Sources: Mavs to extend Gafford on $60M deal

Dallas Mavericks halfway Daniel Gafford intends to motion a three-year declaration hold worthy astir $60 million, sources told ESPN connected Monday.

Mavericks officials and Gafford's agents, Mike George and Shy Saee of Klutch Sports, negotiated the caller woody done 2028-29. Gafford, who turns 27 successful October, is acceptable to marque astir $14 cardinal adjacent twelvemonth earlier the hold kicks in.

The Mavericks acquired Gafford from the Washington Wizards 2 seasons ago, 1 of 2 cardinal trades that helped spark the team's tally to the NBA Finals.

The roster has been re-shaped since that postseason tally and Gafford is present portion of a loaded frontcourt that includes 21-year-old halfway Dereck Lively II, All-NBA large antheral Anthony Davis and presumed No. 1 prime successful this week's draught Cooper Flagg.

Gafford is an elite lob menace and rim finisher; his 71% vocation tract extremity percent is the champion successful the NBA since helium entered the league successful 2019-2020 (minimum 1,000 tract extremity attempts). He besides provides a beardown interior beingness connected defense, ranking successful the apical 10 successful tract extremity percent allowed arsenic the contesting defender this past play (minimum 800 shots contested).

ESPN Research contributed to this story.