The Washington Wizards\u2019 summer of 2026 has centered around AJ Dybantsa\u2019s professional debut in the Summer League. And so far, Deandre Ayton is coming to Washington, Khris Middleton is returning and Patrick Ewing is returning to coach with the first NBA team he ever coached for. In Ewing\u2019s case, keep in mind that as a player, he is the (now second) best New York Knicks legend of all time. Why? Because the Knicks won the 2025-26 NBA championship!<\/p>\n
Okay, I ribbed on Ewing a little too hard there.<\/p>\n
But what about Anthony Davis? The Golden State Warriors apparently wanted him from the Wizards, but Washington has since made it clear that he\u2019s staying. So \u2026 what now?<\/p>\n
On Game Over, an NBA podcast with Max Kellerman and Rich Paul (who is Davis\u2019 agent), Kellerman just asked him straight up on an episode which was released yesterday. Paul said simply \u201cyes\u201d and then \u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t he\u201d when pressed further. Paul even said \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about [a trade].\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019m trying to look closer at Paul\u2019s body language and he doesn\u2019t seem relaxed about this topic. I can 100 percent believe him that Davis will start the 2026-27 season with the Wizards. However, he\u2019s not so relaxed when being pressed about trade requests and the like. Interpret that for what you will.<\/p>\n
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Wizards\u2019 summer of 2026 has centered around AJ Dybantsa\u2019s professional debut in the Summer League. And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,1071,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":["post-783845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-wizards","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-quality-shots","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116901154869298719","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783845","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=783845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}