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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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• Lonzo Ball looks strong in dominant 5-on-5 run with other NBA figures

Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball recently competed with other NBA figures in a five-on-five run filmed by longtime NBA trainer Chris Johnson. Ball looked exceptional in the five-on-five, which is a significant step in his recovery process. Here’s the run documented by Johnson on YouTube. Ball played with Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Johnson, Daniel Gafford, DeAndre Jordan and JaVale McGee,......2024
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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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• ‘Blockbuster’ Trade Proposal Sends Knicks’ Julius Randle To Mavericks

One NBA analyst proposed that the Dallas Mavericks acquire Julius Randle from the New York Knicks. Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report proposed the following mock trade between the Mavericks and Knicks: Dallas Mavericks Receive: PF Julius Randle New York Knicks Receive: PF P.J. Washington, C Daniel Gafford, SG Jaden Hardy, 2025 second-round pick (via Toronto Raptors), 2028 […] The...2024
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• Richaun Holmes Declines $12.8M Option, Re-Signs With Wizards On Partially Guaranteed Two-Year, $25.9M Deal

Richaun Holmes has declined his $12.8 million contract for the 24-25 season with the Washington Wizards and has agreed to a two-year, $25.9 million deal through the 25-26 season. Holmes' contract for the 25-26 season is only guaranteed for $250,000 out of $13.3 million. The Wizards acquired Holmes at the trade deadline as part of the Daniel Gafford trade with the Dallas Mavericks....2024
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• The Mavericks’ Game 4 showed a blueprint that could allow them to make history against the Celtics

Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports Dallas kept the door from slamming shut in Game 4. Here’s how they can keep it cracked open. After the Dallas Mavericks' deflating loss in Game 3 to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, the normal cliches and platitudes were shared by players and coaches alike. The theme was universal: the series isn’t over, take it one game at a time. It was nothing earth-shatteri...2024
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• Power forward continues to be most misunderstood position in NBA

The NBA’s modern evolution can be most easily seen in power forwards. We often talk about sports or fields or mediums as being in a transition. In football, it’s the popularity of two high shells to prevent explosive plays that took over the NFL in 2020. In baseball, it’s the slow extension of dugouts, from a rotation of five or six pitchers to a laundry list of specialists getting saved to be in ...2024
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• NBA Finals 2024: Schedule, TV, streaming, scores, and more for Celtics-Mavericks

Photo by Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Finals are set. Here is how, and what, to watch The 2024 NBA Finals are here. The Boston Celtics are back in the Finals, making a return trip after losing to the Golden State Warriors back in 2022. For the bulk of the season the Celtics were the class of the Eastern Conference, finishing with a 64-18 record — the best i...2024
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Mavericks are the underdog in the NBA Finals, but there’s still a pathway to a championship. For most of this season, the Dallas Mavericks looked like they didn’t have enough talent around Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to breakthrough in a loaded Western Conference. That all changed at the Feb. 8 trade deadline, when Dallas — sitting at No. 8 in the W...2024
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• NBA Finals’ 15 best players for Celtics vs. Mavericks, ranked

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2024 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks. The Boston Celtics were expected to be in the 2024 NBA Finals from the very start of the season. Even the most optimistic fan of the Dallas Mavericks couldn’t have seen the team getting this far as recently as a couple months ago. The Celtics were the most...2024
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• 8 NBA playoff teams left standing, ranked by championship chances

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Let’s rank the final 8 teams still standing in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The second round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs began before the first round ended, which means our final-8 rankings drop with one series already underway. The Minnesota Timberwolves shocked the Denver Nuggets by stealing Game 1 on the road behind the electri...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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• 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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• Knicks Reportedly 'Covet' Tari Eason

The New York Knicks reportedly "covet" Tari Eason, according to David Vertsberger of SNY. The Knicks have been rumored with several players ahead of the trade deadline, including Bruce Brown and Daniel Gafford. Eason has been out since January 1 with a leg injury....2024
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• Knicks Have Interest In Daniel Gafford

The New York Knicks have interest in Washington Wizards' center Daniel Gafford, confirmed Ian Begley of SNY. The rumors come with the Knicks short on center depth. The team are optimistic that Mitchell Robinson can return sometime this season, while Isaiah Hartenstein is considered day-to-day with an Achilles injury. The 25-year-old Gafford is averaging 10 points and 7 rebounds this season....2024
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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"

• Former Bulls guard Javonte Green signs with the Pelicans: Report
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• Richaun Holmes Declines $12.8M Option, Re-Signs With Wizards On Partially Guaranteed Two-Year, $25.9M Deal
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• The Mavericks’ Game 4 showed a blueprint that could allow them to make history against the Celtics
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• Power forward continues to be most misunderstood position in NBA
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• Just how impactful has rookie Derek Lively II been for the Mavs’ journey to Finals?
There are many reasons for Dallas‘ successful season, starting with the offensive powerhouse of the Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving duo, the acquirement of new players like Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington before the trade deadline, and of course, the development of the first-round prized rookie Dereck Lively II. The 7-foot-1 athlete, who was selected in […] The post Just how impactful has r...2024
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• Nico Harrison, Mavericks Sign Multi-Year Extension

The Dallas Mavericks have made it back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2011. Now, one of the key architects of the team will be around for the foreseeable future. General Manager Nico Harrison signed a multi-year extension with the Mavericks. Harrison joined Dallas as their GM ahead of the 2021 offseason. One of Harrison's first moves was to extend Luka Doncic on a rookie scale extensio...2024
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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics
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• NBA Finals’ 15 best players for Celtics vs. Mavericks, ranked
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• Maybe the Thunder could have stopped the Mavericks by not helping them at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images The Thunder saw their season end in a one-point loss against the Mavericks in the NBA playoffs, and feasibly could have given themselves a bit more margin for error by... not helping Dallas improve at the NBA trade deadline. Somewhere in the world, there is a current high schooler who the Oklahoma City Thunder might be able to select with the 2028 ...2024
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• Luka Doncic: This Team Is Special

After missing the playoffs in 2023, the Dallas Mavericks reshaped their roster and are one win away from returning to the Western Conference Finals. There were fears that Luka Doncic could request a trade as early as the 2024 offseason if significant improvement didn't occur and those concerns now appear to be put to rest. Dallas remade their roster over the past 15 months with trades for Kyrie Ir...2024
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• Mavs GM Nico Harrison: We're Built For The Next Three Playoff Runs
Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison knew his team needed to add talent at the trade deadline. But Harrison didn't want to make short-term moves. He kept a long-term vision in mind when executing trades for Daniel Gafford and P.J. Washington at the deadline. "It wasn't really about winning right now," Harrison told ESPN. "It was just about continuing to build it. It's like every step is, how do we co...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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• 3 reasons Mavericks can win NBA Finals over Boston Celtics
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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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• Watch: Draymond Green gives advice to Mavericks’ Daniel Gafford

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green, 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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• Remaining NBA players as anime characters

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports The Conference Finals of the NBA Tournament of Power are here, so let’s compare the players to anime characters! The conference finals are about to get underway in the NBA playoffs, with the Indiana Pacers taking on the Boston Celtics, and the Dallas Mavericks going up against the Minnesota Timberwolves. And the best part of having the conference finals is that ...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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• 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
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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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• Mavs Notes: Lively, Gafford, Thompson, Morris, Dinwiddie
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• The Mavericks’ Game 4 showed a blueprint that could allow them to make history against the Celtics
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• Power forward continues to be most misunderstood position in NBA
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• Just how impactful has rookie Derek Lively II been for the Mavs’ journey to Finals?
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• NBA Finals 2024: Schedule, TV, streaming, scores, and more for Celtics-Mavericks
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• 2024 NBA Finals: How Mavs center Daniel Gafford went from trade market to integral starter

Gafford was previously scheduled to play in Boston on Feb. 9, but the day before was traded from Washington to Dallas....2024
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