Santi Aldama is set to make his Mavericks debut Friday against Utah after surgery. Recovery ran longer than he expected, with no setbacks: "I feel really good right now." His role: "stretch the floor, knock down some shots" as Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg draw defenders.
"Setting screens majority of the time for me, that's going to be my main job." The Mavericks' Daniel Gafford wants to be "elite" at it, including in pick and roll with Cooper Flagg. Asked about Santi Aldama nearing his debut, he gave no timeline.