{"id":51738,"date":"2025-04-12T00:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51738"},"modified":"2025-04-12T00:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T00:40:04","slug":"report-news-leaked-audio-shows-luka-doncic-sending-a-cryptic-message-to-former-mavericks-teammate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=51738","title":{"rendered":"Report news: Leaked Audio Shows Luka Doncic Sending A Cryptic Message To Former Mavericks’ Teammate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic said something fascinating to a Dallas Mavericks center after their matchup last night, teasing a reunion.<\/p>\n

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“We’ll play again. We’ll play again.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Doncic and Gafford were teammates for just about a year, with Gafford joining the Mavericks in February 2024 from the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n

He and Doncic would hit the ground running as a duo, with Gafford going multiple games without missing a single shot.<\/p>\n

Their momentum was easily carried into an NBA Finals appearance. Unfortunately, their journey together ended this season when Doncic was traded away.<\/p>\n

There were rumors that the Mavericks could consider trading Gafford to give Dereck Lively II dominion over the starting center role and adding a perimeter defender such as Herb Jones instead.<\/p>\n

However, injuries to Gafford and to their targets prompted no frontcourt changes outside the addition of Anthony Davis in the Doncic trade.<\/p>\n

Now, the Mavericks are bound to fix their lopsided roster over the summer. Lively being a 21-year-old who Dallas thinks has a high ceiling means Gafford will be the first player they consider dealing for any sort of summer upgrades.<\/p>\n

While most people assume Luka was talking about Gafford in LA, it bears mentioning that Gafford has previously been linked as a potential ‘naturalized’ player for the Slovenian national team.<\/p>\n

With EuroBasket 2025 just a few months away, Doncic could be referring to this instead of an NBA team-up.<\/p>\n

Daniel Gafford Would Be Great For The Lakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Lakers have a desperate need for a center. Given that Doncic knows how to play alongside Gafford, it might be worth it for the Lakers to pay a similar price to what they’d spend on Mark Williams to ensure Gafford joins the Lakers in the summer.<\/p>\n

He’s averaged 12.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks this season.<\/p>\n

Gafford is an athletic lob-catcher and rim-protector. While he is a little one-dimensional in terms of his skill-set, his key skills complement Doncic’s style of play perfectly.<\/p>\n

He’s one of the most efficient pick-and-roll finishers in the NBA, able to jump over defenses to catch balls at the rim while also being able to challenge any shot at the rim.<\/p>\n

He doesn’t have good on-ball decision-making sense and often struggles to make the additional pass if it could open up a three.<\/p>\n

Passing is something Lively excels at in the short-roll, so the Mavericks need that as a skill in Luka’s absence. If Gafford is a regular workman center, Doncic can return him to achieving great heights.<\/p>\n

The addition here is also that Gafford gets LeBron James and Austin Reaves as potential teammates and ball-handlers as well.<\/p>\n

It could rejuvenate his career instead of getting lost in the frontcourt mess that the Mavericks have on their roster right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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