{"id":795737,"date":"2026-07-25T19:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/795737\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:54:26","slug":"mavericks-wizards-never-intended-to-trade-kyrie-irving-anthony-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/795737\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks, Wizards never intended to trade Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of the talk about LeBron James<\/a> potentially teaming up with Anthony Davis<\/a> or Kyrie Irving<\/a> was just that \u2014 talk.<\/p>\n

More accurately, James may have wanted to play alongside one of his former teammates, but their teams never seriously considered moving them, per ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst<\/a>. That would be the Mavericks with Irving and Wizards with Davis.<\/p>\n

Irving was linked to the Cavaliers, including speculation about a potential swap involving James Harden<\/a>. But the teams never discussed such a scenario, sources said. Dallas likely would have hung up the phone if the Cavs called with such an offer.<\/p>\n

Nothing against Harden, but the Mavericks appear to be looking forward to pairing reigning Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg<\/a> with Irving. Irving, for his part, seems plenty excited about the possibility. He clearly took Flagg under his wing last season while sidelined.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Wizards just acquired Davis at the February trade deadline<\/a> and fully intend to see what develops with Davis, Trae Young<\/a>, No. 1 overall pick AJ Dybantsa<\/a> and former No. 2 pick Alex Sarr<\/a> on the roster.<\/p>\n

Davis has predicted that normally woeful Washington will win \u201c40-plus\u201d games, and the organization seems aligned with that thinking.<\/p>\n

So while Irving and Davis became part of the seemingly endless James rumor mill, neither was actually headed anywhere.<\/p>\n

James ultimately signed with Philadelphia, agreeing to take the largest pay cut in NBA history<\/a> for another shot at a championship.<\/p>\n

Irving and Davis remained right where they were.\u00a0By all accounts, that\u2019s where they\u2019ll stay.<\/p>\n

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