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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	16	22.3 ↑	3.2 - 5.2 ↓	61.4 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	2.1 - 2.7 ↑	79.1 ↑	6.1 ↑	1.3 ↑	0.9 ↑	1.4 ↓	2.8 ↑	1.4 ↑	8.5 ↓
Career	394	19.9	3.8 - 5.4	70.6	0 - 0	0.0	1.6 - 2.3	67.8	5.6	1.1	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	343	66.4		52.4	37.9	1.4	19.4	28	2.2	5.1	0.55	0.2

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	343	-0.7 48%	1.5 89%	0.8 76%	-0.6	0.8	0.2	-0.2	1	0.7	-1.9	2.2	0.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	70.1%	96
SQ	29.1	8
FTr	43.7%	92
3PAr	0%	1
ORB	2.3	93
cTOV	11.7%	14
Load	20.2	17
Creation	1.5	22
Portability	3.1	30
Passer Rating	14.5	21
CraftedOPM	-0.3	59

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.4	82
raDTOV	-0.4	16
DRB	-1.5	20
Rim Defense	-7	82
Rim Frequency	47.7	95
BLKpct	6.5	98
Versatility	4.5	9
rPF	1.6	7
CraftedDPM	1.5	86

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 343 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	Rudy Gobert	93
2	Dereck Lively II	90
3	Isaiah Jackson	90
4	Trayce Jackson-Davis	90
5	Walker Kessler	90
6	Jakob Poeltl	88
7	Jalen Duren	88
8	Andre Drummond	87
9	Ivica Zubac	87
10	Marvin Bagley III	87

defense

	Player	Score
1	Jaren Jackson Jr.	83
2	Isaiah Jackson	82
3	Adem Bona	81
4	Paul Reed	80
5	Brook Lopez	79
6	Goga Bitadze	79
7	Jay Huff	79
8	Jusuf Nurkić	79
9	Oso Ighodaro	79
10	Day'Ron Sharpe	78

overall

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	88
2	Walker Kessler	86
3	Jakob Poeltl	85
4	Dereck Lively II	84
5	Goga Bitadze	84
6	Trayce Jackson-Davis	84
7	Day'Ron Sharpe	83
8	Dwight Powell	83
9	Isaiah Hartenstein	83
10	Paul Reed	83

*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.