Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II has undergone surgery to clean up bone spurs in his right foot, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday.
He is expected to be healthy for training camp in September.
Lively missed more than two months last season due to a stress fracture in his right ankle, one of several injuries that derailed Dallas’ year. Lively has struggled some with injury issues early in his NBA career; he’s appeared in just 91 regular season games over his first two seasons.
Lively, 21, is slated to be part of a loaded frontcourt in Dallas next season that includes Anthony Davis, Daniel Gafford, P.J. Washington and recent No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg.
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