02-09-2024, 12:31 PM
(02-09-2024, 11:39 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Love Gafford, but he is a backup center here. I do not think he is worth (to the Mavs) either his salary or the first round pick they had to acquire to give up for him. I think they will be playoff games where he plays eight minutes and everybody here loses their mind, because Kleber is in there instead of him. And, I think it will probably be the right decision to play Kleber in front of him.
I don't think it's going to be a Kleber over Gafford or vice versa situation, I think it will be a 5 out vs pick and roll offense situation so I would hope we do play Maxi more against centers like Gobert or Zubac. I would hope most people understand why we do that when. Gafford is an expensive contract for sure but we also have a legitimate claim to having one of the best center rotations in the league now and that's a pretty insane statement from where we were a week ago.
I think the only thing that will have people (or maybe just me) up in arms is if we are paying Gafford all this money and end up playing Dwight those 8 minutes instead because it just hasn't worked out. I could see that happening this postseason with the hopes that Gafford gets ramped up next season but hopefully Gafford just claims those minutes right away.