The recent reports of the Dallas Mavericks trading Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards have captured significant attention, leading to over 100,000 searches on the topic. This trade, part of an 8-player deal, has major implications for both teams involved, which has likely driven increased interest among NBA fans and followers of player transactions.
Major news outlets like The New York Times and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth are covering these developments extensively, providing updates on the NBA trade deadline. Such high-profile trades typically generate considerable excitement within the basketball community, prompting fans to seek more information about the ramifications for the teams, player performances, and potential future moves.
With the trade impacting both the Mavericks and the Wizards significantly, it’s not surprising that fans are eager for details. As teams reorganize their rosters, the strategy and potential outcomes associated with this trade become a point of fascination, resulting in heightened search interest.
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Kyrie & AD played together for 25 minutes
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Wow
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But it was glorious
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Is there a 3 hour YouTube essay I can watch dissecting those minutes?
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Wait really?
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AD only played 29 games for the mavs. Total. That looks like a typo but it isn’t.
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AD averaged 1 injury per 1.5 games played.
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And Kyrie has barely cracked 100 games in the 4 years he’s been there. What a cluster
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he has been there 4 years already?? I could swear it was like 2 lol, dude barely played
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No, it’s really just 3 full years at this point. * Joined at trade deadline 2023 * Full season 2024 * Full season 2025 * Half season so far this year So .5+1+1+.5 = 3 And he’s at 128 games. Which is still bad, but not sure why the other comment said “barely cracked 100”, when he’s nearly an entire half of a season worth of games played past that point. Looking at Kyrie’s bballref profile, it’s wild that in 3 of the past 4 years he’s received votes for comeback player of the year. Kind of sums up his whole later half of his career. Dude is always coming back from something.
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I don’t know if I’d call 28 games “nearly half a season” in most cases, but I guess that’s accurate for Kyrie specifically.
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Future NBA trivia answer
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Unbelievable. This means Kyrie and AD only spent 25 more minutes together on the court, than me and AD did.
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Dam, worse than Kyrie, Harden, & KD
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Trae young and AD would have been so huge 4 years ago
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Mavs getting more picks for AD than Luka is diabolical work
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It’s the Thunder’s picks which will be late
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And Warriors 2030 which is top 20 protected.
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Top 20? Lmao. Next time we gonna see Top 29 pick protected and if it doesn’t convey they are gonna get a pack of Marlboro or something.
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See, Nico was right AD >> Luka. How many picks have the Lakers gotten out of that unathletic dude?
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Nico should be exiled from the country
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Unreal 44 win team 🔥
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Realistically 4 years ago AD washes away all of Trae’s bad D.
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Wizards and Jazz buying is quite an interesting development
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Aren’t we all going to feel foolish when the Wizards and Jazz meet in the 2027 finals.
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Subscribed
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Fuck it that would be really funny. One game of Bullets throwbacks in the gun toting Delta Center
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Would be pretty amazing if AD health issues clear up and he’s the guy he can be. Trae-D super duo name.
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Imagine if AD wins another title before Luka gets one
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Jazz one I understood because Jaren is young still. Not sure what AD does for the Wizards unless they think they can flip him for better assets later.
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They got Trae so they’re going to try and push for a top 6 seed next season, AD is part of that and if it doesn’t work like you said they’ll flip him
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I mean its east, any team that just tries to not tank is making the playoffs
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Somebody tell Doc Rivers that.
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\*ahem\* IN THEORY……. Trae with AD and Sarr, behind him could be pretty nasty on offense. Tre J on the wing knocking down shots. Peterson/Boozer??/Dybansta possibly too.
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Feel like you can achieve 95% of this fantasy world without the AD move. Just suck add your top 5 pick to the roster and keep growing going forward. Guess the idea is you don’t really have a better way to use the cap in the short term so you take a swing on a big name player and if it doesn’t work oh well by the time AD’s contract is done it’s time to pay the young guys.
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This guy understands cap math ✅
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Trae and AD either would need to be short term stopgaps for the Wizards or they can kiss any of the cap space and ability to build for 2027 and beyond goodbye. Which is kinda supposed to be one of the advantages of “young cores”
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Trae Young is 27. Wiz are all in. AD already best player hes ever had.
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Weren’t the Hawks always talked about as an AD suitor specifically to pair with Trae? This is actually interesting
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the theoretical AD
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I think it allows them to tank this year with the hope that a healthy AD and Trae can recover while they let their young guys develop. They basically keep their core that they would have anyway and add AD and Trae
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The Wizards currently have their best *on paper* team in a decade+. Honestly it’s great that teams are aiming to at least be competitive.
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Hey that wall-Beal year with pierce was pretty good and that was – wow 12 years ago?
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Random ass trade deadline bro where is this coming from lol
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this and the harden trade came out of nowhere lmao, next 24 hours might be crazy
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Yall arent ready for the Ja for Poole+DJM trade
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It’s happening. Zion Ja AAU team reunion.
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All dunks no D
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Brother we dumpster teams are concocting some **diabolical shit** rn League ain’t ready for the ‘26-‘27 Utah Jazz (11th seed) and Washington Wizards (9th seed) 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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Adam Silver is definitely going to rig the draft for us to give us a top pick/AD/Trae Young core with the other young guys like Sarr as complimentary pieces. We’re so fucking back even though our owner was in the Epstein Files.
Additional Sources:
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth – Mavs trade Anthony Davis to Wizards in 8-player deal, reports say
