Basketball Savant / Players / Dereck Lively II 4.3 PPG5.3 RPG1.9 APG1.4 TPG16.5 MPGDL
Dereck Lively II
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Dereck Lively II, 2025-26 with DAL: 4.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 16.5 minutes a game. He fell short of the qualifying floor (20 games at 15 minutes a game), so the percentiles below set a small sample against the 349 players who cleared it.
Bars rank him against all 349 qualified players in 2025-26; the second number is his rank among the 64 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
Small sample
Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes / game | 8 | 3 | 16.5 |
| Minutes share | 1 | 1 | 2.9% |
| Availability | 1 | 1 | 8.5% |
Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting | |||
| True shooting % | 95 | 76 | .670 |
| Effective FG% | 87 | 63 | .611 |
| Points per shot | 98 | 91 | 1.67 |
| 3-point attempts / g | 2 | 10 | 0.0 |
| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 1 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 2-point % | 82 | 50 | 61.1% |
| Free throw % | 57 | 77 | 80.0% |
| FT attempts / g | 33 | 17 | 1.4 |
| FT rate (of FGA) | 98 | 95 | 55.6% |
| % points from 3 | 2 | 11 | 0.0% |
| Creation & playmaking | |||
| Points / 75 | 2 | 1 | 8.8 |
| Assist % | 54 | 74 | 15.3% |
| Assists / 75 | 57 | 79 | 3.8 |
| Assist / turnover | 15 | 31 | 1.30 |
| Potential assists / 75 | 39 | 65 | 5.0 |
| Usage % | 5 | 9 | 11.3% |
| Turnover % | 1 | 1 | 30.9% |
| Turnovers / 75 | 15 | 12 | 2.9 |
| Offensive rebound % | 95 | 74 | 11.7% |
| Drive rate / 75 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Self-creation | 99 | 99 | elite |
| Defender difficulty | 99 | 95 | elite (+0.4) |
| Impact | |||
| On/Off net | 98 | 95 | 11.8 |
Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebounding | |||
| Rebounds / 75 | 92 | 59 | 10.8 |
| Def. rebound % | 85 | 46 | 18.3% |
| Activity & outcomes | |||
| Steals / 75 | 47 | 59 | 1.2 |
| Blocks / 75 | 99 | 98 | 3.2 |
| Stocks / 75 | 99 | 98 | 4.4 |
| Steal % | 51 | 63 | 1.6% |
| Block % | 99 | 98 | 8.1% |
| Rim FG% def. diff | 36 | 11 | +0.9% |
| Matchup difficulty | 72 | 88 | high (13.4) |
| Opp FG% on matchups | 3 | 5 | +5.7% |
| Deflections / 75 | 4 | 7 | 1.2 |
| Physical ingredients | |||
| Height | 98 | 88 | 7'1" |
| Strength (weight) | 75 | 15 | 230 |
Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall value | |||
| PER | 55 | 15 | 15.0 |
| Win Shares / 48 | 71 | 43 | .127 |
| Box Plus/Minus | 62 | 38 | +0.6 |
| Offensive BPM | 7 | 1 | −3.0 |
| Defensive BPM | 99 | 97 | +3.6 |
| VORP | 29 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Game Score / g | 17 | 1 | 5.7 |
Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | DAL | 19 | 55 | 23.5 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 1.1 | .728 | +0.5 | 63 | All-Rookie 2nd |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 20 | 36 | 23.1 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 2.4 | .704 | +3.3 | 89 | |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 21 | 7 | 16.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1.9 | .670 | +0.6 | 62 |
BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players.