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Anthony Davis Trade Idea Emerges Pairing Him With Team USA Buddy After Nico Harrison Firing

“I don’t know how AD fits their offensive system that they’re running this year, just so fast, crazy off the dribble driving, just crazy number one in pace. But the talent is the talent.” There’s also the financial factor. “I do know Norman Powell fits the system well and is eligible for a contract extension and make much less than Anthony Davis and Andrew Wiggins is playing great.” On the surface, AD and Dallas stand to benefit a little more with this mock trade. It’s on Miami to decide if they can afford an expensive but injured player. The next challenge for the Dallas Mavericks is solving the Anthony Davis dilemma The Dallas Mavericks’ 3-8 start ended Nico Harrison’s tenure here nine months after the Luka Doncic trade. The aftermath of his decision had no opportunity to show results. Anthony Davis, whose defensive abilities when healthy, was the primary goal of Harrison’s decision, is dealing with too many injuries to play at an optimum level. He’s played only 14 out of the 46 games since that trade, in fact. Kyrie Irving was injured, Klay Thompson was injured and now weirdly unproductive. Cooper Flagg’s improving numbers aren’t translating into wins. Everything led to Patrick Dumont conceding to the ‘Fire Nico’ chants so they swiftly start the rebuilding phase. Dallas’ next GM will have to tread carefully and not make the same mistakes Nico Harrison did. And that is not trading a Luka Doncic for an injured player. Miami is just as careful with its trades and is unlikely to just trade down. A bleak scenario Zach Lowe pointed out. “Miami takes a look at everything. I don’t know if it’s a particularly enticing package if I’m the Mavericks. Again, I just don’t know where the crazy package is going to be,” is Lowe’s concern. Anthony Davis holds a $62 million player option for 2027-28. His defensive counterpart in Miami, Norman Powell is closer to the end of a five year, $90 million deal. He is eligible to sign up to a four-year, $128.5 million extension. And he’s been carrying the Heat now that he’s recovered. The Heat might be more inclined to pay $20 million to Powell than get AD with no guarantee of when he’d be cleared to play. Lowe might be suggesting something radical to go around that by possibly sending Kel’el Ware, Tyler Herro, and Terry Rozier – currently on unpaid leave while arraigned for illegal gambling allegations – to Dallas. He’s not even the only analyst who suggests pairing Herro with Cooper Flagg while Miami benefits from AD and Bam’s existing chemistry. If that works, we’ll soon find out. Because Dallas isn’t going to stay put.