Lakers News: NBA Insider Believes Mavericks Should Trade Anthony Davis

One NBA insider thinks that the Mavs should already flip the former Lakers player despite only playing one game for Dallas.

Feb 27, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis laughs during a timeout against the Charlotte Hornets during the first half at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images | Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Lakers have clearly won the Luka Doncic/Anthony Davis trade. It is some overwhelmingly in the favor of the Lakers that it's not even a question who won the trade.

Davis has only played one game for the Mavericks and now might be shut down for the year now that Kyrie Irving has torn his ACL. Meanwhile, Doncic has helped the Lakers surge up to second in the Western Conference standings.

While this trade isn't even a month old, it's clear that the results are so lopsided in the favor of Los Angeles. Not just for this season, either.

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The Mavericks are in a massive bind now. Irving is going to be out for a year, so their title window for both this year and next year has closed already. One NBA insider seems to think that the Mavericks should already try to trade Davis.

Tim Bontemps of ESPN thinks that the Mavericks should trade him this summer and try to get the maximum value for him by also shutting him down for the rest of this season.

“I'm going to be honest, I don't think Anthony Davis should ever play for the Mavericks again. He shouldn't play the rest of the season, and they should trade him this summer.” 👀👀👀

- Tim Bontemps

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Bontemps claims that the title window is closed for this season with Irving injured and Davis getting older. He thinks the Mavs have no path to contending as currently constructed.

It seems a bit extreme for the Mavericks to trade Davis after just a single game. The only way that they end up doing this is if Nico Harrison gets fired at the end of the year, which is not out of the realm of possibility.

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Harrison is the biggest pariah in the city of Dallas right now, but he would not give up on Davis this easily. He has to keep doubling down on the trade to have any shred of justifying trading Doncic to the Lakers.

Lakers fans feel bad for Davis after he helped deliver them a title in 2020, but they love having Doncic on the team. Now, the Lakers are a serious contender to win the NBA championship.

With the Lakers and the Mavs, Davis is averaging 25.7 points, 12 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game this year.

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