Game 63: Miami Heat (35-26) vs. Dallas Mavericks (34-28)

[Smitty]

The best Mavs team of the Luka era had Kleber/Powell playing center. Not KP. Not Gafford. Not Lively. And Powell has been a big net positive over his career as a Mav. A bigger on/off, +/- sample size is helping his case. Cannot say the same about Gafford but it wouldn't be fair to bring up his time on tanking teams in a comparisation like this.
Already stated it. Not sure what makes you think that the track record of this front office is a point in Gafford's favor. Even more because they are searching for players that can play in Kidd's 2020 Lakers scheme.

I’m not arguing that Gafford isn’t without flaws. Just that he provides something for this team that the other 2 do not. I’ve seen for years the Powell truthers point to his +/- as a reason he’s a great center and mostly ignore them because it does no good to argue with people that only use advance stats to make a case.

I use and look at numbers also. Some fit the eye test - some don’t. Some fit the narrative I’m trying to frame and others dismiss it. You can almost find anything to support your stance if you want to. I’m just as guilty as the next guy.

The point is, Gafford does more positive things than negative in certain matchups. This is my opinion. You have a different one. We will have to agree to disagree.