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• Dereck Lively II Out 2-3 Months With Right Ankle Stress Fracture

Dereck Lively II will be out two to three months after sustaining a small fracture in his foot. The Dallas Mavericks announced the injury as a stress fracture in his right ankle with a minimum four-week absence. Lively has averaged 9.1 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game in his second NBA season. The Mavericks are already navigating a long-term calf injury to Luka Doncic and ...2025
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• Dereck Lively II Out 2-3 Months With Fractured Foot

Dereck Lively II will be out two to three months after sustaining a small fracture in his foot. Lively has averaged 9.1 points, 7.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game in his second NBA season. The Mavericks are already navigating a long-term calf injury to Luka Doncic and are currently in seventh place. Dallas has Maxi Kleber and Dwight Powell on their depth chart at center behind Danie...2025
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$Mavericks center Dereck Lively reportedly has fractured foot, will miss multiple months$
• Mavericks center Dereck Lively reportedly has fractured foot, will miss multiple months

Daniel Gafford will see more playing time in Lively's absence....2025
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• Mavs’ Daniel Gafford joins Shaq, Hakeem With Historic Game
Daniel Gafford joined elite company on Monday with 31 points on 12-of-15 shooting from the field as well as a perfect 7-for-7 from the free-throw line, to go along with 15 rebounds, three assists, one steal, and seven blocks. What was historic about that performance? The Dallas Mavericks center joined Shaquille O’Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, and […] The post Mavs’ Daniel Gafford joins ...2025
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• Mavericks Have Made Daniel Gafford Available In Trade Talks

Nico Harrison hasn't been afraid to make big moves in his tenure as Dallas Mavericks GM. Last year, Harrison's trades for P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford helped spurred an NBA Finals run. Now, Harrison is in the market for a perimeter defense. In that search, Dallas has made Gafford available in trade talks. The sixth-year center has two seasons left on his contract. Gafford makes $13.4 this se...2025
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• Mavs Reportedly Seek Impact Perimeter Defender, Make Gafford Available
The Mavericks, who remain on the look for an impact perimeter defender, have dangled center Daniel Gafford in those talks, according to Christian Clark of The Athletic. Clark first reported at the start of the month that Dallas was exploring the idea of pursuing a player who could upgrade the club’s perimeter defense. He mentioned […]...2025

• Dereck Lively II Out 2-3 Months With Right Ankle Stress Fracture
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• Mavericks center Dereck Lively reportedly has fractured foot, will miss multiple months
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• Mavericks Have Made Daniel Gafford Available In Trade Talks
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• Mavs Expecting Gafford To Miss Time Due To Ankle Injury
Already missing top scorers Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, the Mavericks had another key rotation player go down with an injury during Monday’s loss in Memphis. With 8:26 left in the second quarter, center Daniel Gafford turned his left ankle when he came down on Grizzlies forward John Konchar‘s foot while battling for a rebound […]...2025
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• NBA suspends Mavericks' Naji Marshall 4 games, Suns' Jusuf Nurkic 3 games for engaging in brawl

The scuffle began when Nurkić elbowed Dallas' Daniel Gafford in the jaw and was called for an offensive foul....2024
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• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Dyson Daniels’ emergence in a new role with the Atlanta Hawks made us wonder: Which other players could be stars in their role hidden in plain sight? Due to the sheer scale of international soccer, there are regularly not enough opportunities for developing players on good teams. The leagues solved this problem by creating an elaborate loan system, wh...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• Why Zach Edey is first round pick on our 2024 NBA Draft board

Let’s dive into Zach Edey’s NBA Draft projection, scouting report, and best team fits for the Purdue center Zach Edey was never supposed to be a generational college basketball star. For most of his life, he didn’t even want to play the sport. Edey played hockey and baseball growing up in Toronto. By the time he graduated eighth grade, he was already 6’10. To that point in his life, he had never p...2024
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"The Mavericks, who remain on the look for an impact perimeter defender, have dangled center Daniel Gafford in those talks, according to Christian Clark of The Athletic."

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"The Mavericks are nearing a deal to acquire center Daniel Gafford from the Wizards for center Richaun Holmes and draft compensation, sources told ESPN."

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"It’s no coincidence that Avdija’s rim frequency ticked up to a career-high 41 percent last season, and I’m curious to see how he adapts with a rim runner like Daniel Gafford assuming most of the center minutes this year."

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"Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant may not be too hyped up about his epic ankle-breaker on Washington Wizards center Daniel Gafford, but there’s no denying it was perfectly executed."

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"The Wizard and center Daniel Gafford has agreed to a 3-year, $40 million extension, his agent told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

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"With dunks and blocks, Daniel Gafford has played his way into the Bulls rotation."

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"If Thursday��s loss to Florida in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament was the last game of Arkansas forward Daniel Gafford��s college career, he wasn��t in the mood to say."

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"Daniel Gafford has gone from windmill jams to keeping the beat of practice all within a matter of days"

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"Daniel Gafford blocks a shot on one end and finishes the lob on the other"

• Mavericks Have Made Daniel Gafford Available In Trade Talks
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• Mavericks Interested In Acquiring Perimeter Defender

The Dallas Mavericks have interest in acquiring an impact perimeter defender to their roster by the Feb. 6th trade deadline, sources tell The Athletic. Herb Jones is the type of player that would fit that description, but he is unlikely to be made available by the New Orleans Pelicans. The Mavericks already have their deepest roster since drafting Luka Doncic as they have acquired Kyrie Irving, P...2025
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• Former Bulls guard Javonte Green signs with the Pelicans: Report

Former fan-favorite Bulls guard/forward Javonte Green is signing a one-year deal with the Pelicans, according to a new report from Shams Charania. The Bulls initially landed Green, 31, in a three-team trade with the Celtics and Wizards. The Bulls traded Luke Kornet to Boston, and Chandler Hutchison and Daniel Gafford to the Wizards. In return, the Bulls received Green, Troy......2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• Mavs Notes: Washington, Gafford, THJ, Lively, Kidd, Harrison, Kyrie
Few NBA teams could argue they had a better trade deadline this season than the Mavericks, who fortified their rotation by acquiring P.J. Washington from Charlotte and Daniel Gafford from Washington. Dallas has been on a roll since those two new additions debuted on February 10, going 21-9 during that stretch, including a 16-2 run […]...2024
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• Mavs Notes: Gafford, Washington, Dumont, Williams, Draft Picks
The trade deadline additions of Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington make the Mavericks a deeper and more explosive team, writes Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News (subscription required). The new-look roster thrived in Gafford’s and Washington’s Dallas debut on Saturday as the Mavs scored a franchise-record 47 points in the first quarter and blew […]...2024
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• New-look Mavericks make strong opening statement after bold trade deadline moves
Is Dallas a real contender after acquiring Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington? Time will tell, but Saturday was a heck of a start....2024

• Dereck Lively II Out 2-3 Months With Right Ankle Stress Fracture
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• Dereck Lively II Out 2-3 Months With Fractured Foot
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• Mavs’ Daniel Gafford joins Shaq, Hakeem With Historic Game
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• Mavericks Have Made Daniel Gafford Available In Trade Talks
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• Southwest Notes: Gafford, Popovich, A. Holiday, Morant
The game is more difficult for the Mavericks with Luka Doncic sidelined, but they’re finding ways to win without their injured star, writes Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal (subscription required). Daniel Gafford played an important role Friday night with 13 points, six rebounds and three steals as Dallas kept its hopes of advancing in […]...2024
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• Watch: Daniel Gafford stuffs PG-13

Gafford denied George at the rim early in the fourth quarter as part of a stunning defensive effort from Dallas. Long into the fourth quarter, the Mavericks held George and Kawhi Leonard to single-digit points, and Russell Westbrook to a single point....2024
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• Did Draymond Green cross line by giving Mavs player tips on air?

Draymond Green must really want the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Golden State Warriors star, who is part of the TNT studio crew for the Western Conference Finals, went viral after Sunday’s Game 3 over the moment that he shared with Mavs big man Daniel Gafford on the air....2024
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• Anthony Edwards puts Daniel Gafford on a poster

Late in the third quarter, Edwards threw down a momentum-shifting dunk over Gafford....2024
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• Nets star Kevin Durant reacts to breaking Daniel Gafford’s ankles in viral moment

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant doesn’t want to take a lot of credit for his insane move that broke Daniel Gafford’s ankles and made the Washington Wizards center touch earth. For those who missed it, Durant undoubtedly had the highlight of the day when he put Gafford on skates late in the first quarter of […] The post Nets star Kevin Durant reacts to breaking Daniel Gafford...2022
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• Daniel Gafford is embracing his expanding role
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• Wizards, Gafford agree on 3-year $40M extension

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• Lakers’ LeBron James reacts to Nets star Kevin Durant’s ‘insane’ ankle-breaker on Daniel Gafford

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant may not be too hyped up about his epic ankle-breaker on Washington Wizards center Daniel Gafford, but there’s no denying it was perfectly executed. In fact, even Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James was in awe of it. On Twitter, LeBron had only one word to say about Durant’s highlight […] The post Lakers’ LeBron James reacts to Nets star K...2022
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• Bulls rookie Daniel Gafford says Jim Boylen has things he needs to work on as a person and coach
'He aight,' Gafford said on a Twitch stream. 'I don't like him a lot, but he OK.'...2020
• Sources: Mavs near trade for Wizards' Gafford

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• Nets star Kevin Durant reacts to breaking Daniel Gafford’s ankles in viral moment
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• Wizards make bold decision that could pay off for Bradley Beal & Co.
The Washington Wizards no longer have Russell Westbrook. But on the flip side, they finally have quality depth surrounding superstar Bradley Beal. One interesting decision to make was at the center spot. The trade to acquire Daniel Gafford worked out tremendously for the Wizards last season. His chemistry with Russell Westbrook was reminiscent of Brodie’s […] The post Wizards make bold...2021
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• Grading the Hornets-Wizards trade involving Montrezl Harrell
As the Washington Wizards decided to unload the massive contract of Russell Westbrook, one of the main pieces that went to Washington was former Sixth Man of the Year winner in Montrezl Harrell. It seemed ironic for coach Wes Unseld Jr. to utilize three talented centers in Harrell, Daniel Gafford, and Thomas Bryant. When three […] The post Grading the Hornets-Wizards trade involving Montrezl...2022
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• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels
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• Mavs Notes: Lively, Gafford, Thompson, Morris, Dinwiddie
Daniel Gafford was the Mavericks‘ starting center down the stretch and in the playoffs last season, but second-year big man Dereck Lively has a chance to overtake him for that role this fall. As Brad Townsend of The Dallas Morning News (subscription required) writes, head coach Jason Kidd has suggested Gafford and Lively could compete […]...2024
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• Wizards Notes: Bagley, Holmes, Vukcevic, Future In D.C.
It’s been a season of change for Marvin Bagley III, and it didn’t stop with the January 14 trade that sent him from Detroit to the Wizards, writes Chase Hughes of Monumental Sports Network. Bagley was brought in to be the primary backup to Daniel Gafford, but he moved into a starting role when Gafford […]...2024
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• Why Zach Edey is first round pick on our 2024 NBA Draft board
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers

Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2024 NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline has come and gone without the type of major fireworks sd occasionally sees in the final transaction window before the playoff race. There were tons of deals around the NBA before Thursday’s 3 p.m. buzzer, but the biggest names rumored to be in deals mostly stayed home, and many of the league’s biggest f...2024
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• Wizards Sending Daniel Gafford To Mavericks

The Mavericks are nearing a deal to acquire Daniel Gafford from the Wizards in exchange for Richaun Holmes and draft picks, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Dallas has been in the market for another big man and lands a reliable rim protector in Gafford, who has been Washington’s starting center for the better part of […]...2024
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• Trade Rumors: Gafford, Grimes, Wizards, Raptors, Jazz, Bridges
The Wizards are among the teams with interest in Knicks wing Quentin Grimes, according to Ian Begley of SNY.tv, who also confirms that Washington center Daniel Gafford remains on New York’s radar. A report a couple weeks ago indicated that the Knicks had inquired on Gafford. With Isaiah Hartenstein playing well in a starting role, […]...2024
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• Southeast Notes: Gafford, Bagley, Murray, Wagner, Okeke
Wizards starting center Daniel Gafford entered the NBA’s concussion protocol this week following a head-on-head collision with Isaiah Stewart on Monday and was unavailable for Thursday’s contest vs. New York, tweets Josh Robbins of The Athletic. Having traded Mike Muscala and Danilo Gallinari to Detroit, the Wizards had limited options up front with Gafford out. […]...2024
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