The Golden State Warriors’ first-round pick in 2030 is on the move. That is, as long as it falls between picks 21 and 30.

The Washington Wizards swapped the Warriors’s first-round selection, one they acquired in the Chris Paul trade/Jordan Poole salary dump in 2023, to the Dallas Mavericks. Oh, they also got 10-time All-Star big man Anthony Davis.

One year after trading NBA scoring leader and All-Star starter Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Davis, the Mavericks flipped The Brow for a package of expiring contracts and two low-quality first-round picks. The Warriors’ pick is four years out and protected for picks 1-20, while the other is the 2026 first-rounder of the Oklahoma City Thunder, currently projected to be the last pick of the first round.

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The most prominent player switching teams is Khris Middleton, who’s likely to get a buyout from the Mavericks if he wants one. Also switching teams are Dante Exum, Jaden Hardy, AJ Johnson, and former Warriors great D’Angelo Russell. The most poetic outcome would be Russell taking a buyout and returning to the Lakers one more time.

Davis played only 29 games in his year with the Mavericks, plus two play-in tournament contests. He’s currently out with a hand injury, but that’s likely just fine with the Wizards, who need to draft in the top eight this June or they owe their first-round pick to the New York Knicks. They’ve shut down Trae Young with some questionable injuries since trading for him in January, choosing to build for next season around players like Alex Sarr, Tre Johnson, and Kyshawn George.

The Wizards joined the Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls in using their massive salary cap space for this summer on trades, rather than free agents. The Jazz added Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson, Jr., while the Bulls have picked up two impending free agents: Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey and Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons.

What does that mean? It leaves the Los Angeles Lakers as the lone competitive NBA team with significant cap space next summer, provided LeBron James does not return and they sign Austin Reaves to a new contract after their other moves are done.

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Even a year after they got Doncic for him, the Anthony Davis trade is still paying off for the Lakers. Dammit.