an operation<\/a> on the same foot in July of 2025 to clear up bone spurs.<\/p>\n

He was limited to seven games last season and has played in 43 total over the past two years. During his one healthy season, Lively appeared in 55 games as a rookie and was an important part of Dallas\u2019 run to the 2024 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Mavericks general manager Mike Schmitz said last month that Lively is \u201cworking his tail off\u201d<\/a> in an attempt to get healthy and complimented his \u201cmentality\u201d and \u201cvoice\u201d throughout the rehab process.<\/p>\n

The injuries will complicate negotiations on a rookie scale extension for Lively, who is eligible for a new deal through October 19. If an agreement can\u2019t be reached by then, he will become a restricted free agent next summer.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks will hold media day on Friday and will begin training camp the next day. Their first preseason game is Oct. 9 in Macao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dereck Lively II hasn\u2019t received medical clearance to participate in the Mavericks\u2019 training camp as he continues to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,204147,590,85],"class_list":["post-903277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dereck-lively","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}