According to reports, the Dallas Mavericks are having trouble deciding whether to trade star big man Anthony Davis.
ESPN’s Tim Bontemps clarified that Davis’ trade value isn’t as high as many might anticipate for a player of his quality during Monday’s episode of The Hoop Collective.
Bontemps stated:
“The idea of trading Anthony Davis has everyone trained to think, well, they’re gonna get three firsts, two swaps, they’re gonna get two young players and they’re gonna get all this stuff,”
“I shouldn’t say it’s not gonna happen… but, you talk to people in the league, there’s not a lot of teams that are lining up to take on a 35-year-old Anthony Davis making $63 million, and you have to assume that he’s gonna opt into that deal.”
“A lot of this is gonna be, can Dallas find someone willing to take on the money,” “If the answer is yes, then you go to, OK, if they’re taking on the money, what are they sending out?”
Bontemps said that it will be difficult to find a bidder who can match Davis’ pay in a possible trade, alluding to the $62.8 million player option on Davis’ contract for the 2027–28 campaign.
The Athletic’s Joe Vardon was informed last week by Mavs minority owner Mark Cuban that the organization does not want to deal Davis because “We want to try to win.”
