Dallas Mavericks energy ahead/heart Maxi Kleber suffered a proper foot fracture in Saturday’s 122-107 loss to the Boston Celtics, the staff introduced.
The Mavs stated Kleber can 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 throughout the third quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Boston Celtics
Kleber suffered the harm 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 recognized with a stress fracture in his proper ankle. Energetic might be reevaluated in a month, and he’ll be sidelined for at the very least two months.
In 34 video games (4 begins) this season, Kleber has averaged profession lows of three.0 factors and a pair of.8 rebounds to associate with 1.3 assists and 18.7 minutes per contest, whereas additionally capturing all-time lows of 38.5% from the sphere and 26.5% from 3-point vary.
The Dallas Mavericks introduced right this moment that Mavericks heart Maxi Kleber sustained a proper foot fracture throughout right this moment’s recreation in opposition to the Boston Celtics.
Kleber might be re-evaluated this week.
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) January 26, 2025
In accordance with Basketball Reference, this has statistically been Kleber’s worst season of his NBA profession. His participant effectivity score (5.7), true capturing 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 large man on Dallas’ roster.
“It’s a gap. It’s robust,” Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd stated in his postgame interview relating to the slew of accidents to the staff’s large 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 in some unspecified time in the future throughout Dallas’ five-game street journey that begins Wednesday.
The Mavs are anticipated to judge their choices to handle their lack of depth at heart. Choices embrace scouring the commerce market forward of the Feb. 6 deadline and signing gamers to two-way offers or 10-day contracts.
In accordance with a supply near the staff, the Mavericks’ entrance workplace is “cautious about giving up a major asset in a deal to repair a brief drawback,” 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 recreation forward of the Tenth-place Sacramento Kings (23-22).
