Mavericks C Daniel Gafford Spolla the ankle in opening the tests of the training camp, to lose up to 3 weeks

Daniel Gafford’s first practice with the Dallas Maverks of this autumn did not go well.

The center has undergone an ankle distortion in the first Mavericks training practice in Vancouver Tuesday, confirmed coach head Jason Kidd. Now he will be put aside for two or three weeks of recovery, which is putting his availability for their opening of the season against the San Antonio Spurs on October 22 in doubt.

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Gafford, who turned 27 on Wednesday, will now miss the rest of the training camp and the preblical.

Gafford had a career season with the Maverick last year. He scored 12.3 points and 6.8 rebounds on average in 21.5 minutes per game and shot better than 70.2% from the field. It has inking a three -year extension of $ 54 million with the team in the past out of the season. Gafford, who divided time into the starting role together with Dereck Lively, wasted time close to the end of the season due to an MCL distortion.

The Mavericks are leaving a wild season in which they surprisingly exchanged the star Luka Dončić for Anthony Davis. The team made a spiral on this, due to numerous serious injuries, including Kyrie Irving’s acting, which is still recovering from a torn ACL. The Maverks, a year removed from a trip to the NBA finals, went to only 39-43 and completely lost their playoffs last season. Dallas, however, won the NBA Draft lottery and ended up selecting the Duke Cooper Flagg star with the overall choice 1 choice.

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Mavericks PJ Washington striker has also lost tests due to a head injury. It was seen clashing with Jaden Hardy during the individual exercises Tuesday, according to Dallas Morning’s news, but Kidd hopes to be able to return to the end of this week. Washington, who marked on average 14.7 points and 7.8 rebounds last season, signed a four -year extension and $ 90 million with the Maverick last month.