# Mavs Rip The Bandaid Off; Trade Anthony Davis

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Podcast: [Mavs Film Room](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mavs-film-room-1311833)
Published: 2026-02-05T05:06:39+00:00
Episode link: https://mavsfilmroom.substack.com/p/mavs-rip-the-bandaid-off-trade-anthony
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## Resource

In this episode we discuss the Mavericks blockbuster trade of Anthony Davis, D’Angelo Russell, Dante Exum, and Jaden Hardy to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton, Malakai Branham, AJ Johnson, Marvin Bagley, two 1st round picks, and three 2nd round picks: 🏀 The package is very underwhelming, but the main asset is financial flexibility 🏀 This was good business by Mavs interim GMs Matt Riccardi and Michael Finley 🏀 How can the Mavs use this flexibility to build a good offense around Coper Flagg? 🏀 The Anthony Davis era was doomed from the start 🏀 The Mavs have to keep being creative going forward to salvage the worst trade in NBA history 🏀 Kyrie Irving’s future? 🏀 This deal would not have happened without Cooper Flagg on the team This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mavsfilmroom.substack.com

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