The Lakers are hiring Jeremy Holsopple as their new head strength and conditioning coach, @TheSteinLine has learned. As Dallas’ athletic performance director, Holsopple was named as the NBA's top ...

Going to Duke isn’t the only similarity Dereck Lively II has with Cooper Flagg. As Flagg embarks on his NBA career with the ...

The Dallas Mavericks have a potential franchise building block for the future in Cooper Flagg. And Dereck Lively II is going to make sure Flagg is "comfortable" in Dallas.

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II didn’t hold back his thoughts on fellow Duke alum Cooper Flagg’s early days with the ...

Dereck Lively II was the top recruit in the nation coming out of high school in 2022. A year later, he will hear his name called in the 2023 NBA Draft.

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II (2) reacts after scoring against the Denver Nuggets during the first half of an NBA basketball game at American Airlines Center, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in ...

Dereck Lively is a young star for the Dallas Mavericks who plays the center position. He played at Duke University for one year before he entered the 2023 NBA Draft and was taken 12th overall.

D'Angelo Russell is set to significantly impact the Dallas Mavericks in 2025-26 as Kyrie Irving recovers from ACL surgery.

Rookie center Dereck Lively II, who has emerged as a valuable contributor off the bench, took a knee to the neck area in the first half and didn’t return in Dallas’ 116-107 win over Minnesota.

Defying expectations, the Mavericks took their chances, trading back to the 12th pick with the Oklahoma City Thunder to select intriguing Duke big man Dereck Lively II. Six months later, we can ...

Tags: Dereck Lively, Duke sports, NCAA Tournament, Duke basketball, March Madness, ACC basketball, college basketball Posted March 16, 2023 6:11 p.m. EDT Updated March 18, 2023 12:13 p.m. EDT ...

Lively logged the third-most minutes in a playoff run for a rookie big man in NBA history. He’s the first rookie center to play meaningful minutes in a Finals series since 1993.