For years, the Mavericks searched for their center of the future; players came and went, and Dallas struggled in many playoff series against opposing bigs. It wasn't until 2023, when they drafted a young big man out of Duke named Dereck Lively II, that they seemed to have finally found their answer.

Kidd announced that he would be without five rotation players for Wednesday’s game, most notably Dereck Lively II. The Mavericks’ sophomore center sustained a stress fracture in his right ankle and will be re-evaluated in four weeks. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported a two-to-three-month timeline for his foot injury.

With the news that starting center Dereck Lively II will be out for 2-3 months, the Mavericks are trying to avoid free-fall after losing nine of their last 12 games. With an important matchup against the Timberwolves looming,

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The Minnesota Timberwolves (22-21) and Dallas Mavericks (23-20) will face off on Wednesday in NBA action at the American Airlines Center.

Injuries continue to mount for the Dallas Mavericks, who lost one of their key contributors for several months after he fractured his foot.

Mavericks center Dereck Lively II has suffered a stress fracture in his right ankle and will be reevaluated in four weeks, the team announced Wednesday. ESPN reported that Lively is expected to miss two to three months. A Philadelphia native, the 7-foot-1 Lively starred in high school at the Westtown School.

Luka Doncic received an injury update from head coach Jason Kidd before the Mavericks' game against the Timberwolves.

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T onight, the Mavericks host the 22-21 Minnesota Timberwolves at the American Airlines Center, a matchup in which Dallas has almost half of its team on the injury report as either

Starting with Wednesday night’s game against the Timberwolves, local broadcasts of the Mavericks will be available to stream for DirecTV customers.