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

[cow]

I would add one more thing in favor of the AD trade, potentially: Having this situation resolved MIGHT actually make the job more attractive to potential GM candidates. The total lack of flexibility to choose a direction had to have been viewed as a negative out there...

I'm not sure I see that viewpoint.  And trading away AD solidifies the direction the Mavs are taking which by definition makes them less flexible than had they let the new GM decide.  If I were interviewing for the position, I'd also have prepared how I would have handled the Doncic and AD situations/trades and point how where I think the previous leaderships went wrong and how I would have maximized the returns on both should it have come to that point.  Also, there are only so many of these types of jobs available and the typically only become available because of underperformance by the previous regime.