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Daniel Gafford

Dallas Mavericks

Birthdate:

10/1/1998 (27)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Clustering Failed

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	48	21.7 ↑	3.6 - 5.5 ↓	64.7 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 –	1.8 - 2.5 ↑	72.5 ↑	6.8 ↑	1 –	0.8 ↑	1.3 ↓	2.6 ↑	1.3 ↑	9 ↓
Career	426	20	3.8 - 5.4	70.2	0 - 0	0.0	1.6 - 2.3	67.9	5.8	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	1013	67.3		44.5	32.7	1.3	19	18	1.8	5.1	1.41	0.6

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	1013	-1.5 25%	1.8 91%	0.4 72%	-1.4	1.5	0.1	-0.8	1.2	0.4	-1.2	1.6	0.4

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	68.8%	97
SQ	30	10
FTr	42.5%	92
3PAr	0%	1
ORB	2.6	94
cTOV	12.9%	7
Load	19.5	15
Creation	1.4	21
Portability	2.3	20
Passer Rating	14.3	12
CraftedOPM	-1.1	36

Stat	Value
Deflections	4.1	89
raDTOV	-0.6	7
DRB	-1.4	20
Rim Defense	-8.7	89
Rim Frequency	47.6	94
BLKpct	6.1	97
Versatility	4.8	8
rPF	1.5	12
CraftedDPM	1.7	89

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 1013 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	95
2	Walker Kessler	92
3	Mason Plumlee	90
4	Rudy Gobert	90
5	DeAndre Jordan	90
6	Dereck Lively II	90
7	Nick Richards	89
8	Adem Bona	89
9	Tony Bradley	89
10	Zach Edey	88

defense

	Player	Score
1	Collin Murray-Boyles	84
2	Brook Lopez	83
3	Charles Bassey	82
4	Jaren Jackson Jr.	81
5	Paul Reed	81
6	Adem Bona	80
7	Christian Koloko	80
8	Oso Ighodaro	80
9	Isaiah Jackson	79
10	Dwight Powell	79

overall

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	89
2	Walker Kessler	87
3	Adem Bona	86
4	Charles Bassey	85
5	Goga Bitadze	83
6	Jakob Poeltl	83
7	Dereck Lively II	83
8	Dylan Cardwell	83
9	Drew Eubanks	82
10	Paul Reed	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.