Dallas Mavericks energy ahead/heart Maxi Kleber suffered a proper foot fracture in Saturday’s 122-107 loss to the Boston Celtics, the group introduced.
The Mavs mentioned Kleber could be reevaluated this week, however sources informed ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and Shams Charania that he would sit out an prolonged time period.
Dallas Mavericks’ Maxi Kelber suffered a proper foot fracture in the course of the third quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Boston Celtics
Kleber suffered the damage within the third quarter and was dominated out for the remainder of the sport after limping to the locker room.
X-rays revealed his fracture simply days after Mavericks beginning heart Dereck Energetic II was identified with a stress fracture in his proper ankle. Energetic shall be reevaluated in a month, and he’ll be sidelined for no less than two months.
In 34 video games (4 begins) this season, Kleber has averaged profession lows of three.0 factors and a couple of.8 rebounds to go together with 1.3 assists and 18.7 minutes per contest, whereas additionally taking pictures all-time lows of 38.5% from the sphere and 26.5% from 3-point vary.
The Dallas Mavericks introduced at present that Mavericks heart Maxi Kleber sustained a proper foot fracture throughout at present’s sport in opposition to the Boston Celtics.
Kleber shall be re-evaluated this week.
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) January 26, 2025
In keeping with Basketball Reference, this has statistically been Kleber’s worst season of his NBA profession. His participant effectivity score (5.7), true taking pictures share (48.9%), utilization share (8.6%), and turnover share (17.9%) are all profession lows.
Maxi Kleber, who turns 33 on Jan. 29, agreed to a three-year, $33 million contract extension with the Mavericks in September 2022. He’s incomes $11 million this marketing campaign and is slated to make $11 million in 2025-26.
Daniel Gafford is the one wholesome heart on the Mavs’ roster
To make issues worse, backup heart Dwight Powell has sat out the previous 4 video games due to a strained hip. This implies Daniel Gafford is the one wholesome massive man on Dallas’ roster.
“It’s a gap. It’s powerful,” Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd mentioned in his postgame interview concerning the slew of accidents to the group’s massive males. “I’ve by no means seen something prefer it, and it’s not going to get any higher.”
A supply knowledgeable MacMahon and Charania that there was optimism that Powell would be capable to return sooner or later throughout Dallas’ five-game highway journey that begins Wednesday.
The Mavs are anticipated to judge their choices to handle their lack of depth at heart. Choices embody scouring the commerce market forward of the Feb. 6 deadline and signing gamers to two-way offers or 10-day contracts.
In keeping with a supply near the group, the Mavericks’ entrance workplace is “cautious about giving up a big asset in a deal to repair a brief downside,” the nameless reference informed Charania.
The Mavericks (24-22) sit ninth within the Western Convention standings. Dallas trails the eighth-seed Phoenix Suns (23-21) and stays a 1/2 sport forward of the Tenth-place Sacramento Kings (23-22).
