Now that the Dallas Mavericks are down to just three players 6-10 or taller due to the unavailability of Dwight Powell and Willie Cauley-Stein, that makes Maxi Kleber that much more important.
Kleber (6-10) joins Kristaps Porzingis (7-3) and Boban Marjanovic (7-4) as the only players on the Mavs’ roster available to play when they restart their 2019-’20 season during a July 31 game against the Houston Rockets. Powell is out for the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair his torn right Achilles tendon that he ruptured during a Jan. 21 game against the Los Angeles Clippers, while Cauley-Stein opted not to enter the bubble in Orlando after his daughter was born on July 7.