Indiana Pacers Interested In Daniel Gafford & Walker Kessler?
The Indiana Pacers are hunting for their center of the future—and Dallas big man Daniel Gafford might be the cleanest answer. In this video, Cyro Asseo breaks down how Gafford fits as a long-term Myles Turner replacement, why he makes more sense than Walker Kessler (on the floor and on the books), and how realistic a deal with the Mavericks actually is.
We go 10-man rotation deep: how Gafford’s rim-running, lob threat, and backline defense mesh with Pascal Siakam, Bennedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Obi Toppin, Jarace Walker, Ben Sheppard, T.J. McConnell and the rest of the Pacers’ core. You’ll get a segment on each player, how Carlisle can stagger lineups, and what a healthy Tyrese Haliburton–Gafford pick-and-roll looks like in a modern spread offense.
Cyro also walks through key trade frameworks (from a simple Gafford–McConnell swap to bigger Mathurin/Jarace packages), explains why Gafford is a better stylistic and financial fit than Kessler, and how this all lines up with Indiana’s “gap year” before pushing back into Finals contention when Haliburton returns.
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