05-21-2024, 02:27 PM
Another thing I'll add about Gafford:
While I hope he's an impact player here next season, I'm really worried about him taking time from Lively, and I think that in the correctly sized role (relative to Lively), Gafford is probably the most likely guy on the roster to be "not worth his contract" moving forward. To me, that means that he's potentially much more valuable this summer than he will be for the next 1 1/2 years. Obviously, he'll be an expiring contract at the deadline the year after next, so it's not a death sentence to keep him or anything, but I don't look at this situation in Dallas for him and imagine he'll look like an asset at that remuneration level by the end of his time here, and I suspect he and his agent might WANT to move on soon (if Kidd does the right thing with Lively). I hope that makes sense.
Or, maybe Lively gets hurt in training camp and Gafford being here is a Godsend. Who knows?
While I hope he's an impact player here next season, I'm really worried about him taking time from Lively, and I think that in the correctly sized role (relative to Lively), Gafford is probably the most likely guy on the roster to be "not worth his contract" moving forward. To me, that means that he's potentially much more valuable this summer than he will be for the next 1 1/2 years. Obviously, he'll be an expiring contract at the deadline the year after next, so it's not a death sentence to keep him or anything, but I don't look at this situation in Dallas for him and imagine he'll look like an asset at that remuneration level by the end of his time here, and I suspect he and his agent might WANT to move on soon (if Kidd does the right thing with Lively). I hope that makes sense.
Or, maybe Lively gets hurt in training camp and Gafford being here is a Godsend. Who knows?
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