Hard blow for the Mavericks, beaten last night by Cleveland, since Jason Kidd will have to compose without Maxi Kléber for several weeks. The German interior was already suffering from a sprained right knee, and his frankness announces that he tore his hamstrings in training !
According The Athletic, his unavailability is estimated between six and eight weeks, while Dallas prefers not to give a timetable. In the best case, he would return at the end of January if we believe the information from The Athletic. At worst, it will probably be around the All-Star game, scheduled for the weekend of February 19.
Even if his stats remain modest, the German brings “spacing” in attack, and he is a much better defender than Christian Wood. His complicity with Luka Doncic is also precious, especially on the “pick-and-pop”. Proof that Kleber is a key element of the collective, the Mavericks have won only one game in six when he is absent.
| Maxi Kléber | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | DAL | 72 | 17 | 48.9 | 31.3 | 74.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 71 | 21 | 45.3 | 35.3 | 78.4 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 74 | 26 | 46.1 | 37.3 | 84.9 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 9.1 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 50 | 27 | 42.2 | 41.0 | 91.9 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 7.1 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 59 | 25 | 39.8 | 32.5 | 70.8 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 22 | 26 | 49.0 | 36.9 | 78.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| Total | 348 | 23 | 44.9 | 35.9 | 79.5 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 7.0 | |
