Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford has sustained a Grade 3 right MCL sprain and will miss at least 6 weeks, sources tell me and @espn_macmahon. Gafford, Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II now expected to be out significant stretches of the second half of the season. pic.twitter.com/FJxd2xK9NY

The Dallas Mavericks hoped to move forward into a new era after the controversial trade of Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. The early days of that era have been marred by the presence of the injury bug.

The Mavericks' injury list goes beyond the four players who are already confirmed out. PJ Washington, who missed the Mavericks' last outing with an ankle sprain, is listed as questionable against the Warriors. So is Dante Exum, who played Monday but has been listed on the injury report since Sunday with Achilles tightness.