The Dallas Mavericks are already adjusting to life without Luka Doncic following the blockbuster trade. Now Daniel Gafford is out following some brutal news. The Mavs center will miss significant action,

Gafford needed to be helped off the floor, and the Mavericks quickly ruled him out with a right knee sprain. Now, according to ESPN, Gafford will miss at least six weeks with a Grade 3 sprain of the MCL in his right knee. The team said Tuesday that Gafford would be re-evaluated in two weeks.

The Dallas Mavericks received an unwelcome update on Thursday, with a report that center Daniel Gafford won't be back for at least six weeks due to a ligament sprain in his right knee. The Mavericks were already down several other big men,

The news of Gafford missing extended time comes on the heels of big man Anthony Davis suffering a left adductor strain during his Mavs debut that will have him sidelined for multiple weeks. Dereck Lively II is also currently out with a right ankle stress fracture.

Daniel Gafford suffered a Grade 3 right MCL sprain during the Mavericks' game against the Kings, per ESPN's Shams Charania.

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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

Those wins will be hard to come by with all three of the centers on the Dallas roster — Anthony Davis (adductor strain), Dereck Lively II (ankle stress fracture), and Daniel Gafford (knee strain) — all out for at least two more weeks and to be re-evaluated March 6, something the Mavericks announced on Thursday.