DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II is set for season-ending surgery on his ailing right foot, another setback for the promising but oft-injured player.

The team said Wednesday the surgery will be performed by Dr. James Calder in London. The Mavericks previously said Lively was seeking multiple medical opinions as discomfort in the foot lingered.

He had a procedure on the same foot in the offseason.

Lively's final game of the season was a 118-115 victory over New Orleans on Nov. 21. He then sat the second night of a back-to-back after missing 10 of the previous 14 games because of a knee injury. The foot issue arose after his return.

The 21-year-old Lively will have missed 148 of a possible 246 games by the end of his third season.

Lively missed 27 games as a rookie, but

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