Less than 48 hours before the market closes in the NBA, the rain of last-minute movements between teams begins. comes a large-scale trade between the Mavericks and Wizards, involving eight players in one move. The 10 times All Star Anthony Davis, who belongs to the Dallas franchise, will be transferred to Washington along with his teammates Jaden Hardy, D’Angello Russell and Dante Exum, according to ESPN journalist Shams Charania. In exchange, the Mavericks will receive Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, two picks in the first round of the next draft and three second.
Washington Wizards will be Anthony Davis’ fourth team after spending seven seasons with the Pelicans – the team that selected him number one in the draft in 2012—six in the Lakers—with whom he won his only ring in the first year—and one in the Mavericks. The power forward, who has played 20 games this season, has not played since January 9 in Dallas’ 116-114 loss to the Utah Jazz due to a ligament injury in his left hand and is averaging 20.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.
BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, 2 first-round picks and 3 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
This move between the two franchises comes at a time when the Wizards rule out fighting to play the game. play-in and in which the Mavericks need to break their bad dynamic of five consecutive games without knowing the victory that propels them to that area. The Washington team reaches this point in the season with a balance of 13 wins and 36 losses. A dynamic that was also repeated last year, when they were last in the Eastern Conference with 18 wins and 64 losses. For its part, the Dallas franchise has not had a much better year. In the current season they have a balance of 19 wins and 31 losses despite having the number one in the draftCooper Flag, which aims to be the rookie of the season. —precisely in an operation in exchange for Davis— in February of last year left the Mavericks very affected, who despite qualifying for the play-inwere eliminated against the Memphis Grizzlies of Spanish Santi Aldama.
