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Tim MacMahonMar 21, 2025, 12:49 PM ET
- Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009
- Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks
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Dallas Mavericks centers Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford will join power forward Anthony Davis for a practice with the Texas Legends, the team’s G League affiliate, as the trio prepares to return from extended injury absences.
It is the second time this week that Davis, who has been sidelined since Feb. 8 due to a left adductor strain, will practice and scrimmage with the Legends.
It is the first time that Lively and Gafford have been assigned to the G League team since they were injured.
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Lively has been sidelined since Jan. 14 due to a stress fracture in his right ankle.
Gafford has been out since suffering a sprained MCL in his right knee on Feb. 10.
The Mavs have been ravaged by injuries, playing multiple games recently with the league-minimum eight available players. Forward/center Kessler Edwards, who has been starting, is eligible to play only one more game on his two-way contract.
