TRADE: Davis, Hardy, DLO, Exum to WAS | Middleton, filler, 2 FRPs, 3 SRPs to DAL

[Smitty]

@ShamsCharania
The Wizards are acquiring a future Hall of Fame big man in Davis, one of the top 75 greatest players, to add to their core of Trae Young, Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson and Bilal Coulibaly. Dallas receives long-term assets and opens significant flexibility to build around Cooper Flagg.

@ShamsCharania
An NBA trade deadline week stunner. Clearly, the Wizards have completed their deconstruction phase and are now moving toward Young and Davis leading a rising young core. Washington has turned its previous Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma trades into Young, Davis and five pick swaps.

@TheSteinLine
We had just written in the enclosed link that the Wizards were looking for a big man to put beside Alex Sarr. They have now used the expiring contracts of CJ McCollumn and Khris Middleton to acquire Trae Young and Anthony Davis.

@BannedMacMahon
The Mavs shed about $70M from their payroll next season and add a couple of future picks.

This trade for the Mavs is about prioritizing flexibility as they build around Cooper Flagg.