05-13-2025, 01:54 PM
(05-13-2025, 01:45 PM)cow Wrote: If they want to compete right away, which I think is a mistake, they'd be better off keeping them all. AD is going to miss a good chunk of games. Ditto for Lively. Gafford, who everyone believes is the likely man out, is an ironman by comparison. And that doesn't even factor in that AD when "healthy" doesn't always look like the elite player he once was/can be at times. You'd need Flagg in the mix just to keep a healthy rotation at 4/5 spots.
No argument about the injury potential, especially with AD.
But, this is a contract year for Gafford, and if the Mavs draft yet another front court player #1, the chances they can talk themselves into keeping him at whatever number he'll want go to zero, imho. They were already low before the Mavs won the lottery, I'd wager, but now I think it's literally a forgone conclusion that he'll be moved this summer.
![[-]](https://www.mavsboard.com/images/collapse.png)