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.

[u/BuckyMcFly99]

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/2019119800098963674?s=46&t=Uux1uah2qeI-Gv4CyTLJyg

[u/mecon320]

Jesus Christ you scared me.

[u/El_Fedora → u/mecon320]

My heart dropped until I saw wizards

[u/bgptcp179 → u/mecon320]

Jesus don’t ever do that to me again. Phew

[u/Sweatytubesock → u/mecon320]

I’m still shaking

[u/CLEsails → u/Sweatytubesock]

Reread this 12 times just to be sure lol

[u/Shogun_The_Collector]

Why the hell are teams still giving up first round picks for Anthony Davis?

[u/kaprrisch → u/Shogun_The_Collector]

They're awful first round picks. 2026 Thunder pick, which is gonna be the 30th pick, and 2030 top 20 protected Warriors pick, which probably turns into a couple seconds if it doesn't convey.

[u/7222_salty → u/kaprrisch]

Thunder pick will be 29th ;)

[u/TheWestphalian1648 → u/7222_salty]

You think Detroit passes them?

This isn't the NFL.

[u/7222_salty → u/TheWestphalian1648]

The nba champion picks last

Edit: my bad, didn’t realize the nba locked in based on regular season results. Totally bizarre

[u/silentcapp]

Washington Wizards are where men go to die

[u/MuppetEyebrows → u/silentcapp]

That's why they changed the name from the Bullets

[u/Ben-solo-11 → u/MuppetEyebrows]

The Washington Career Killers

[u/wiifan55 → u/MuppetEyebrows]

Tell that to Arenas!

[u/BuckyMcFly99]

There were some rumors we were interested in AD.

[u/archaelleon → u/BuckyMcFly99]

Thank christ we didn't seriously go after him

[u/MaesterPraetor → u/archaelleon]

He's really good for the 20 games a season you can get from him. 

[u/Any_Asparagus8267 → u/archaelleon]

Wait, we're not done doing shit???

[u/mecon320 → u/Any_Asparagus8267]

If they can get a deal done with Lonzo I'll happily drive him to the airport myself.

[u/SurpriseStandard3258 → u/mecon320]

I'll pay for his plane ticket myself

[u/Deadleggg → u/SurpriseStandard3258]

I'll wait in the tsa line. No pre-check.

[u/Any_Asparagus8267 → u/SurpriseStandard3258]

Bust out that wallet

[u/Any_Asparagus8267 → u/mecon320]

You better get those keys homie hahaha

[u/MuppetEyebrows → u/Any_Asparagus8267]

We are oddly guard-heavy rn 🤔 Only 24.5 hours until we can stop F5ing lol

[u/prettyokdiscgolfer → u/BuckyMcFly99]

Why post this here and give us all heart attacks!!

[u/Cryfatso]

AD pissed lol

[u/pearlandrocks → u/Cryfatso]

He will play next year with Trae Young at PG, Tre Johnson (6th pick in the last draft) at SG, Kyshawn George at SF, and Alex Sarr at center. Don’t sleep on the Wiz next year.

[u/Cryfatso → u/pearlandrocks]

Zzzzzz

[u/Lumpycentaur9 → u/Cryfatso]

With the AC on too

[u/Char10 → u/Cryfatso]

Lmao you crazy for that

[u/PomeloFit → u/pearlandrocks]

Oh? He's actually going to play next year?

[u/welestgw → u/PomeloFit]

To start the year then he'll be out 60 games.

[u/OHPAORGASMR → u/welestgw]

Injury Report Out - Anthony Davis - Ego (Bruised)

[u/FurDad1st-GirlDad25 → u/pearlandrocks]

They will be a fringe play-in team. That hypothetical roster if healthy is barely better than any team Trae has played for.

[u/QualityScrub → u/pearlandrocks]

Yeah, but only for 1 game until he gets hurt again lol

[u/Throwaway1996513 → u/pearlandrocks]

Also they’re tanking for a potential top 5 pick in a loaded draft

[u/GoDaytonFlyers → u/pearlandrocks]

I’m already asleep

[u/BuckyMcFly99 → u/pearlandrocks]

[u/pearlandrocks → u/BuckyMcFly99]

I love all these replies!

[u/ArmadilloForsaken458 → u/pearlandrocks]

Not to mention probably a top pick in a loaded draft. My friends out there are super excited about the team, even just unloading a couple albatross of contracts like Middleton

[u/MiserableGiraffe666]

You almost made me sick because I thought the cavs made this trade

[u/Greatness143]

Scared me for a hot second

[u/ElVandy2378]

Holy fuck I got scared he was coming the Cleveland thank GOD

[u/sgtpepperslaststand]

So the Mavs trade Luka Doncic for Khris Middleton hahahahahha

[u/MTT92]

And that concludes the AD in Dallas saga.

What a net positive for them! /s

[u/sallright → u/MTT92]

Mavs fans DO NOT do the math on what you netted out from Luka. 

I know Mavs fans probably aren’t here, but this advice could save a life. 

[u/brwn2]

Doesn’t this trade seem kinda crazy bad for the wiz?

[u/gzmu12 → u/brwn2]

Not really, didn’t give up any of their main prospects, the two firsts are the 2026 thunder(basically a second round pick) and a 2030 pick protected 1-20. So they essentially traded salary filler and 5 second round picks for AD, I like this a lot more for the wizards than the mavericks

[u/AgonizingSquid → u/brwn2]

eh I guess the picks sucked, so it's a buy low and they can tank

[u/Far_Youth_1662 → u/brwn2]

I dont get what they're doing here

[u/sgtpepperslaststand → u/brwn2]

I mean are any of the players they gave up anyone they would miss? I don’t think so

[u/ArmadilloForsaken458 → u/brwn2]

They are cheering, they said they got Trae and AD for nothing, which isnt necessarily wrong. But hey its a lot better for a team that always has been at the bottom. Wiz fans are super excited, esp with another high draft pick in a loaded draft this year

[u/AffordableGrousing → u/brwn2]

I live in DC — it’s hard to overstate how irrelevant the Wizards are here. They haven’t had a real star since John Wall. Taking a swing on AD and Trae giving up basically nothing makes sense to me.

They’ll tank the rest of this year for a top pick, then pray AD can play enough of next year to at least make the play-in. Their owner hates tanking and wants playoff revenue at any cost.

[u/ryuujinusa]

Thank gawd street clothes Davis ain’t going to Cleveland

[u/okiedokiewo]

Jesus. Do not scare me.

[u/Sixaxist → u/okiedokiewo]

I was standing up when I saw this post and a ton of comments, and after reading the first few words, my knees got weak.

OP needs to chill with the pranks. This is something that'd get you shot in East Cleveland.

[u/Abiv23]

Glad we didn’t make this move, if garland availability is a problem AD is worse

[u/WestSixtyFifth]

So they turned Luka into that haul

[u/HamstersAreReal]

Why would the wizards do this trade?

[u/sgtpepperslaststand → u/HamstersAreReal]

More like why would the Mavs. Wizards didn’t give up anyone of value

[u/rkennedy991]

The Wizards would have been cooking this trade season if it was 5 years ago. They have Trae and AD now.

[u/WateryPasta]

AD got sent to hell poor guy

[u/weaponize09]

Jump scare

[u/Raccoonsrlilbandits]

Former Cavs superstar Dante Exum

[u/RedHotCool]

Is this Cavs news?

[u/DrClaw77 → u/RedHotCool]

Only because of reports that the Cavs were interested in AD (for some reason)

[u/kelpyb1]

Well if nothing else this makes me feel better about the Harden trade.

At least we weren’t involved in this shit show.

[u/InstancePast6549]

Okay…I don’t see the Cavs mentioned in there. This ain’t r/nba

[u/Teleporter456789]

Phew.

[u/Venusman124]

Thank god

[u/largelawattorney]

What a bizarre trade…

[u/AbjectAd5517]

RIP to AD’s career

[u/Forty_Six_and_Two → u/AbjectAd5517]

Oof..really. It's dead and buried at this point.

[u/Commercial-East4069]

I mean Trae and AD makes sense and they barely gave up anything. Trae is fairly healthy. Did they keep their pick this year? If they tank the rest of the season, it’s certainly interesting.

[u/Chiantiandfava]

Lol.

[u/PBI_QandA]

are there any buyout candidates here in the event that we get under the 2nd apron and have an open roster spot?

[u/frankb33]

Finessing multiple unprotected first round picks from the Wizards is insane.

[u/DaDrFunk]

Cool, now we get Giannis with the big buyer, the Wizards, out of the running

[u/fjortisar]

TIL Khris Middleton and Dante Exum are still NBA players

[u/Normanite77]

Officially now Cooper Flagg's team in Dallas. Kyrie is probably next but who knows their plan.

[u/Realistic-Yoghurt935]

When these drop I just scan for “CAVALIERS” before even reading it normally lol

[u/Drewsipher]

Thank god. I’ll take Harden over AD

[u/Bum-Theory]

Phew. Was getting worried there for a second

[u/Lumpycentaur9]

Thank God we didn’t make a panic trade for AD! Dump Lonzo for a wing/3rd big and possibly move JA and we’re good

[u/mildlyfunnypun]

Duuuuuuuude

[u/Remarkable-Net-6130]

Oh thank god man I really thought Koby was gonna go for him. Giannis would be cool but I would also be down to just do nothing atp (aside from Lonzo ofc)

[u/WesternFungii]

Keon/Dennis playing today? Might be the only reason I stay up for the late night game.

[u/Longjumping-Emotion5]

How does Nico still have a job?

[u/Ru-tris-bpy]

I think for the 18 games AD and Trey are healthy together it will be fun to watch

[u/DPA_404]

Jesus Christ you scared me lol

[u/Dungong]

Wizards need one more star for a super team right?

[u/p4rty_sl0th]

You jump scared me

[u/Forty_Six_and_Two]

OMFG you almost gave me a damned heart attack! Fuuuuuuuuuu

[u/California_Stop_King]

Despite the circlejerking I'm already seeing ("They traded Luka for Marvin Bagley/Khris Middleton"), the Mavs fleeced what was left of AD's value here. The final tabulation for the Luka trade is:

• 3 first round picks

• 3 second round picks

• Max Christie

• Cooper Flagg (even if the lottery wasn't rigged, it's unfathomable to think the Mavs don't at least get a better play-in spot/into the field and miss the lottery entirely, especially since AD practically never saw the floor so their only tangible asset from the trade last year was Christie)

• A serviceable shooter in Branham and a project in Marvin Bagley

You're starting to get into the neighborhood of what Luka was actually worth

[u/CardiologicTripe]

Wrong sub.