{"id":377157,"date":"2025-12-29T01:15:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/377157\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T01:15:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T01:15:12","slug":"celtics-linked-to-mavs-big-man-in-trade-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/377157\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Linked To Mavs Big Man In Trade Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the NBA trade deadline looming on February 5, many people are wondering how the Boston Celtics will approach things.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics have some solid trade chips in guys like <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/12\/nba-exec-sounds-alarm-on-celtics-anfernee-simons-trade-market\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anfernee Simons<\/a> and Sam Hauser. PBO Brad Stevens has communicated that he\u2019s open to pretty much any scenario, whether that\u2019s buying, selling, or staying put.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll all depend on what kinds of offers land on Brad\u2019s desk. <\/p>\n<p>If Boston were to make a move, you\u2019d have to assume it would be one that strengthens the front court. Neemias Queta has been awesome as the starting center this year, but that doesn\u2019t mean that the Celtics couldn\u2019t use more depth at the position.<\/p>\n<p>This is the line of though that probably had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JWeinbachNBA\/status\/2005301025037857140?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">NBA analyst Jake Weinbach<\/a> linking the Celtics to Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford in trade buzz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Celtics are among the teams that should be linked to Daniel Gafford leading up to the trade deadline this season.<\/p>\n<p>Boston is expected to be in the market for a long-term solution at center. Dallas will be listening to offers for the 27-year-old rim protector.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Weinbach (@JWeinbachNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JWeinbachNBA\/status\/2005301025037857140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gafford\u2019s 2025-26 campaign with the Mavs has been affected by an ankle injury that disrupted his early momentum and restricted his playing time after returning. In 22 games (14 starts), Gafford has averaged 7.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.0 assist, and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 62 percent from the field. <\/p>\n<p>In the Mavericks\u2019 113-107 defeat of the Sacramento Kings on December 27, Gafford stepped into the starting lineup for the injured Anthony Davis, delivering 11 points, seven rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block in 23 minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He inked a three-year, $54 million extension in July, setting expectations for expanded contributions in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Gafford entered the NBA as the Chicago Bulls\u2019 second-round pick (38th overall) in 2019. He debuted modestly before moving to the Washington Wizards in 2021, where he developed into a reliable starter. Traded to Dallas in February 2024, he excelled in 2023-24, topping the league in field goal percentage at 72.5 percent. Across 401 career games, he maintains 9.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.5 blocks averages on 70.5 percent shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the NBA trade deadline looming on February 5, many people are wondering how the Boston Celtics will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-377157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}