02-15-2024, 06:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-15-2024, 06:22 PM by SleepingHero.)
(02-15-2024, 05:04 PM)mvossman Wrote: For energy guys like Gafford reduction in minutes and second unit duty only make them better. There has to be some degree of regression from a rebounding standpoint. He is nearly double his career rate
It's certainly likely his rebounding rate will fall. But I don't know, I think there's an outside chance that Gafford filled this desperate need for a high energy rebounder the Mavs have lacked since 2011.
There were so many times over the years I remember watching and thinking that there were a ton of rebounds available but the Mavs couldn't get either due to lack of size or hustle.
Maybe Gafford's powers are just so amplified here that his rebounding rate has soared and will stay there.
Unlikely, but who knows?
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