Two major trades Wednesday involving former Duke stars Jared McCain and Marvin Bagley: McCain will join Oklahoma City and Bagley is heading south of there to Dallas.
These were big deals. The Sixers sent
As for the Wizards-Mavericks trade, Dallas gets Bagley, Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson and Malaki Branham and two first-round picks along with three second-round.
In return, the Wizards get Always Damaged, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell and Dante Exum.
Given Davis’s injury history and age, Dallas looks like it cleaned up.
As for the Sixers-OKC deal, the Thunder get McCain while Philly gets a 2026 first-round pick and three second round picks.
McCain should get some minutes since Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is out for a while with an injury, so at least he gets a chance to make an impression.
In a subsequent trade, OKC also picked up former Duke big man Mason Plumlee.