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(4 hours ago)Smitty Wrote: The Dallas Mavericks do not feel pressure to trade Anthony Davis before the Feb. 5 deadline, multiple team sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
There is an acknowledgment that Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, who represents the 10-time All-Star, has pushed for the Mavs to trade Davis to a team with a willingness to sign him to a contract extension this summer.
However, Mavs sources are adamant that Paul's preference is not the team's priority as interim co-general managers Matt Riccardi and Michael Finley continue to aggressively explore the market for Davis, who is out indefinitely due to ligament damage in his left hand.
"Patrick [Dumont, the Mavs' governor] is not going to sign off on a deal just to do a deal," one source told ESPN. "Ownership doesn't feel any pressure to do an AD deal."
The Mavs are seeking a combination of financial relief, promising young talent and draft compensation from interested teams. Dallas' other options include restarting trade discussions in the summer, as the Phoenix Suns did after shopping Kevin Durant before last season's deadline, or opening next season with Davis still on the roster. Davis has a player option for the 2027-28 season.
"Patrick has no problem going into next year with a healthy AD and a healthy Kyrie [Irving] with Cooper Flagg and seeing what it looks like," another source said. -- Tim MacMahon
If true, this means financial isn't the main driver to get rid of AD right now. So unless Mavs feel like AD body is done or if he has no motivation to be a good player, I think the answer is you keep him unless you get a good offer. With his injury, I just don't see good offer coming.
Sure, you are rolling the dice again. Next year if he has 3 months of healthy, good play teams will talk themselves into him again. Hey, yes he has a lot of injuries but man those Maverick injuries are fake and he is still a top 25 player....etc.
That would be my plan....sure I could be going down a dangerous path but I just don't want to dump him for cap relief if my owner is not pressuring me to cut salary.
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