It didn't take long for the Dallas Mavericks to abandon ship on Anthony Davis.
Just more than a year after acquiring him in the shocking Luka Doncic trade from the Los Angeles Lakers, the Mavs have shipped Davis out in a new deal, sending him to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.
The Wizards get Davis, D'Angelo Russell, Dante Exum and Jaden Hardy.
The Mavericks get Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, two first-round picks and three second-rounders.
Charania reports the firsts are the 2026 Thunder first-rounder and a 2030 protected Warriors first-round. The second-rounders are 2026 Suns, 2027 Bulls and 2029 Rockets.
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Why Cooper Flagg led to Anthony Davis trade
The Mavericks got lucky after the Luka deal. They won the NBA Draft lottery against the odds.
That gave them the right to take Flagg out of Duke with the No. 1 overall pick.
He has already lived up to the hype. He just became the first teenager to score 30 or more points in three consecutive games.
With AD continuing to be injured, it became clear that this was Flagg's team.
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At that point, it just became a matter of extracting value.
The Mavericks didn't get a ton of it. The players they got from the Wizards could stick around if Dallas chooses, but none look set to be part of a long-term Flagg timeline unless Branham specifically figures things out in a hurry.
But the draft picks are valuable assets, whether used by Dallas or sent elsewhere.
And the key is this: Now there is absolutely zero question whose team this is. The Mavericks belong to Flagg.
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