Lively -- who is expected to be out 2-3 months -- had missed three games with what was listed as an ankle sprain

The Dallas Morning News spoke to Kenneth Jung, a foot and ankle surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Orthopedics in Los Angeles, to gain insight into Lively’s stress fracture, treatment and recovery timetable. Jung’s education includes a 2005 fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

The Dallas Mavericks say center Dereck Lively II has a stress fracture in his right ankle and will be re-evaluated in a month.

Dallas Mavericks second-year star center Dereck Lively II will miss the next 2-3 months after sustaining a small fracture in his foot, according to a report from ESPN's Shams Charania. Lively, who has been out of the lineup since Jan.

The Dallas Mavericks have been dealt another brutal injury blow. Mavericks center Dereck Lively II has sustained a right ankle stress fracture and will be re-evaluated in four weeks, the team announced on Wednesday.

Already playing without Luka Dončić due to a calf injury, the Dallas Mavericks are also going to be missing Dereck Lively II for an extended period of

Dallas Mavericks big man Dereck Lively II is keeping an optimistic outlook after his recent tough injury update.

Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively will miss two to three months with a foot injury, according to new reports.

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.