Yesterday, 05:43 PM
(Yesterday, 05:03 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: The Mavs are one of the worst teams in the league. Gafford is the only functional center on the roster. All this talk of trading him because he is not the ideal starting Center on a championship team is about 4-5 years premature. Let him get healthy, play next to Kyrie and Flagg, and rehab some trade value next year. We already saw he doesn't have much trade value right now. I don't know why everyone is in a rush.
I agree with your timeline, and that's part of the reason I think they can afford to deal Gafford now. I wouldn't say I'm in any rush to move him though. Keeping him to rehab some trade value is reasonable. Of course, there's a chance his value continues to decline the longer they hold on. Even at peak value he's probably never returning more than a late FRP.