Why the Mavs & Wizards Both GAMBLED on an Anthony Davis Trade | Dallas Mavericks Podcast
Anthony Davis is headed to the Washington Wizards in a blockbuster NBA trade, shaking up the league and raising major questions about the future for the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs make a huge move that impacts Kyrie Irving, Cooper Flagg, and the franchise’s long-term rebuild, as both teams look for a fresh start and a path to NBA contention.
Nick Angstadt & Isaac Harris, are joined by Ben Strober and Abdullah Ayubi @LockedOnWizards to break down the Anthony Davis trade, explore why the Dallas Mavericks made this move, and discuss the new pairing of Anthony Davis and Trae Young in Washington. This episode dives into the impact on Kyrie Irving, the potential of Cooper Flagg, and how the Mavs’ roster and NBA Draft outlook are shifting. Other key topics include Jason Kidd’s coaching, young talents like Jaden Hardy and Bilal Coulibaly, and the futures of both the Mavericks and Wizards as the NBA landscape evolves.
0:00 Anthony Davis Trade Reaction
5:08 Wizards’ Rebuild Timeline & Expectations
12:36 AD & Trae Young Pairing Analysis
22:00 What are Mavs Getting With AJ Johnson?
33:09 Eastern Conference Power Ranking Discussion
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29 Comments
So how’s that Luka trade working out?
Isn’t this the equivalent of screaming
“ALL IN” when you are trying to fill an inside straight?
AJ Johnson under Kyries’ mentorship will be special
I liked hearing fans be excited about trades just for the pure basketball of it all! So much trade talk is money-focused and I (personally) could not care less. It was nice to hear just some animated, fun, easy-going convo.
The Mavs had to get rid of Anthony Davis listen Anthony Davis at this point in his career at best will maybe play 30 to 40 games in my opinion he should just retire. He’s just too injury prone. They had to move on from Anthony Davis and I still think they need to move on from Kyrie Irving y’all going to know why once he comes back all in all I like the move for the Mavericks I don’t think the wizards are gonna like the move for Anthony Davis in the future.
Washington about to have a better record than the Mavs next year. I do not understand why we (Mavs) fans are happy about this
good trade for both teams, A+ for the wizards and a climbing C for the mavs. wizards gave up virtually nothing and can afford the gamble because they own their 27 pick. They can pivot from AD if it doesn't work but if it does they can be a sneaky good team in the east. On our side we have ALOT of cap space and dumped just about every deadweight player on our roster. If we get a good pick in the draft and a decent signing in the offseason we can pivot back into having a solid roster but in order to change our grade from a C we have to capitalize on this new found cap space, freeing up cap space means nothing till you show what you can do with it so in my mind this trade aint complete for the mavs yet but theres alot of potential.
AD will never play over 50 games in a season
The real winner is rich paul.. every single time.. AD gonna get paid by this shit franchise that is Washington
Locked on wizards being the younger version of locked on Mavs is so funny
A.D came to dallas hurt and is leaving dallas hurt. He only played 29 games for the mavs.for a full season Thank you wizards….
His nickname is AOD Anthony Occasional Davis!!! Great move made my day.
I've never understood why Washington doesn't get more attraction from players. I mean it's Washington for christ sake.
How d wight Powell has survived all of these trades by staying the longest tenured mav needs to be studied
I hope AD does great. I’ve always thought he was so unbelievably professional during the last 12 months.
Wizards are way better to do business with. They gave us something where they could have played hard ball.
Nick and Isaac should do more collab episodes like this with small market teams! Great synergy with Ben and Ab!
Was this payback for the Gafford trade from 2 years ago?
How can these dudes be happy about getting a dude that gets hurt bumping against a player barely? I mean come on look at the last year, he rarely plays. Happy to move forward just clearing the salaries was worth it.
Wizards game 1 next year will be very watchable…after that probably not unless they get Peterson
When they were casting the locked on Wizards hosts did they try and replicate the look of the Locked on Mavs hosts?
Boyd, Jordan played for the wizards last time I checked
Kyrie you know what to do, ask out immediately
I'm pretty happy about the trade. I didn't think Mavs were gonna get shit for AD. Now they got flexibility and don't have to trade Naji and PJ.
1:38 Michael Jordan fits that sarcastic question lol
Wow. This is like when Bill and Ted met the other Bill and Ted… Damn I'm old, 😆😂
"You're a wizard, Hardy…." 😅
Luka, Trae and Bagley were again 3 Dominos in a weird trade. If you would have said beginning of last year that Luka and Trae would be traded beginning of 2026 and Bagley traded to the Mavs as an aftermath of the Luka trade you would be locked into psychatry.
Shout out to Hardy Party. Him, Tre and Trae will lit up from the 3 point line. Happy for him to get hopefully more playing time.
The basically got 5 2nd picks + Christie for Luka