Davis was the primary piece Dallas gained from the Lakers when Doncic made a stunning switch to LA, but has been beset by all-too-familiar injury problems and is now gone from the organisation.<\/p>\n
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ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania first reported the trade on X, revealing that Dallas was sending Davis, Jaden Hardy, D\u2019Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Wizards for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, two first-round picks and three second-rounders. <\/p>\n
The important context here is where the picks are likely to land, and it is not good news for Dallas. One of the first-rounders is from Oklahoma City this season, so it is very likely to be incredibly late while the 2030 first-rounder from Golden State is top-20 protected.<\/p>\n
Essentially, neither of the first-round picks are expected to be of any real value. The second rounders are in 2026 (Phoenix), 2027 (Chicago) and 2029 (Houston).<\/p>\n
There clearly wasn\u2019t much of a market for Davis and the Mavericks took what they could to get off his contract and get under the first apron along with the luxury tax line, while also obviously acquiring future assets to build a stronger line-up around No.1 draft pick Cooper Flagg. <\/p>\n
The Wizards are adding Davis alongside Trae Young, recently acquired from Atlanta, plus a developing core that includes Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, Tre Johnson and Bilal Coulibaly.<\/p>\n
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The dynamic guard was an unrestricted free agent and after paying Josh Giddey a four-year, $100 million contract it was unlikely the Bulls would be able to afford to keep him and Ayo Dosunmu. <\/p>\n Both Dosunmu and White had been trade candidates, and the Bulls may not be done yet with Joe Cowley of the Chicago Suns Times reporting Dosunmu, Collin Sexton and Anfernee Simons are all being shopped around. <\/p>\n It comes after the Bulls picked up Dario Saric\u2019s contract on Wednesday in a three-team trade with the Kings and Cavaliers which saw them acquire two second-round picks.<\/p>\n They also acquired Piston Jaden Ivey to go with Conley as part of a three-team trade deal and later scored Simons in a trade with Boston that saw veteran big man Nikola Vucevic moved.<\/p>\n It has left the Bulls stacked for guard options even after trading away White, with Yahoo Sports\u2019 Kevin O\u2019Connor hilariously noting they don\u2019t have a single player taller than 6-foot-9 on their roster.<\/p>\n DEFENDING CHAMPS MAKE BIG SWING<\/p>\n The Oklahoma City Thunder have put the rest of the NBA on notice. <\/p>\n As if they weren\u2019t already stacked enough, the defending champions have snapped up promising young 76ers guard Jared McCain after sending a 2026 first-round pick (via Houston), a 2027 second-round pick (the most favorable of OKC, Houston, Indiana and Miami\u2019s picks) and two 2028 second-round picks (OKC\u2019s own and Milwaukee\u2019s) to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n McCain had an impressive rookie year before it was cut short by injury and has struggled to reach the same heights in his sophomore season stuck in a crowded Sixers backcourt.<\/p>\n Given the Rockets first-rounder is likely to be late, and it is otherwise a series of second-round picks, it is a worthwhile swing from a Thunder team that has plenty of draft capital to work with. <\/p>\n McCain could see immediate minutes as part of the OKC rotation with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out until after the All-Star break with an abdominal strain.<\/p>\n Jared McCain. Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images\/AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n MORE DEALS AS EXILED STAR TRADED<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Clippers veteran Chris Paul has been traded in a three-team deal, according to Charania.<\/p>\n In the deal, Paul was moved to the Toronto Raptors with Ochai Agbaji, a 2032 Raptors second-round pick and cash sent to the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n However the 40-year-old is set to be waived by the Raptors as part of a salary dump.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Raptors will not require Chris Paul to report to the team and could still discuss trades involving him over the next day,\u201d Charania reported.<\/p>\n \u201cToronto is now out of the tax. Brooklyn picks up an asset and cash to cover Agbaji\u2019s salary. 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