{"id":539845,"date":"2026-01-16T04:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/539845\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:01:33","slug":"blockbuster-trade-idea-has-hawks-landing-mavericks-anthony-davis-for-package-headlined-by-2-ex-lottery-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/539845\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster Trade Idea Has Hawks Landing Mavericks’ Anthony Davis for Package Headlined by 2 Ex-Lottery Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atlanta Hawks<\/a> have had a disappointing season thus far as they currently sit ninth in the Eastern Conference with a 20-22 record.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Hawks had a solid start to the season but they have struggled over the last few months due to many reasons, including injuries, and they also pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Washington Wizards<\/a> that swapped Trae Young<\/a> for C.J. McCollum and Corey Kispert.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, Atlanta still finds themselves in the playoff race in the East and they are looking to compete for a playoff spot behind their core of Jalen Johnson, Dyson Daniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker.<\/p>\n

With the Hawks still fighting for a playoff spot, they may be open to making more trades ahead of the deadline to upgrade their roster.<\/p>\n

Hawks Could Target Mavericks’ Anthony Davis Ahead of Trade Deadline<\/p>\n

Atlanta has been linked to multiple players in trade rumors, though Dallas Mavericks<\/a> star Anthony Davis<\/a> has been one of the main players linked to them.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the Mavericks may be open to moving Davis this season with them trying to focus on rebuilding their roster around Cooper Flagg<\/a>, which could see the Hawks target him to upgrade their frontcourt.<\/p>\n

Mock Trade Lands Hawks Anthony Davis From Mavericks<\/p>\n

In a potential trade, the Hawks could send Kristaps Porzingis<\/a>, Zaccharie Risacher, Vit Krejci and multiple first-round picks, including the New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> 2026 first rounder that they received during the 2025 draft when the Pelicans traded up to select Derik Queen.<\/p>\n

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For the Hawks, making this trade would be a massive risk due to Davis\u2019s injury history and the fact that he is currently sidelined due to a hand injury that is expected to keep him out for at least six weeks, especially with Atlanta giving up two former lottery picks and a potential top five pick in the upcoming draft.<\/p>\n

Despite this, adding Davis to their roster would give the Hawks a major boost at the center position, as long as he can stay healthy.<\/p>\n

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Davis would provide the Hawks with a dominant scorer and defender inside next to Johnson and could help them take another step forward.<\/p>\n

This season, the 32-year-old big man is averaging<\/a> 20.4 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 50.6% from the field and 27.0% from three.<\/p>\n

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While Davis could give Atlanta a major boost on both ends of the court, giving up this much for him could end up being a poor decision for the Hawks if the star big man is unable to stay healthy, which has been a major concern for him over the past handful of seasons.<\/p>\n

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Because of this, Atlanta could instead look elsewhere to upgrade their roster as they try to make a run at a playoff spot in the post-Young era.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jan 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Hawks have had a disappointing season thus far as they currently sit ninth in the Eastern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[495,676,208,3874,7,7504,225,6339,803,206,1409,677,2990,871,166,6,470,379,494,7477,468,1246],"class_list":{"0":"post-539845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-hawks","11":"tag-atlantahawks","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-c-j-mccollum","14":"tag-cooper-flagg","15":"tag-corey-kispert","16":"tag-derik-queen","17":"tag-dyson-daniels","18":"tag-eastern-conference","19":"tag-hawks","20":"tag-jalen-johnson","21":"tag-kristaps-porzingis","22":"tag-mavericks","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","25":"tag-nickeil-alexander-walker","26":"tag-trae-young","27":"tag-vit-krejci","28":"tag-washington-wizards","29":"tag-zaccharie-risacher"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}