Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II is not yet cleared to participate in training camp practices as he continues recovering from surgery he had in December. Multiple reports say he has not been given the green light for basketball activity, meaning he is unlikely to join team workouts at the start.
The coverage agrees that there is no specific new setback highlighted, but Lively’s timeline remains uncertain. NDTV and Newsweek frame the situation as an ongoing status update leading into camp, while Yahoo Sports—citing reporting from ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and other sources—describes Lively as still ramping up toward clearance.
Across outlets, the differing emphasis is on how close camp is and what “not cleared” means in practice: several reports suggest Lively is still in the rehabilitation phase rather than full practice participation, leaving his availability for the start of the season unclear.
