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Daniel Gafford

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

10/1/1998 (27)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

6'9.25"

Weight:

234

Wingspan:

7'2.5"

Positional Size:

C

Hometown:

El Dorado, AR

Daniel Gafford Stats

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Season	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2020	43	14.2	2.2 - 3.1	70.1	0 - 0	0	0.7 - 1.4	53.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.3	0.7	5.1
2021	54	14.7	2.9 - 4.2	68.4	0 - 0	0	1.3 - 2	66.7	4.3	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	0.8	7
2022	72	20.1	4 - 5.7	69.3	0 - 0	0	1.5 - 2.1	69.9	5.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.4	0.9	9.4
2023	78	20.6	3.7 - 5.1	73.2	0 - 0	0	1.6 - 2.4	67.9	5.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	2.4	1.1	9
2024	74	24.5	4.7 - 6.5	72.5	0 - 0	0	1.6 - 2.4	67.4	7.6	1.6	0.9	2.1	3.1	1	11
2025	57	21.5	5 - 7.1	70.2	0 - 0	0	2.4 - 3.4	68.9	6.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.7	1.2	12.3
2025	33	21 ↑	3.1 - 4.9 ↓	62.6 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	1.8 - 2.4 ↑	76.9 ↑	6.4 ↑	0.9 ↓	0.7 ↑	1.2 ↓	2.5 –	1.3 ↑	8 ↓
Career	411	19.9	3.8 - 5.4	70.3	0 - 0	0.0	1.6 - 2.3	68.0	5.7	1	0.5	1.5	2.5	1	9.2

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2020	609	68.6		44.8	29.7	1	16.4	15	3.1		0.2	0.1
2021	791	69.7		48	37.9	1.6	20.3	14	4.6	21	1.6	0.8
2022	1444	70.8	0.2	37.2	19	1.7	21.6	26	4.1	14	2.4	1.3
2023	1604	73.9		47.3	20.4	1.6	20.2	28	3.5	3	2.1	1.2
2024	1815	73.1		36.5	21.9	1.6	20.9	34	3.8	4	3.54	2.1
2025	1226	71.6		48.6	25.4	2.3	26.6	27	1.9	8	2.56	1.8
2025	664	66.5		49.7	34	1.2	17.6	15	1.5	2.1	0.97	0.3

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2020	609	-2.7	1.2	-1.5							-2.8	1.5	-1.3
2021	791	0.1	1.7	1.8							0.6	1.6	2.2
2022	1444	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.3	-0.1	0.2				1.1	0.5	1.6
2023	1604	-0.1	0.6	0.4	-0.8	0.3	-0.5				0.4	0.6	1
2024	1815	0	1.5	1.5	-0.3	1.3	1	-0.5	1.6	1.1	0.7	1.9	2.6
2025	1226	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.3	2.7	1.1	3.8
2025	664	-1.3 29%	1.8 92%	0.5 72%	-1.4	1.5	0.1	-0.6	1.1	0.4	-2.3	1.9	-0.4

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	69.1%	97
SQ	29.2	10
FTr	44.4%	94
3PAr	0%	1
ORB	2.5	94
cTOV	13.8%	4
Load	18.9	14
Creation	1.4	22
Portability	2.4	25
Passer Rating	10.4	10
CraftedOPM	-0.8	44

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.7	87
raDTOV	-0.5	11
DRB	-1.4	21
Rim Defense	-9.8	92
Rim Frequency	47.7	94
BLKpct	6.3	97
Versatility	2.9	6
rPF	1.5	10
CraftedDPM	1.7	90

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 664 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

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1	Isaiah Jackson	93
2	Walker Kessler	93
3	Dereck Lively II	91
4	Rudy Gobert	90
5	Mason Plumlee	89
6	Zach Edey	89
7	Jakob Poeltl	88
8	Nick Richards	88
9	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser	88
10	Andre Drummond	87

defense

	Player	Score
1	Charles Bassey	83
2	Collin Murray-Boyles	82
3	Brook Lopez	81
4	Jaren Jackson Jr.	81
5	Jay Huff	81
6	Rasheer Fleming	81
7	Christian Koloko	80
8	Isaiah Jackson	80
9	Adem Bona	80
10	Oso Ighodaro	80

overall

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	88
2	Walker Kessler	88
3	Charles Bassey	86
4	Adem Bona	85
5	Dereck Lively II	83
6	Jakob Poeltl	83
7	Goga Bitadze	82
8	Isaiah Hartenstein	82
9	Dwight Powell	82
10	Trayce Jackson-Davis	82

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.