This Has UNLOCKED The Mavericks…

This Has UNLOCKED The Mavericks…

After acquiring him at the trade deadline and once when Jason kid finally put him in the starting lineup and giving him real minutes Daniel Gafford has unlocked this Dallas Mavericks team with his tenacious rebounding his Sensational shot blocking and just able to score at The Rim at will as we saw

Him go on a 33 just field goal stretch of just continuous makes without making a single Miss almost breaking wil Chamberlin’s record Daniel Gafford is just Unstoppable he has just taken this team to a whole another level and arguably single-handedly transform this Dallas Mavericks identity going from a

From just a team that can just shoot the ball to a team that can just bang down low and just get it all in the paint in this video we’re going to break down Daniel gav’s impact what that means for the Dallas Mavericks going forward and

What we could see from him come playoff time but how’s it going everybody my name is Marcel Martin this is Mavericks digest bringing you the latest news on everything Dallas Mavericks related and before we get into today’s video 68.1% of you guys are not subscribed that number is slowly going down every single

Day thanks to you guys that are subscribing but if you’re enjoying the content the videos the live streams and everything that everything that we’re doing here make sure you consider subscribing but like I said in the intro Daniel gaffard the man has been Unstoppable we trade him at the trade

Deadline for ran Holmes and I think there was a pick involved as well to the Washington Wizards for Daniel Gafford and it has been paying dividends he has been playing Just outstanding basketball playing very much well within himself not trying to do too much that that may

Cause us to question his basketball IQ but for what he does it has been just fantastic I’ll throw his stats up real quick he’s averaging 11 points almost eight rebounds 1.4 assists shooting 71% from the floor and 70% from the free throw line and that right there is just

Very impressive of course the 71% field goal percentage amazing I think that’s one of the top percentages in the league but able to shoot 70% from the free throw line as a center and I’ve said it many times in the past few videos and a few live streams I mentioned it but

Daniel Gafford shooting 70 % from the free throw line is going to be huge come playoff time down the stretch in a in a SE in a game seven situation where it’s winner go home we’re down by two I’m not worried about no hacker Shack plays on

Daniel gaffer get the man the ball if you want to send him to the line I trust that shot every day twice on Sundays Daniel Gafford is going to be phenomenal for us come playoff time with his ability to just block shots we a few of

Them are goens and I’m not even mad if it’s a go just the fact that he is just able and ready to block any shot that comes his way you want to enter the paint good luck because the landlord is there and he’s not letting nothing fly

His ability are just to get rebounds I want to say he’s averaging almost three offensive rebounds a game it’s about 2.7 2.9 but the man is just on the boards and he is active and that’s just the type of big man that we’ve seen Luka

Dones say this is the type of guy that I wanted for so long Kyrie Irving has said that this is just the guy that works for us and a lot of us a lot of us Mavs fans have been wondering who’s our third scorer we got Kyrie we got Luca those

Guys are are phenomenal Kyrie in the fourth is a guarantee Luca popping off all game is a guarantee but we’ve been looking for somebody just to come off the bench or maybe in the starting lineup to be that third guy that third scoring option that third player behind

Kyrie and Luca who we can go to in crunch time we can go to for a quick bucket we thought maybe it’ be Dante exom and he’s a good player maybe not as consistent as we like we thought it’ be PJ Washington when we got him at at the

Trade deadline we thought maybe you know his offense would translate and we’ve seen him struggles shooting that three ball especially that corner three he’s had some some some good games but for the most part his defense is what we’ve really relied on and Tim Hardway JR

We’ve seen him in the first half of the Season he was great phenomenal he was in running for Sixth Man of the Year but as of late not sure where he’s been and a couple other guys as well but Daniel Gafford it seems to be the most consistent player outside of lukan Kyrie

For this Dallas Mavericks team in the last few games man since we’ve got him it feels like that Daniel Gafford is reliable he’s Dependable you can just make sure that you don’t have to worry about anything when it comes to Daniel Gafford he’s got the ball he’s going to

Score it or he’ll make a good pass to someone else who’s open and down the stretch in the playoffs that’s the type of player that we need that we’re going to have to rely on whenever Luca or Kyrie or maybe they’re burnt out maybe they’re tired they’ve been playing 48

Straight minutes who can get you a bucket Daniel Gafford and this right here a quote after the game against the Jazz the other night Jason kid said it was like one of those Wilt Chamberlain nights 10 for1 kid said I’m trying to figure out which shot he missed I don’t

Know which one they credit him for for a Miss that’s tough at home but I think again that’s what he brings the quarterbacks love finding him he has great hands his ability to finish in traffic is something that we haven’t had and that’s and that’s true Jason kid

Hits the nail right on the head against the Utah Jazz we had 18 dunks which was the most in the last 20 years and that was the most in franchise history and Kyrie and luuka have said multiple times they love having Daniel Gaff on the floor because whenever they can find him

In an Alle situation or even in a pick and roll situation Daniel gaffer converts it every sing Le time he’s shooting 70 71% from the floor which I’m sure that’s all within you know 5T of the basket he doesn’t really extend his range that much but like I said earlier

That’s him playing within himself he’s not going to take an ill-advised shot he’s going to take the best shot possible or he’s going to find somebody to kick it out to and in the pick and roll situation with Luca or Kyrie it’s cash money every time we’ve seen even in

Transition for most centers in the league in transition in a fast break situation you don’t expect your your Center to just go out running but Daniel Gafford can move Daniel Gafford knows how to get back on defense he knows how to how to run down the the other way in

A fast break situation he is very quick has good footwork and has active hands for a big and he’s about an inch or two shorter than most seven-footers but Daniel Gafford doesn’t care the Size Doesn’t Matter he still plays like he’s a much bigger player on the court and

And like what Jason kid said the quarterbacks meaning the point guards they love it they love seeing him on the court because it’s it’s just wonderful it’s wonderful basketball but the article continues saying Gafford has been instrumental in the team’s Improvement in scoring in the paint in

The Mavs last seven games they have averaged 5857 points in the paint per game which is well above their average of 47.8 per game Dallas hasn’t scored less than 50 points in the paint in a game in that stretch so in the last seven games the points in the paint be

Able to get to the rim or even just to find Derek Derek Lively or Daniel Gafford down low has been our bread and butter like I said in the intro in the first half of the Season we were just you know a mid-range to three-point shooting team where Luca Kyrie we had

Seth Curry we had we had um Grant Williams and a couple other guys that could shoot the ball from the perimeter or the mid-range our jump shot was what we leaned on Tim harway Jr in the early parts of the Season as well but ever since the trade deadline is the identity

Of this team has changed from a jump shooting team to just a rim running attack the basket inside scoring team which when you look at across the landscape of the league some of those top teams aren’t really doing that a lot of the teams that I see that are like

The one through third seed on the east and west they have a lot of three-point shooting teams we look at the Boston Celtics who play five out we look at the the Oklahoma City Thunder who their entire team has can shoot the three ball very well but very few teams that are

Top in their conferences can just hit the boards hit the paint hit the rim like this Dallas Mavericks team and I got to say Daniel Gafford has like I said just transformed and unlocked that for US changing our identity almost single-handedly and you’ll love to see

It cuz I love to see it in this right here the top five NBA players by player impact estimate and this was about two days ago Daniel Gafford sitting pretty with 29.8 and Luca donic we all know his player impact as well right below him 22.3 but that gap between Daniel Gaff

And Luka donic is phenomenal and I think that just just and and bolsters my point when I said that he’s transforming this team and that his impact is being felt we went from a jump shooting team to a team that can hang down low and we’ve seen over the past few games where

Daniel Gafford doesn’t matter who’s down low whether that be Walker Keesler whether that be nikic whether that be anybody that a team wants to throw down low Daniel gafford’s fine with that even against the San Antonio Spurs Daniel Gafford still got his it’s wonderful to know that we actually have a center who

Can hang down low that I’m not worried about him going up against any other Center in this league not saying he’s the best center in this league but we have something that we can rely on that that big man position isn’t something that we have to worry about and of

Course Derrik ly has been phenomenal All Season as a rookie a lot has been asked of him and he has delivered in in just tfold it feels like but he is still a rookie he’s going to make mistakes he’s going to still have still need time to

Improve but it’s good to know that we have someone in Daniel gaver who’s already there who’s who’s who can still improve as well but someone that we can rely on when the rookie and Daniel Gafford may not be the best best option on a night toight basis but to continue

Just the Daniel Gafford just just loving him right now per Jacob at uh at at Ko saying over his last nine games Daniel Gafford is averaging 15.4 points 8.1 rebound shooting 87% he’s the only player in NBA history to average at least 15 points per game

On 85% field goal percentage over a nine game span the man’s on a run the man is on a complete tear and I honestly believe if he started this season as a Maverick he could be in the run for defensive player of the year maybe all

Defensive team I’m not sure if he if he might be able to make some of those teams but I think Daniel Gafford has a wonderful career here in Dallas that he can really just submit himself as one of the best bigs to ever do it I mean Tyson

Chandler has some pretty big shoes to fill but I I personally believe that Daniel Gafford has the entire skill set and the team behind him to just make an a huge impact and have a legacy Left Behind whenever it’s all said and done that his time in Dallas Mavericks was

Well spent maybe a championship on the on the heels of Kyrie and Luca dones that he can just be that guy for us like I said before that third scoring option just that third option in general that we have it might just be Daniel Gafford but this right here the efficiency

Landscape as of March 22nd just just the other day in the last 10 games on the bottom left where the Raptors are that’s where probably the worst teams with the worst offense and some of the worst defense we see the Jazz having a very mid offense but they are the worst

Defensive team and on the opposite side you see the Boston Celtics where up towards that area they have the best offense and a pretty decent defense but you see right there in the middle of pack where the Dallas Mavericks are our offense where I know our our three-point

Shot has not been falling and our free throws have been kind of shaky but like I said points in the paint we still find ways to win our offense despite all that is still looking strong and our defense which it’s been one of the best it hasn’t really been that great lately but

To see that right there at least in the last 10 games we’re still doing good we’re still a positive we’re doing by this better than the Oklahoma City Thunder who we may see in the playoffs we’re right behind the Denver Nuggets who we may see in the playoffs we’re

Ahead of the Sacramento Kings we’re way ahead of of the uh of the Minnesota Timberwolves this is a clear indication of where we currently stand and with the playoffs right around the corner I’m feeling fairly certain that whoever we match up in the first round we’re not

Giving it away easy it’s ain’t no free lunch over here and nothing given everything is earned and I believe that this team with Daniel Gafford can make a splash we can we can make a Deep Run and if we keep doing what we’re what we’ve been doing recently and just build upon

That game after game all the small problems will just seem non-existent come playoff time and whether or not we make a run to the finals or maybe it’s a first round exit I truly believe that next year this Mavericks team will look e even better and I’m looking forward to

It but that’s all I got for you guys today thank you for making this far to the video make sure you check out our Twitter and our Discord links in description below consider becoming a channel member we are doing a free Jersey giveaway here on April 2nd we’ll

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Marcel Martin breaks down the impact of Daniel Gafford for this Dallas Mavericks team.

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