It's no secret that the Dallas Mavericks' 2024-25 season was derailed due to several injuries to star and role players across the roster. While injuries are an unfortunate aspect of pro sports, the Mavericks faced an injury bug that seemingly lasted for the entire regular season.
With this in mind, Dallas aimed to get healthier this offseason while also acquiring their stopgap point guard, D'Angelo Russell, as Kyrie Irving continues to rehab his torn ACL. Getting healthier was arguably one of the Mavericks' biggest goals this offseason, and for Dereck Lively II, it meant he needed to undergo surgery this past week to help clean up bone spurs in his right foot.